A new horse spent a lot of time shaking her head as
if something was in her ears. No bugs. Changed bits, did
teeth, no change. Hated to be touched on the neck behind ears. Was
unwilling to flex at the poll.
Chiro found the Atlas joint locked, no more
shaking, could and would flex, didn't mind being touched behind
ears.
At 05:37 PM 5/23/04 -0400, Mike & Laurie Hilyard wrote:
Recently,
a ten year old Arab mare of mine has started shaking her head every time she
is ridden. She is in a simple jointed snaffle, and has no chewing
problems (I'll get the vet out to look at her teeth soon). It isn't
the vertical movement described in EQUUS this month, more of an ear shake
that my other horses do when they are really sweaty. She is doing this
a quarter mile from the house when she's being led with my son on her (all
36 pounds of him). When I scratch her ears, she has the normal scaly
stuff pastured horses have, but nothing excessive, and she has no objection
to my scratching her ears, she actually seems to enjoy it. Our fly
season hasn't really geared up yet. Any opinions, and/or
solutions? I'm considering switching to an english hackamore (my
preferred bit).
Do a web search for "photic
headshaking", include the quotes.
Marv "I know it's just a
game. You should see me when I lose in real life." Walker 2004
Events: http://MarvWalker.com/2004.htm
