Ok, yall can laugh at me. My Skip had a head
shaking episode last month, reason?......, I washed tack and the kids
put the headstalls back together. I don't usually use a curb strap,
but the kids put it on so I left it. It was too loose. Skip played
with it until he flipped it into his mouth and then he quit shaking his head and
spent the last 7 miles chewing on the strap. Thats what happens
when I pay attention to the kids stuff instead of to my own stuff. I tacked
fast so I could watch the kids tack and make sure they got their stuff on
right..... didn't pay attention to my own. Ok, yall can laugh at
me now. At least I can be good for comic relief.
My mare has just started doing something similar,
happens every "pest season". For her it's the gnats, no-seeums, mosquitos,
etc. Another mare I keep for a friend, already has sores in her ears from the
bugs, and of course she won't let us touch them to apply Swat, so
I'll use a spray instead. Hope it's something that simple with your
mare.
Kathy
Lovely,
kind, easy to ride 8yr old Arab mare suddenly is very unhappy & difficult
to ride, continually shaking her head & trying scrach nose on legs only
under saddle Do you think something could be in one of her ears? Does anyone
have any thoughts or experience with this kind of behavior? jvm
