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[RC] loose stools - lumps - rides2farNot a clue on lumps, but I spent $3000 on diarrhea last summer. It can become very serious and life threatening. First thing to check is the horse's temperature. First question. Has this mare had a foal and are you sure it's diarhea? I bought back a mare that I had sold in foal the year before sight unseen. (This was when I supported my stay at home status with a little trading of beginner horses). When I picked her up she looked a little rough but had recently weaned the foal. Her tail was a mess, kinda sticky. The next day I had her out grooming her and she coughed and urine shot out about 6'! That explained the yukky tail. I called my vet, who happened to be the vet for the woman I'd bought her back from and he told me they had been treating her "over the phone" for diarhea for a while. She'd been given probiotics & stuff. When I told him it was urine because I'd *seen* it he was like "OH!! That explains it!" He said pregnant mares are prone to getting a sort of pocket in their urinary tract that collects urine, then a cough would expell it. I said, "What do we do?" and he said "Cure the cough!" So...there's one more thing you can check for. Wouldn't that be a fun horse to ride in tight quarters in the dusty start of Tevis? No red flag needed! Angie =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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