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Just checking - but is she getting anything other than grass hay?  If  
so, my first suggestion would be to cut out any and all supplements.

Some other suggestions:  find some stall toys to help with the  
boredom.  Empty milk jugs with rocks in them don't cost much.  Also -  
even if you have to start in the stall, I would work on ground  
manners.  It's amazing how much calmer they can get when they know you  
won't put up with "wigginess".


On Nov 18, 2008, at 7:10 AM, Elyse Carreno wrote:

> A call for help!!
>
> I have an endurance mare who has lived most of her life outside  
> until a tear in her left lateral collateral ligament and some bone  
> that tore off with it, ended her with 3 shockwave therapies and  
> stall rest.
.....
> I know the root of her behavior, but I can't let her back to the big  
> pasture to let her wreck all the progress we've made on her leg.
......
>  It's killing me to see my confident relaxed endurance horse turn  
> into a complete freak, pose a risk to others, and be so miserable. I  
> worry that this may permanently change her personality until she is  
> unsuitable to ride safely again. I was totally unprepared for this,  
> as stall rest to my QH a few years ago was no big deal. Any  
> suggestions? Anyone have experience with this?
>
> -Elyse formerly in Va, now in Kansas


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