Any ideas what happened to my Horse

[shane]

My horse is 28 years old has a large heart murmur but other than that and being a bit stiff in his hind quarters people don't believe his age and think he's much younger.
This morning my friend heard a clatter from his stable and saw him go down he hit his chin on the stable door, when she went over and he was down with his back end on his bed and his neck and head stretched out, he wasn't rolling his eyes it only lasted a few seconds then got up stood for a while them had a drink and ate some hay, it was like he fainted!
I went down and checked him over and he is in the field grazing as though nothing happened and he's been running around.
Any ideas what might have caused it or has anything similar happened to anyone else?

[Sammii]

One of Red's fieldmates is a 28yr old pony and she did the exact same thing, collapsed, but unfortunately it was down the lorry ramp. After numerous vet checks, suspected heart attack etc, it was discovered that she has anaemia, and now has the most HORRIBLE green blood liquid in her feed once a day. She's right as rain now :)

[Pink's lady]

Sounds like syconpe, which is a heart-related faint. It's just that - they loose conciousness for a couple of seconds because bloods not making it to the brain. If he has a large heart murmur it be starting to effect him.

I'd def be getting a vet out to check his heart again.

[pedilia]

Have you had the vet out?

[shane]

No I haven't had the vet, as now he is right as rain been cantering around the field, just like his old self x, if any other episodes I will speak to the vet and get charlie checked out. When i left he had eaten his tea and now munching on hay.
Hope he's ok when I go down in the morning.

[shane]

This is him tonight

[NoviceNic]

Could he not of just fell asleep and dropped? Captain does this when he is extremely deep in his sleep. :eek:

[shane]

I hope thats what happened, but I think he was wide awake as my friend was off getting apples and her horse was getting excited and he knew he would get one and then he would be going out.

[acw295]

Yes, sadly similar happened to one of our old RS horses - not sure how old she was but similar to yours - possibly older, maybe 30.

I'm not entirely sure what they diagnosed it as but I think it was some sort of tumor that was affecting brain/nervous system. It didn't happen that often but started happening more regularly - in between she was absolutely fine so wasn't a stroke.

At one point she had to have stitches under her chin from where she had crashed down on her door. There was no warning at all of when it would happen.

Wasn't a happy ending though I'm sorry to say - yours may not be the same but I'd talk to your vet asap

My horse is 28 years old has a large heart murmur but other than that and being a bit stiff in his hind quarters people don't believe his age and think he's much younger.
This morning my friend heard a clatter from his stable and saw him go down he hit his chin on the stable door, when she went over and he was down with his back end on his bed and his neck and head stretched out, he wasn't rolling his eyes it only lasted a few seconds then got up stood for a while them had a drink and ate some hay, it was like he fainted!
I went down and checked him over and he is in the field grazing as though nothing happened and he's been running around.
Any ideas what might have caused it or has anything similar happened to anyone else?

[Joyscarer]

If that were my horse I'd be straight on the phone to the vet to get it checked out.

[scattynuttymare]

It could be something really simple......

As horses get older sometimes their knees don't 'lock' which allows them to sleep standing up. My old girlie used to fall asleep and her knees what go and she'd fall over, sometimes right to the floor. I made sure she always had a deep bed and put foam over the top of her door so if she went down whilst at the front of stable she would be less likely to smack her chin.

But I'd get the vet to give your neddy a check just to be on the safe side.

[Soot]

We have a gelding recently diagnosed with a large heart murmer in the aortal chamber. One of the "signs to watch for" has been fainting due to too much backrush of blood into the heart. Vet basically said he could collapse at any time and at that point he might get up ... but probably not :(. Our guy is only 14 and the vet said he'd only expect to find such a bad heart in a late 20s horse :(.