hey guys. I’ve not been around for a while!
Indie & I have been enjoying life and just started to get back to proper fitness
He was telling me there was ‘something’ not right so out comes the vet! As well as a dental issue he has a heart murmur
The heart murmur is suspected grade 3 mitral murmur but also has a ‘squeak’ on the aorta . Vet agrees light walk hack only as he loves going out but to be aware he could go down....
I’m totally heartbroken for both of us however I’m waiting on a price on a cardiac ultrasound, although unlikely to be able to afford it.
Have any of you had experience of a heart murmur in a Horse? and continued riding or not?
He is an Arab, now 23yrs old and always been so healthy! It’s only because he had quietened down to ride - lack of spooking and behaving like a fully grown up horse I called the vet! Totally out of character for him and so out of the blue!
Indie & I have been enjoying life and just started to get back to proper fitness
He was telling me there was ‘something’ not right so out comes the vet! As well as a dental issue he has a heart murmur
The heart murmur is suspected grade 3 mitral murmur but also has a ‘squeak’ on the aorta . Vet agrees light walk hack only as he loves going out but to be aware he could go down....
I’m totally heartbroken for both of us however I’m waiting on a price on a cardiac ultrasound, although unlikely to be able to afford it.
Have any of you had experience of a heart murmur in a Horse? and continued riding or not?
He is an Arab, now 23yrs old and always been so healthy! It’s only because he had quietened down to ride - lack of spooking and behaving like a fully grown up horse I called the vet! Totally out of character for him and so out of the blue!