Guest guest Posted November 15, 2002 Report Share Posted November 15, 2002 > Is the TCM aspect of this article correct - I assume so? Yes. It is one possible scenario. Was your horse ever on a lot of antibiotics? NSAIDs? (Non-Steroid AntiInflammatory Drugs. Aspirin is a mild NSAID.) Victoria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 15, 2002 Report Share Posted November 15, 2002 > Was your horse ever on a lot of antibiotics? NSAIDs? (Non-Steroid > AntiInflammatory Drugs. Aspirin is a mild NSAID.) Not really - the odd course over the years, but nothing extraordinary. I don't think that was the root of the whole thing, just a stage along the way, another compounding factor. He has had an acid stomach and possibly hindgut for a very long time I now believe. But the very first sign of abnormality he had was as a very young foal being unable to cool himself in hot weather! The other foal was fine - he was just floppy and lethargic, lying down all the time, never thrived. I fed him grain for a short while he looked so poor, and then autumn came, and with it the sweeter grass - and he turned into a hyperactive 'ninja-foal on steroids', got so butch so quick you would not believe it! His only playmate was removed at the same time, to my horror, and so all his (considerable) play urges were frustrated and turned to aggression and anger, and he started attacking anything that came into his field, desperate for play-fight. He entirely wore his dam out, who just gave up trying to discipline him. It seems entirely possible to me that his inherant weakness combined with such a great challenge to the liver set up a pattern he has never been able to overcome. Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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