Sugar....Falling Asleep =o

Ok! Turns out, this started happening some time after she started slipping on her pee spot in her stall, July '09. One time she sliced her leg clear open, took 2 months to heal, and kept cutting up her back legs. So she stopped lying down in her stall.
The field outside was BAD and she was uncomfortable lying down around the other horses, so she stopped lying down all together.

It took awhile, but I made sure her pee spot was up every day and she had loads of shavings. She eventually started lying down in her stall again!

Now we're at a NICE barn. With lovely stall cleaners. And no problems like that, ever!

Most likely she is NOT narcoleptic. She just needs to lie down to sleep, and had stopped lying down. She is better now!

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[beena1077]

Did you get a diagnosis? My TB mare is doing the same thing... last week she crashed on her fetlock and injured it. I heard from my vet that this is a VERY common TB problem... they stop lying down to sleep for some reason. I got a bunch of shavings and made her a soft bed to sleep on and i bought a calming supplement that I give her at night. It has helped a bit... she is lying down to sleep more often, but still not enough....

[mewjet18]

well not exactly but I think I figured out her problem :] at our old barn she used to lay down in the fields ALL the time. She stopped doing that when we moved (not ideal turnout situations, she wasn't comfortable laying in the field), so she was laying in her stall. But when it came time to get up, one time she slipped in her pee spot and sliced her leg open (took 2 months to get over) and kept cutting her legs up. So she stopped laying down.

[mewjet18]

The barn owner finally got some lime, which helps CONSIDERABLY with drying the floor of her stall (it's boarded, and was very slippery, even for me to walk on), and the floor stays dry now if the stall cleaners consistently clean the pee spot and lime the boards. I also make sure she gets loads of shavings. I've seen her rolling recently with no problem, and many times now her tail's been full of shavings, so I think she's laying down again :]

Hopefully, problem solved!

[horsegal913]

she looks exactly like my mare!!! and i do the same jaw thing xP

[mewjet18]

loool!! haha that was like the first time I'd ever done it. if I try doing it when she's awake, she's like AAHH! lol

same with checking her tatoo :p the only way I can get to it is when she's OUT haha

[xxequineluvrxx]

Wow....I see what you mean (what you told me). She did get energetic though after this didn't she?

We quarter groom taking about a half hour before we ride concentrating on all tack areas. Aftter riding we do a full groom at least another half hour That doesn't include tacking up. Time should be spent cleaning and caring for your horse before and after a ride. So what is like forever for you!!? lol Lucky mares :D

[mewjet18]

yeah exactly!! see I do my full groom before I ride so it can take anywhere from 15min to an hour or so. Then they usually get all awful and sweaty when I ride so I just rinse them down reallly good afterwards and brush all the itchies off their face lol

[ILoveMy2Horses]

LMAO that was SOOOO FREAKING CUTE ahahahah i love it

[mewjet18]

LOL 10 minutes grooming? that's just enough time for me to get through spraying and rubbing her face and saying how cute (or buuutiful for Tilly) she is! LOL

well, I guess it's really grooming that takes me longest. I'm reallly thorough, it's why they're both so gorgeous :o

[suresurfergurl]

NO! It take like ten minutes to get the tack on i can spend like 10 grooming the horse.