Horses & "tying up"

[FEIJuniorBound]

How do you guys deal with your horse that are pron to tying up?

What type of feeding programs are you on?

What has or has not worked for you?

Do you have any tips or tricks to prevent an episode?

Do you have any tips or trick to make your horse more comfortable during a episode?

Do you use chiro or massage treatments?
DO you find they help?

[striderrider]

For horses that are prone to tying up, I put them on a high fat/low starch/low sugar diet. I also make sure they have turnout as close to 24/7 as possible.

What has or has not worked for you?
Oil... my horses hated it! I use cool calories instead. Expensive, but they love it. Rice bran and flax seed didn't work overly well for me either... soybean meal is by far the best in my experience.

Do you have any tips or tricks to prevent an episode?Feed electrolytes year round, make sure you supplement selenium, high fat diet and lots of turnout, 15 minutes at the walk before and after each excersizing, don't push it on the days the horse is a little off or agitated because it could blow up in your face, keep them blanketed in the winter.

Do you have any tips or trick to make your horse more comfortable during a episode?
Put them outside in a large area alone, and let them move around only if they want to. Put the hay on the ground unless your horse is having difficulty balancing or reaching it in that case use a hay net.

Do you use chiro or massage treatments?
DO you find they help?
I use massage but I do it on my own. Magnet therapy also seems to do wonders. My mare loves it and it really helps.

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[FEIJuniorBound]

Thank you for that!