Young horse hung up on fence

[Alterration]

Mr. I-want-to-cause-a-vet-bill-every-two-days decided today to try to jump the section of pipe fence from a standstill, got stuck with 3 legs on one side, one hind on the other side with it woven through the bars. Thankfully the maximum time he was like that before he was discovered was 10 minutes (and getting him off the fence only took another 5 once we figured out what to do). He is mighty scraped up but seems largely ok (though a little off his feed tonight, to be expected because he is a little traumatized).

Gave him some UG & Bute…looks like he is a little sore in the stifle. I’m thinking I might rest him a few days as we decide how major this is? Obviously if he gets worse or non-weightbearing we will call the vet, but good lord…I haven’t even gotten the vet bill yet for his last escapade.

I swear, this horse is going to be the death of me. Or at least the financial ruin of me. And he is only 6!

[BUSY]

Jingles this is his last “event” !

[swmorse]

Arrrggghh. I’m sure he’s sore. You might want to leave him out as much as possible so he can move around to keep from getting stiff and stocked up I’m sure you know that though

Glad it doesn’t appear too serious. No Christmas for you!!!

Hope he heals up quickly

[4horses]

My horse jumped out of her stall from a standstill and got hung up on her belly. My poor neighbor had to take a sledgehammer to the stall wall to get her out. Fortunately she was just fine. I put wire fencing up above the stall walls so that could never happen again. Now it looks like a jail but at least it is horse proof.

[horseshorseshorseshorses]

My lovely dingbat likes to double barrel the fence when he is mad. He has managed to get hung up twice in the last year.

The first time he was found 10-15 min with one hind leg very, very stuck and he was chilling there like “hey humans I need some help”. Thank goodness he had his blanket on because he was basically sitting on the hotwire. He got cut out, had wicked not deep cuts and was sore for 2-3 days. I just doctored him and outside of a pretty cool spider web scar is 100% sound on that leg.

The second time he got mad his donk friend got a new friend. He again double barreled the fence, did a barrel roll, managed to pop of one hind shoe and again gave himself lacerations on both hind legs. Not deep enough to call the vet but needed some treatment and bandaged. He was PISSED I turned him back out after giving him some bute. Outside of the first day when he was sore, he hasn’t been lame.

Those are just the fence incidences. Let’s not add coming up lame a horse show due to sore feet. Getting kicked in the jaw as the vet pulled up to do his coggins. And a future vet bill chasing an occasional grade 1-1.5 lameness that is most likely thin souls but he is my upper level prospect that I want to move up the levels next year.

I feel your pain. I hope your pony heals quickly.

[Tucker5]

Ugh, my filly spooked on Saturday and stuck a hind leg through the pipe panel. That leg is a bit swollen from hock to fetlock. Hoping that we avoid lymphangitis as she has some raw spots. Fortunately, at this point, she isn’t lame.

Fingers crossed that your boy comes around quickly with no lasting effects.

[KBC]

@4horses

Now it looks like a jail but at least it is horse proof.

Now why did you go and say that? Go and say 5 Hail Marys or something.

[moonlitoaksranch]

Do you think he learned something? I hope so. Hope he heals up fast and respects pipe fencing.

We have a mini donkey with a temper. Fortunately, he really loves his toy and that’s where the brunt of his anger is directed these days.

[Alterration]

I’m not sure. He has had a hard time extrapolating lessons. He’s smart, but not equine-smart (if that makes any sense). I watched him test an electric fence in 12 different spots, getting shocked every single time, but testing that it had the same effect in each area. He’s very curious, which makes him incredibly accident-prone. The good news is that he’s horseproofing the farm (an existing horse farm that has been around for more than 50 years) in a way that no one could ever expect, the bad news is that every single thing gives him another wild and crazy wound and he is an absolutely terrible patient. Nothing like trying to look at a head injury on a 17.1h giraffe who is convinced that you looking at his head wound means something terrible.

I’m still not sure how he thought he was going to make it over. It’s a TALL pipe fence. Admittedly, he’s a tall horse, but he’s no jumper. Or wasn’t…until this attempt. He was even scared to walk over poles on the ground and he takes on the fence???

By the way - if you have any pipe fence on your property, make sure that the sections can come down easily. There were a few scary moments there where I wasn’t sure how we were going to get him out. I didn’t have any tools available to cut the fence, he was woven in there pretty good, and the pins were all rusted so there wasn’t a way for me to unhook it. Thankfully, we were able to shove his body back toward the fence which allowed him to unhook his leg and wiggle free. I had never had pipe fencing before, and wood fencing will typically either break or you’ll have the tools available to cut it/sledge it/dismantle it.

He’s likely going to go on supervised turnout/managed exercise only for awhile until I can get him to mature a bit.