Use the navigation bar above to access articles and more discussions on this topic.
| Author |
Message |
    
Kristen Mintz
Member
Username: Kristenm
Post Number: 14
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, Oct 12, 2005 - 2:51 pm: |   |
I have a 14 year old Arabian gelding whom when he drinks some of the water seems to come back out his nose. Why is this? |
Karen Nolte
Member
Username: Morg1
Post Number: 58
Registered: 4-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, Oct 12, 2005 - 5:38 pm: | |
I just purchased a horse a week ago that I witnessed doing this same thing, and have been considering posting the same question. I too would like to know why this happened. |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
Moderator
Username: Dro
Post Number: 13895
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Thursday, Oct 13, 2005 - 7:15 am: | |
They are drinking faster than they can swallow it all, the result is a bit comes back out the nose. I presume there are no other symptoms like a stressful look, cough, or respiratory noise when exercised.
DrO |
Kristen Mintz
Member
Username: Kristenm
Post Number: 15
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Friday, Oct 14, 2005 - 7:31 am: | |
He has no stressful looks, or respiratory noises when being exercised, but he does cough sometimes. Is there a way to get them to slow their drinking? |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
Moderator
Username: Dro
Post Number: 13907
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Friday, Oct 14, 2005 - 11:33 am: | |
The question next becomes is this too rapid a drinking or is their a physiological problem with swallowing that makes normal drinking too fast? Does he drink his water very fast?
DrO |
Kristen Mintz
Member
Username: Kristenm
Post Number: 16
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Friday, Oct 14, 2005 - 11:49 am: | |
It doesn't seem to me that he drinks any faster than the other horses do. |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
Moderator
Username: Dro
Post Number: 13914
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Saturday, Oct 15, 2005 - 10:41 am: | |
If this is just a occasional thing I personally would ignore, you see this ever so often, usually with a little white stringy mucous with it. If this is a constant problem, and the coughing associated with it is persistent or increasing, you could consider having the horse scoped to see if there is a problem in the pharynx, where the water gets diverted to the nostrils. Considering the lack of other symptoms this is a low percentage procedure but the next logical step.
DrO |
