Help me,, what is "roars" in a horse??????

[horses4me]

MY g/f has a really nice mare,, she is super well trained, nice babies, super sweet but she has the "roars". So what is it exactly? Does it hinder he ability to be ridden? Can she take meds to help her? Is it like heaves? My g/f said its a noise in her throat and doesnt hurt her just makes the noise when she breathes.... so i was wondering if anyone can give some insight on this mare? My g/f si going to give me this mare for my 6 year old twins to w/t in our roundpen,, would this hurt the mare?

[texagal7]

I wonder if it is the same as windsucking?

[chukker4]

This should help....

http://evrp.lsu.edu/healthtips/LaryngealHemiplegia.htm

[vetjeanne]

The laryngeal tissue is loose in the mare throat.The flaps make it hard to move air during exercize. It requires surgery to repair .

[horses4me]

Originally Posted by vetjeanne

The laryngeal tissue is loose in the mare throat.The flaps make it hard to move air during exercize. It requires surgery to repair .

so can she go thru life without the surgery? We dont plan on working her hard,,,and how much was the surgery?

[kanoo32]

One or both of the flappers are either fully or partially paralyzed in her throat making her move air improperly. If she is just a riding horse it should not cause a problem for her. If she is working hard, then she would most likely need to have a surgery to try and correct it, but it is not a sure thing!

Feeding her on the groound will help her get her feed better and help avoid choke. For what you are going to use her for it should not hinder her.

[horses4me]

Originally Posted by kanoo32

One or both of the flappers are either fully or partially paralyzed in her throat making her move air improperly. If she is just a riding horse it should not cause a problem for her. If she is working hard, then she would most likely need to have a surgery to try and correct it, but it is not a sure thing!

Feeding her on the groound will help her get her feed better and help avoid choke. For what you are going to use her for it should not hinder her.

ok thank you,, i only have my girls riding her in a roundpen as of right now, they would like to take her on A trail ride this fall. But it would only be a quick 30 inutes, cause 6 year olds dont have the longest attetnion span,,lol

[GreyDot]

A horse can roar because there is pressure around that area, too. Dot roared when asked to do canter pirouettes before we took out the thyroid tumour - in fact, that's how we found out he even had one. It was pressing on the throat structures in the flexion and collection, and made him roar. It was completely painless, though.

[Carri]

My horse has complete laryngeal hemiplegia of the left side, it is more than just the flaps, it is his whole larynx. He is still completely functional, I ride him in lower level dressage and jumping. On bad allergy days, we have to take it easy, because his allergies definitely make it more difficult for him to breath, and I would not push him harder than I know he is comfortable, but he can still be ridden and do everything I need him to do.

Our vet recommended against surgery, he did not feel like it would help in my horse's case, but if we had done it, it would have been about $800.

[DappleGrayMyWay]

I was told that one possible side effect of Pepper's recent surgery could be "roars" if she sustained any lateral damage to the nerves and/or tissue in her throat during the gutteral pouch surgery.

Odd that there is a surgery to help this, when a surgical procedure might also cause it but so far she's been fine. Although she also hasn't been worked yet so I can't know if she's dealing with something like that.

Just look for signs of inadequate oxygen intake when the twins ride. If the horse slows suddenly, the eyes bulge, look at the gums when putting & taking out the bit, you might reconsider riding the horse.