PaintsRule
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I have a nice little black splashed white (I think) mare. She has white over her ear, one ear, not the other. Blue eyes.... we had her just in a large stall 16 by 20 and hadnt turned her out in the field for some time. The first time we turned her out, she had to come out of her stall, turn go about 10 feet, then jump down about 1.5 - 2 feet to get outside. Well she staggered and almost fell, then went away and staggered a time or 2 again. She seems to work out of it, and if turned out often seems to get better and better. The other day my husband was trying to push her out (she was very leary of going out) so I said I will lead her the long way and no jumping. When he was pushing to get her out, she was wobbling, but she lead very best all the way and I released her in the pasture and she was fine. My thoughts, is is there a possibility that she lacks pigment inside that one ear and none of the little hairs that are required for hearing as well as I read somewhere that the hairs are also is used for balance, and is deaf in one ear? I know people are going to say my splashed white is deaf but has no balance problems, well I would say, yeah both ears and they can be balanced because they are the same in both ears, but wouldnt just one cause balance issues? She does not appear to be in pain along her back or her head etc, and when she is outside and is running she can really boogie...... I have put this mare for sale, but am considering my options, I did tell someone about the occaisional issue and did a video of her running..... She was never sick, nor injured to my knowledge... I always wondered if she might be deaf because of the white, but if she was only one ear deaf then it would be harder to tell...... We only bought her this spring and had her in the large stall for some time before we turned her out so in the barn everything was perfectly normal, and it appears she only staggers when needing to jump or turning quickly......
Here is a video to show you how she CAN run and play... Not sure if I do it right, maybe you can copy and paste....
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Here is a video to show you how she CAN run and play... Not sure if I do it right, maybe you can copy and paste....
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