donkeymom
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We had to put our beloved appaloosa mare "Glow" down this past week. She was 27 years old and we've had her since she was 15. The morning started out like any other..open the barn door and let them all out for breakfast. 15 minutes later my jack donkey is braying non stop freaking right out. When we looked out the window and glow is down tangled in the fence near my jacks pen. (he's not loose with the girls) when we get out there and untangle her she started seizing (small seizures that only lasted maybe a minute or two) we thought maybe shock. we covered her up and then she would come out of it and try to get up, then she'd fall again. She was alert , ears perked and she whinnied when she saw my sister (Her owner) So she kinda knew who was around. She wanted in the barn so we slowly guided her there. She was seizing every few minutes but stayed to her feet until she got to the barn and then she went down again. When the vet got there she told us we had to put her down. She had no visible head trauma and was fine in the morning. We are devastated but we want answers on why? She showed no signs of being ill and to have like 20 seizures within the hour? The vet said she had a serious brain damage from some sort of trauma. Our barn is not the same and she is sadly missed by all of our animals. they keep looking for her. Does anyone know anything about horse seizures that could give us some answers