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[–] [email protected] 92 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Sometimes they will die because they can’t puke. Also broken legs are usually fatal even with vet care.

[–] [email protected] 112 points 1 month ago (8 children)

To add on why broken legs are fatal: its because horses are so big, that even with a sling, they cannot support themselves well on 3 legs. And lying down is also not an option as their own weight will crush their internal organs if they stay down for too long.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I thought horses not being able to lie down for long was just competition horses! It's all of them?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's not just horses, all large mammals have this problem from lying down too long. Horses can and do lie down every day, but for short periods of time. It's the extended lying down from illness or injury that kills them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

do humans count as large mammals? pretty sure we have at least very similar problems if we lie down for ages, hence why people who are bed bound have to be moved around regularly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

You mean bedsores, yeah its a pretty similar cause. The difference is that bedsores only cause damage to the skin from lack of blood flow caused by the extended pressure from lying down. While in horses, the extended pressure from lying down leads to poor blood flow in not just the skin, but the muscles and organs nearby too.

And yes, you can turn horses over too, but it takes multiple people and is really dangerous to everyone involved, so its not an action to be taken lightly.

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