izze90 wrote:
My gelding is N/H, the one in my avatar. I bought him knowing he was N/H. He has never shown any symtoms & will be 7 this spring. I love him to death, but after actually seeing attacks(not him), I don't think I'd buy another N/H horse. That being said, HYPP doesn't always equal death, it can be very managable with medication and diet.I also started a couple N/H horses this year, they never had any attacks while I was riding. If they get unusually sweaty or start twitching or just acting off in general, an attack may be coming on. I know one that if there was an unusual change in the weather, he would have an attack. Attacks don't always have to be full fledged spazzing out on the ground, it can just be a few muscles twitching.
Thanks. I just wish I can find a statistic that said if a horse does not have symptoms by so and so age that # % will never develop symptoms. Now I think that I'm going to be more nervous riding this horse which is not going to help my training at all.