> It was dry and fluffy. There wasn't much humidity, > but, the other horse was wet with sweat.
I feel like no sweat means anhydrosis. The other horse was very sweaty. So this just tells us one horse was having a normal reaction, the other was not. was there an event preceding this one where Nanna was suddenly very overheated and exerted, like when she was introduced to the herd maybe or playing maybe? because anhydrosis can be *caused* by an event like this and then the NEXT time the horse is exercised the anyhydrosis shows up and then each time it will get worse if not treated. Oddly beer is good for anhydrosis, because of the hops, and jeffers sells a supplement for it and with beer and the supplement you can ride the horse on cool days at a mild rate. but anhydrosis is a broken thermostat in the animal, and each time it happens the thermostat gets more and more broken until you cant really take any chances except maybe on a cold cold day or something. But stonewalls anemia looked like anhydrosis to me until I actually SAW a case. I have a video of that horse with anyhydrosis in extreme stress on Judy's iceryder photo site. I will go look for the url and post it. Janice-- even good horses have bad days sometimes.
