[rivermom]

With the weather warming up horses LOVE to lie down. My Wildflower lies down A LOT with her head flat on the ground. She is sleeping. Believe it or not this is very NORMAL for horses.

Now...if you say the horse is NOT moving when you try to stir it then that's BAD. either it has colic or twisted intestines or a broken leg. Any horse that is stirred up SHOULD get up right away. Their instinct is flight during fright I might say...

You did a very nice thing Chandra by trying to get in touch w/ the nieghbors. If you are near by maybe you can try to stir the horse again/spook it if you have too. Yell, whatever. BUT>>> do NOT go into that pasture. A frightened horse or if injured can cause severe injury to you if he runs you over, etc.

Now the day Wildflower got caught up in the barbed wire fence about a month or so ago. She too was lying flat, head down and did NOT respond to my neighbor yelling at her. He too thought she was dead.

She was injured though and knew she couldn't move. A horse when trapped in a fence either lies very still or goes balistic and makes the injury worse. luckily Wildflower stayed calm.

Kudo's to you !!!! I hope this horse is going to be ok. Sorry for my delay in response. I left the house for a bit.