How Much Sleep Does Your Horse Need?
roll that he has had a traumatic or intense past that he is not at ease with herdmates or does not have a herdmate that can look out for him or that he struggles with other health conditions that may prevent deep restorative sleep including arthritis digestive issues or mobility issues limiting his ability to lie down or get back up
What does healthy sleep look like in horses? We can recognize three phases with the first when standing where there is still awareness but deep relaxation. Next also possibly in standing the horse enters a phase of deeper relaxation with only slight muscle tone where his brain waves slow substantially. In the final phase where REM sleep occurs called paradoxical sleep the horse must lie down generally coming out of the second phase first to fully ensure that the environment is safe to lie down. The horse will then go back through the first two phases of sleep and then if all feels well he will either lie down on his side or tuck his head into his side to enter the third phase of sleep. This deeply restorative phase of sleep is characterized by rapid eye movement under closed lids loss of reflexes and muscle function and active brain waves. While humans need between two to three hours of paradoxical sleep per day horses only require 30 to 60 minutes per day and dont follow daily sleep cycles requiring this every day. However after loss of this type of sleep for one week or more many horses will begin to show signs of sleep deprivation such as swaying or falling from standing. Essentially because of their exhaustion these horses move into paradoxical sleep without it being preceded by slow wave sleep losing muscle tone and reflexes while standing.
مع وصول أونصة الذهب إلى مستويات قياسية تجاوزت 2500 دولار، يجد المواطن المصري نفسه مضطراً لموازنة استثماراته بين الذهب واحتياجاته الأخرى، خاصة مع ارتفاع أسعار السيارات مثل تويوتا، هيونداي، وبي إم دبليو، مما يزيد من التحديات المالية التي يواجهها.
