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hunysgrl

Posted on Friday, Feb 9, 2007 - 10:49 pm:

(same horse from the thread: mare experiencing lameness) With bar shoes, Honey's foreleg has healed and is doing well, but now she is experiencing lameness in her left hind leg. She is especially sensitive to the hock area. There is no heat, just soreness. She is resting it every chance she gets and is not eating her hay. When she is in her stall, she will kick the walls or the door. We place kick chains on her hind legs to prevent this, but occasionally it still happens. About a week ago, we had some bad weather and she was kept inside for a few days. If she wasn't kicking, she was biting the door, but for the last several days, she has been outside in her turnout, with some walking and flexing of her head and neck, wearing a saddle, but no riding, about thirty minutes for the past two days. Could there be trauma to her hock, from her kicking the stall walls? The chains are placed between her pastern and her hoof. We are going to find out if our local tack store has needles we can purchase, to give her a shot of banamine. We gave her some bute tonight.
Member:
freshman

Posted on Saturday, Feb 10, 2007 - 12:15 am:

No telling what she did to herself, but it is suspicious that she has been pounding the walls with her hind legs and is now lame. It does sound fairly significant if she is off her feed and reluctant to put weight on it. That would worry me a bit. Hopefully the bute will make her more comfortable, but I think that something like this is worth a phone call to the vet tomorrow for advice and a visit if recommended.

It may also be a good idea to take her temp in the morning, too, just in case this lameness and pain is the result of any kind of infection in or around this joint. The bute you gave tonight will bring temperature down to some extent, so try to get her temp tomorrow before giving her the next dose in case this is masking a fever.

If she is still reluctant to eat and painful in the morning, be sure to ask your vet if she wants you to give the bute/banamine before she arrives or to hold off so that she gets a clear picture of the horse's pain level, etc, when she does see it.

Hopefully she'll look better in the morning and make you wonder what all the fuss was about! Good luck and please post an update!
Member:
hunysgrl

Posted on Sunday, Feb 11, 2007 - 1:02 pm:

Saturday morning, she had eaten all of her hay, she was walking around normally like nothing had happened. Bute did the trick. She is happy and perky again. Thanks for your comment Kristin, and just like you were hoping, she's all better!
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