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Discussion on Trimming feet of a horse with "shoulder sweeny".
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valh
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Posted on Wednesday, Sep 12, 2007 - 12:51 pm:
Hi,
I have a young mare that damaged her shoulder this past June during a storm at night. She could hardly put any weight on the leg. We took her into see the Vet. and was diagnosed with shoulder sweeny. At the present, there is no muscle and she still has a hard time putting any weight on that leg. She is getting stall rest and there may be some improvement. It's hard to tell. The problem is that her feet need to be trimmed. We have tried to pick up her other feet and she almost falls over on her bad side. The Vet is coming out this Friday along with our farrier to trim her feet. I am very concerned about sedating her for this. When she comes out of the sedation will she do more damage to that leg and shoulder? How often can this be done? Is there a better way to do this?
Thank you,
Valerie
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DrO
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Posted on Thursday, Sep 13, 2007 - 8:35 am:
Hello ValerieH,
Though the acute injury may be painful the sweeny itself is not and the horse should be over the painful stages. If not, I would think further investigation into the nature of the injury indicated but pretreating with good doses of phenylbute should help quite a bit.
The other possibility is that large amounts of shoulder and axilla nerves were damaged making standing on the leg precarious so the horse fears putting a lot of weight on it. But if she walks pretty well on it (after all the others legs have to leave the ground when walking) I would think she could bear weight on it for short periods and you may have to just push through on a surface soft enough to lay down on. If she does lay down I would work on it down.
DrO
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valh
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Posted on Thursday, Sep 13, 2007 - 10:16 am:
Morning DrO,
Thanks for your reply. When the mare walks her shoulder seems to pop out of joint. The Vet. that I use is just out of school and seems very capable. He made the comment "I don't like doing this and will not do this again for at least four months. It is dangerous." He said it's the sedating her and laying her down that he does not like to do. This is what made me uncomfortable.
Thanks, Valerie
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