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    ESPM symptoms?

    Can anyone advise me please on the symptoms pf ESPM esp in mild cases! My horse has had an intermittent lamness for about 2 years and someone on the yard mentioned espm. The vet has be unable to diagnose a prob with my horse & he is perfectly fine when he is going forward nicely, but when he...
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    intermittent lameness - PLEASE HELP! END of my tether!

    [ QUOTE ] Am probably going to get shot down for saying this, but was he struggling before you got the treeless saddle? It's just that my Physio and Saddler have both commented on how busy they have been kept sorting out sore backs caused by treeless saddles, apparently they cause a lot of back...
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    intermittent lameness - PLEASE HELP! END of my tether!

    The vet said OCD to begin, so he was looking for that when scanned/nerve blocked etc. The problem is is although he is still insured, the claim has closed as it has been over a year & they have excluded his leg from the policy :-( I fed him superflex for a good few months to see if that...
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    Thrush

    Milton! 1/2 milton 1/2 water... put it in every time you pick feet out, if it's, soak in a bucket for 5 mins if you r horse will stand still with feet/foot in buckets! Cheap & effective!
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    intermittent lameness - PLEASE HELP! END of my tether!

    what about delayed release of the patella... ahs anyone had any experience of this. I just found an article & alot of his 'symptoms' are like this condition
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    intermittent lameness - PLEASE HELP! END of my tether!

    Hi, thanks guys... He's had nerve blocks in his whole hind leg, made no difference at all all the way up from fetlock to stifle! he has ultra sounds on his stife (by the 2 practices) & a high defination ultrasound & was told thya coulsnt see anything wrong, but even with the high def...
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    intermittent lameness - PLEASE HELP! END of my tether!

    Hi, this is a long story so I'll try to make it easy. I have a 6 1/2 year old Gypsy cob. I bought him 3 1/2 years ago from a wild herd, had never had anything done to him. I broke him slowly myself & he's only ever been hacked very quietly. He is barefoot & trimmed every 8 weeks or less...
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