Recent content by gemmabirch

shes sort of stiff as i described to you putting even weight on her hind legs but just not reaching totally forward with the kicked one, you cant be that calm if you were 'shouting'

[ QUOTE ] Since she was never actually seen by a vet last time I suggest you leave her in, cold hose a few times a day and GET THE VET OUT on Monday or before if she is getting worse. Sorry to shout but you didn't listen last time. [/ QUOTE ] some people are so arrogant you have not see my...

my horse is sound she was sound the day after everybody on my yard is telling me not to get the vet out. what is wrong with you, i speak to my vet on the phone he doesnt not need to come out

ok so my horse got a kick on monday to the back of her cannon bone, she was lame on monday, on tuesday was sound when trotted up straight, she did have a lump on her cannon but no heat and the lump was hard and not painful to touch, she has had 4 days of rest. trotting on the lunge today and...

look what is you problem my vet ment tendon probably and no i dont spend day and night studying equine anatomy but yes i know there is no muscle in the cannon bone jus liament. what gets me is why you are so rude. all i care about is that my horse is ok. its got nothing to do with you if i said...

he probably ment bruised tendon or something

hmmmmm well thats what my vet said and hes with the royal veterinary college so i doubt hes wrong

hey everyone took her out this morning and the swelling as gone done a lot ahe is sound in trot on a straight line, spoke to the vet on the phone and he just said cold hose which i am doing. thankgod she seems to be fine and was just a bruise to the muscle. she is back out now and should be...

wow thanks for all the help guys!!!! obviously i will call the vet but it wasnt nessecary for an emergancy i just wanted to know if people have had similar situations and if anything serious could be damaged, my vet over exagerates everything

my mare has been kicked in the hindleg above the fetlock on the rear cannon bone at the back few inches above fetlock it is like a small lump hard and not hot , she is dog lame in trot and stiff in walk whatsort of injury is this how long will it take to recover, can the vet do anything for it...