Recent content by Hiijax

My 17 yr old boy was diagnosed with kissing spine last summer. The symptoms can be many and varied, but my dressage horse just became slightly unlevel behind which only showed up under saddle. He too had a bump just behind the cantle when I got him ~ caused by a badly fitting saddle but this...

Many thanks for your replies. Bloods all came back ok. No dehydration and everything else very normal. Test results for tapeworm will take a little longer but should get soon, it would be an easy solution if worms were the cause though I can`t see that it can be ~ he is wormed and egg counts...

Has anyone else experienced repetitive mild spasmodic colic in their horses during the bad weather? If so for what reason and what advice have you been given? I`d really appreciate your thoughts, advice, experiences... My 17 yr old thoroughbred has for the past six yrs experienced mild colic...

Thanks to you both. Guess I will know in a week or two. I know the vet will advise but ultimately the decision will be mine to make. Hope it won`t be necessary. Really pleased to hear your mare is recovering well. Are you back in the saddle?

My 17 yr old thoroughbredha been getting progressively stiff for some time. I initially put this down to age and put him on a joint supplement and gave him more time to warm up, which seemed to do the trick. However, more recently he has shown very slight, low grade lameness to near hind...