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I was also told by the vet that the antibiotics wouldn't work much because of the low blood flow in that area, the second vet said the only way it could have been cured was an operation to take out the degraded bone/ cartilage. But it had gone too far. He also said that the amount of bute the...

Thank you, I appreciate that x The second vets did a contast x ray, it seemed to show that his colateral cartilage had gone, his pedle bone was badly degraded and his joint had collapsed. The 1st vet had put a none sterile solution into the abcess hole he made, which turned out to lead directly...

Thank you I'll look into that, my big fellow didn't deserve the outcome, he was the sweetest kindest horse you could have ever wanted to know, I miss him so much...( I need a tissue again :( )

I have recently had to have my beautiful stallion put to sleep because of (in my opinion) a vets mis-diagnosis, lack of treatment (they kept fobbing off over a 2 month period to do an x ray, saying it would show nothing! And I had to let the antibiotics work! even my farrier asked them! ) so...