Recent content by Spartu

Hi all. I have had some really strange issues with my horse lately, and although things are relatively under control, I need to consult you. He is a perfectly healthy 10 year old TB, quite heavy built, not a typical TB, and a bit fat, but he is built that way, always has a little belly. He was...

Hi all. Two days ago, while picking out my boy's hooves after a short walk, I noticed his left hind was swollen a bit. Checked again tomorrow, and leg was filled from fetlock and higher up, but not around the hock. When viewed from the side, it had slightly bow-like apperance. Horse is not in...

9 year old dressage TB was on winter break - hand-walking, light lungeing, and small pasture turn out. He was in pasture that was pretty much frozen, but not that bad, and was full of energy, trotting in hand and stuff, but was calm in the pasture because he is smart guy. :D Day after, I find...

Hey everyone. Thank you so so so much for sharing your stories with me, kind of feels much better to know that I'm not alone in this, and that there are many other cases like mine out there, if not worse. My boy feels very good, so I doubt he is in any pain, but still. When I open his door box...

Hey all. I'm seeking some condolence here, as I had a rough horsie days behind me. My 9 year old dressage horse was over a half way into his longish box rest, had like 20 more days to do. I admit it, he was not a saint during it, but we were pulling through. He did kick a wall here and there...

My horse had a nail in his hoof one year ago, was his right hind and he presented as broken leg lame until vet found it and took it out. It was about 3cm deep and in the area between frog and sole. Horse was not right for a month or more, leg always filled a bit. One day, when cleaning his hoof...

Hey all. Good news are continuing to happen. but normally, I cannot stop worrying. It has been around 3 weeks now, and he has been turned out everyday. He is moving very well, cantering, and no lameness when lunged on the circle. but I feel like he is still a bit reserved. So I mostly try him in...

With an actual abscess, I would expect some severe lameness. BO told me one of the possibilities. First time I saw him lame and almost three-legged was one abscess was there, then he was lame, but better - because we treated him agressively. 2nd time when he held leg in front of him was after...

Hello all. Mostly good news around, and I hope it will keep up with improving. Horse is off any medication for 3-4 or more days now, and from the first day we took him off pain-relievers he never took a bad step. He is happily standing on all four, comfortably turning in circles around his box...

Glad you both agree it is leaning towards an abscess. He was also more comfortable yesterday, walking around his box, even crossing front legs when turning, but still not comfortable on tight circle, but is making good progress. He even did some rearing in the box while I was bringing his food...

Yesterday, his 3 feet were as cold as ice, literally, like a rock, only his left hoof had varying heat - from mild heat/nothing scary to much hotter, but never cold as the other ones. And his swelling at the front of the hoof where the coronary band is, is kind of soft and expanding. Like being...

Ugh. All of this has given me bad anxiety. Not eating/sleeping. I just want this to end. When I heard my vet say to cut off all of his grain, my world literally crushed. I will keep you all informed. But as this has been going for around 10 days now, I'm so scared. Seeing my horse is pain is the...

I would kill for an abscess. But after vet took him out for check up, he got more swelling. I wonder if he would be the same if he stayed inside. Plus the coronet band and pastern swelling. o.o One thing that puzzles me, is how could he get the fracture in the first place? He is out of work, not...

Leg was a bit worse today. More swelling, behind and front of the pastern, filled leg and puffy fetlock. So we will have to x-ray his whole leg. Might be a pedal bone fracture. Devastated. :(

Thank you so much for your kind words that give me hope. This ignorance is so upsetting for me. :( Only things that make me think he has laminitis is his walking slower than normal and the fact he really is fat. :/ But it is a bit long for him to stay the same, not get worse. I mean, he does...