L&B
Well-Known Member
When rinsing down and drying off my 6mo fillys legs this eve from having a right frolic in the mud today I noticed both of her back fetlock areas were slightly swelled.
She is a trad' cob with feather already.
She is not lame, walked and trotted fine, she is not in any discomfort when I give them a good palpitation. The swelling is squidgy, not solid.
Of course if this is still the case tomorrow I will call a vet and make an appointment over the weekend, but in the meantime I was wondering if anything in relation to my routine jumped out to any of you as problematic regarding her fetlocks.
I realise it could simply be the area of deep mud we have around the gates and her having tweaked something in it.
It could be her needing a trim (booked in Saturday).
I realise mud fever is a possibility although I can see nothing atm.
She is out in the day 6.30 - 5pm and stabled at night.
I'm absolutely obsessed with her growing too quickly and having joint issues as I've seen it before in a friends colt and he had to be pts at 4yo after much battling
So she is currently being fed 1kg of dodson and horell mare and foal mix per day split over 2 feeds. She has access to unlimited haylage (although eats around 1 med sized haynet per day). I have the option to change to hay as of Saturday if need be? But my reason for haylage was I was advised it was best for foals first winter.
Might it be worth me leaving her in for a day off the mud and in the dry?
Apologies if I've babbled, just trying to give as much info as possible and throw ideas around
I dont require any smarmy answers or snide remarks x
She is a trad' cob with feather already.
She is not lame, walked and trotted fine, she is not in any discomfort when I give them a good palpitation. The swelling is squidgy, not solid.
Of course if this is still the case tomorrow I will call a vet and make an appointment over the weekend, but in the meantime I was wondering if anything in relation to my routine jumped out to any of you as problematic regarding her fetlocks.
I realise it could simply be the area of deep mud we have around the gates and her having tweaked something in it.
It could be her needing a trim (booked in Saturday).
I realise mud fever is a possibility although I can see nothing atm.
She is out in the day 6.30 - 5pm and stabled at night.
I'm absolutely obsessed with her growing too quickly and having joint issues as I've seen it before in a friends colt and he had to be pts at 4yo after much battling
So she is currently being fed 1kg of dodson and horell mare and foal mix per day split over 2 feeds. She has access to unlimited haylage (although eats around 1 med sized haynet per day). I have the option to change to hay as of Saturday if need be? But my reason for haylage was I was advised it was best for foals first winter.
Might it be worth me leaving her in for a day off the mud and in the dry?
Apologies if I've babbled, just trying to give as much info as possible and throw ideas around
I dont require any smarmy answers or snide remarks x