Birker2020
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Hi my horse had Arthramid in her coffin joints on both left and right fore on Friday 16th April and some in her navicular bursa on her left fore - a scan showed this was inflammed. She also had 10mg triamcinolone which is steroid and 40mg of depmedrone which is used to treat pain and swelling in arthirtis.
Vet notes said box rest and walk in hand for 20 mins once/twice a day which I started on Saturday afternoon. Over the weekend she was clearly much sounder in walk, still a little bit 'not right' but an obvious improvement. Sunday was much the same, she had a quick walk on Sunday in the morning and ten mins on Sunday afternoon - I have to be careful walking her outside the confines of the yard as she is quite spooky, its a big yard with a lot going on, we have lambs in one of the pens and she spooks at those, and a bonfire was blowing smoke which she also found spooky and I didn't want her taking off with me as she has to be on box rest with walks for 2 weeks because she's so feisty in the field and the first 48 hours are crucial that they are 'kept quiet'. I was delighted as it looked like the Arthramid had worked.
This morning I was there at 6am to muck out and a quick walk before work and she was noticeably worse than she had been over the weekend. She's certainly not hopping lame by any extent but she did look lame when I walked her up and down the aisles (big circle), the same as she'd looked before she'd had the Arthramid (in walk). I only did one lap as I didn't want to push it. I rang the vets when I got to work as was advised to ring my vet so rang him and he said it can take 4-6 weeks to work but that it could also be an infection in the navicular bursa. I am really concerned now. If it were an infection I'd expect her to be hopping lame which she isn't - (vet said this isn't always the case) she just looks 'not right' walking. She is bright, wolfed down her breakfast, wasn't reluctant to walk, seemed very keen really.
I am going to see how she is when I get there after work and ring the vet accordingly. I will take her temperature also and if necessary call the vet on an emergency appointment.
I'm really worried because this was her last chance to get her paddock sound before I gave up and had her pts. I don't understand how she could have been good walking yesterday at 5pm and yet lame this morning. She doesn't look like she's been cast overnight or anything. She had had her breakfast with a sachet of bute in this morning but I don't think it would have taken effect by the time she was walked about (30 mins later) but this was the same case Saturday and Sunday morning when she wasn't lame.
Vet notes said box rest and walk in hand for 20 mins once/twice a day which I started on Saturday afternoon. Over the weekend she was clearly much sounder in walk, still a little bit 'not right' but an obvious improvement. Sunday was much the same, she had a quick walk on Sunday in the morning and ten mins on Sunday afternoon - I have to be careful walking her outside the confines of the yard as she is quite spooky, its a big yard with a lot going on, we have lambs in one of the pens and she spooks at those, and a bonfire was blowing smoke which she also found spooky and I didn't want her taking off with me as she has to be on box rest with walks for 2 weeks because she's so feisty in the field and the first 48 hours are crucial that they are 'kept quiet'. I was delighted as it looked like the Arthramid had worked.
This morning I was there at 6am to muck out and a quick walk before work and she was noticeably worse than she had been over the weekend. She's certainly not hopping lame by any extent but she did look lame when I walked her up and down the aisles (big circle), the same as she'd looked before she'd had the Arthramid (in walk). I only did one lap as I didn't want to push it. I rang the vets when I got to work as was advised to ring my vet so rang him and he said it can take 4-6 weeks to work but that it could also be an infection in the navicular bursa. I am really concerned now. If it were an infection I'd expect her to be hopping lame which she isn't - (vet said this isn't always the case) she just looks 'not right' walking. She is bright, wolfed down her breakfast, wasn't reluctant to walk, seemed very keen really.
I am going to see how she is when I get there after work and ring the vet accordingly. I will take her temperature also and if necessary call the vet on an emergency appointment.
I'm really worried because this was her last chance to get her paddock sound before I gave up and had her pts. I don't understand how she could have been good walking yesterday at 5pm and yet lame this morning. She doesn't look like she's been cast overnight or anything. She had had her breakfast with a sachet of bute in this morning but I don't think it would have taken effect by the time she was walked about (30 mins later) but this was the same case Saturday and Sunday morning when she wasn't lame.
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