ew1801
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This could be long so I apologise.
My 9 year old gelding is a forward going ride and I have owned him for 17 months. Never had any injurys illness etc.
Two weeks ago he trotted up very slightly lame whilst out hacking. The lameness was slight an did seem to get better after being warmed up. I rested him for two weeks (turnout but no riding) and gave him bute. Two weeks later he was still off but seemed to have transferred to his other leg ( front legs). I got the vet out who gave him a lameness work up but even he was actually struggling to see the lameness. He couldnt find any lumps bumps heat or swelling the only thing he noticed was a very slight pulse in his right fetlock joint. So 4 weeks box rest and bute was ordered. If he is still lame after this then he said he would need nerve blocking and X-rays to rule out navicular. Now here comes the complicated part. Roughly about a week before he went lame we went out riding with friends and he was his usually eager self throughout the ride. We went over a field we have been over a thousand times but a hidden bog had formed and he sink onto this and tried to rush through. I managed to hold him and direct him through. He seemed perfectly fine for the rest of the ride. Next day I went out with a friend and he was like a donkey which just isn't like him at all. I put this down to the night before he had stayed out all night due to repairs being done on his stable and he is used to coming in on a night. Two days later we hacked out on our own and agin he was very quiet but not lame. Two days later I went out agin and then he trotted up lame. I rested him an trotted him up after week one an he was still slightly off on his left front. Then at the end of week two he ploughed through the field electric fencing and went flying round like animal possessed flirting with the Ladys. The girls on the yard said he looked fabulous and defiantly didn't look lame. So that night I trotted him up and he was lame on his right so the vet was called. Now does this sound like navicular or could he have recovered from his first lame issue and then caused another by going through the fence. He also does have occasional problems with his muscles as he over bends when he gets excited out on a hack trying to evade the bit so in turn makes his self sore along his neck and poll area. Do you think it could be a muscle problem causing the lameness since he hasn't been right since our over exciting and sinking in the bog ride? Sorry it's long just a bit baffled and trying to look at this from other views rather than jumping straight in wih navicular
My 9 year old gelding is a forward going ride and I have owned him for 17 months. Never had any injurys illness etc.
Two weeks ago he trotted up very slightly lame whilst out hacking. The lameness was slight an did seem to get better after being warmed up. I rested him for two weeks (turnout but no riding) and gave him bute. Two weeks later he was still off but seemed to have transferred to his other leg ( front legs). I got the vet out who gave him a lameness work up but even he was actually struggling to see the lameness. He couldnt find any lumps bumps heat or swelling the only thing he noticed was a very slight pulse in his right fetlock joint. So 4 weeks box rest and bute was ordered. If he is still lame after this then he said he would need nerve blocking and X-rays to rule out navicular. Now here comes the complicated part. Roughly about a week before he went lame we went out riding with friends and he was his usually eager self throughout the ride. We went over a field we have been over a thousand times but a hidden bog had formed and he sink onto this and tried to rush through. I managed to hold him and direct him through. He seemed perfectly fine for the rest of the ride. Next day I went out with a friend and he was like a donkey which just isn't like him at all. I put this down to the night before he had stayed out all night due to repairs being done on his stable and he is used to coming in on a night. Two days later we hacked out on our own and agin he was very quiet but not lame. Two days later I went out agin and then he trotted up lame. I rested him an trotted him up after week one an he was still slightly off on his left front. Then at the end of week two he ploughed through the field electric fencing and went flying round like animal possessed flirting with the Ladys. The girls on the yard said he looked fabulous and defiantly didn't look lame. So that night I trotted him up and he was lame on his right so the vet was called. Now does this sound like navicular or could he have recovered from his first lame issue and then caused another by going through the fence. He also does have occasional problems with his muscles as he over bends when he gets excited out on a hack trying to evade the bit so in turn makes his self sore along his neck and poll area. Do you think it could be a muscle problem causing the lameness since he hasn't been right since our over exciting and sinking in the bog ride? Sorry it's long just a bit baffled and trying to look at this from other views rather than jumping straight in wih navicular
