Bit unsure about leg - suspensory?

[Christmas Crumpet]

Just been out to say goodnight to pony and felt his leg that has a newish splint. Splint feels fine - its half way down his splint bone. He also has one at top of leg under knee.

Anyway felt the leg and it was def. different to other leg in that either a vein or ligament was bigger and I could press it - slightly soft. Can't feel it on other leg. It ran down from knee behind cannon bone but in front of sdft and went in before the splint if that makes sense. Is this his suspensory?

Please don't tell me this is a suspensory ligament strain. We've only had him 2 weeks.

Will get vet out if not gone in morning.

 

[cptrayes]

MUch more likely to be leg vein filling from pus in the foot. Common things are common, as my vet used to say. Is there a pumping pulse? Is his foot warm?

 

[Christmas Crumpet]

No warmer than other foot. Other leg is totally fine.

 

[almorton]

does it move and flicker around if you press it?
the venousarterial bundle runs down the back of the leg, if there is no heat but it moves a bit when you press it, its prob just that!
a suspen. strain normally presents as lame, with much heat and swelling.
hope that helps! if unsure, def vet job tho just in case xx

 

[cptrayes]

Is there any/much heat in the filling?

 

[Christmas Crumpet]

If it were vein would it only be present in leg with splint because splint is forming and not other leg?!!

 

[cptrayes]

Could easily be the blood supply to the splint if the splint is active, I guess. Really sounds quite unlikely to be a suspensory strain. Mine was dog lame with a very minor strain and the filling was in the tendon itself, and hard not squidgy. Good luck with it, try to sleep on it tonight.

 

[MrsMozart]

Tiggy had chronic damage to both hind leg suspensory ligaments - nothing showed on the outside, other than the on-off lameness.

As far as my understanding goes, the suspensory ligaments are tucked in well behind the bone, but I may be wrong.

Fingers crossed all is okay.

 

[Christmas Crumpet]

I think I'm worrying because I check his legs every night and its the first night I've felt this. He was hooning around A LOT yesterday so wondered if suspensory might be the case. Will sleep on it and fingers crossed.

 

[cptrayes]

Hooning around might also have set off the splint if it's not completely hardened. Let us know tomorrow how you go on. Good luck with it.

 

[KatB]

It will just be the vein sitting slightly differently because of the splint forming. Don't worry too much about it, I had exactly the same panic with G once and it was absolutely nothing to worry about