bone chips

[Nightmare before Christmas]

hi

my friend had her horse xrayed and showed a small chip, in a safe place. Hind fetlock. Two vets both said to leave the chip and that the horse will be fine. Anyone had anything similar

 

[ycbm]

Just wondering why your friend would want strangers on the internet tell her anything other than her two vets have recommended?

I've had horses reabsorb or spit out three bone chips, maybe four. One against the vets advice. Leave well alone.

Why was it x rayed?

 

[Christmas Crumpet]

A friend's hose was kicked a
Just after Christmas and chipped his hind cannon bone and actually had a hairline fracture. Chips worked their way out and he's fine

 

[Nightmare before Christmas]

pre purchase, i didnt want to ask on facebook for her because people will ask questions! So I came on here The horse is 4 year old. I old her not to be worried but I do not have first hand experience, hence asking on here

 

[ycbm]

pre purchase, i didnt want to ask on facebook for her because people will ask questions! So I came on here The horse is 4 year old. I old her not to be worried but I do not have first hand experience, hence asking on here

Ah, or completely different kettle of fish - I'd want the vet's recommendation in writing, but I'd still buy, I think. But not if I wanted insurance and it excluded that leg.

Thanks for explaining.

 

[Nightmare before Christmas]

Ah, or completely different kettle of fish - I'd want the vet's recommendation in writing, but I'd still buy, I think. But not if I wanted insurance and it excluded that leg.

Thanks for explaining.

she did purchase hence not putting it on facebook. Horse wasnt expensive enough for insurance to warrant xrays, they were done for personal use rather than to insure the horse. thanks for the replies

 

[Rollin]

Yes. A young filly doing well in training was suddenly lame last November. As she is a good doer, we thought laminitis and kept her in, farrier could find nothing. We called the vet to x-ray, his machine was out of order but he felt her fetlock and said it is swollen OCD. I did not buy that as onset of lameness was sudden, no heat and swelling was slight. He sent a more junior vet back to x-ray, he found a small chip and diagnosed arthritis. I did not buy that either, she is only 6 never worked hard on hard ground. So I sent the x-rays to a well known Equine Hospital in the UK. (I am in France)

They did not think she had arthritis, cautioned against removing such a small chip, which might cause more problems than solved. They did recommend, cold hose/ice four times a day PLUS and pressure bandage. Magic. After two months lame she was sound in about one week and now back in work with no problems.


So we think she had a kick as her lameness was so sudden.

 

[paddi22]

when one of mine had a bone chip he was mildly lame and the cut was tiny but stayed infected. Is the horse in question completely sound, and has the wound healed up? are vets confident there wont be any side effects?