cblover
Well-Known Member
Quite a mouthful isn't it!! lol
I've got a rising 2 yr old Clydesdale filly that I've owned since she was 8 month old. She was literally skin and bone when we got her, covered in lice and tiny. Basically a real mess.....we named her Scrappy.
She's worlds apart from that now and doing great but over the last few months I've noticed two bulges on either side on her belly...near where her rib cage ends. Its like a fist size lump that bulges out sometimes, not there all the time but as she moves or has her head down to eat you can see them in varying degrees. Rock hard but no pain.
Vet came last week and she diagnosed them as external muscular oblique bulges, has anyone any experience of these? She's almost certain they have been caused through her being starved, neglected and possibly if she's had a respiratory infection as these lumps are near the heave line.
She said they may become less noticeable as she matures and furnishes out but equally they may never go. I'm just glad the vet didn't seem worried about them and Scrappy isn't in any pain.
Any advice or experiences would be great.
I've got a rising 2 yr old Clydesdale filly that I've owned since she was 8 month old. She was literally skin and bone when we got her, covered in lice and tiny. Basically a real mess.....we named her Scrappy.
She's worlds apart from that now and doing great but over the last few months I've noticed two bulges on either side on her belly...near where her rib cage ends. Its like a fist size lump that bulges out sometimes, not there all the time but as she moves or has her head down to eat you can see them in varying degrees. Rock hard but no pain.
Vet came last week and she diagnosed them as external muscular oblique bulges, has anyone any experience of these? She's almost certain they have been caused through her being starved, neglected and possibly if she's had a respiratory infection as these lumps are near the heave line.
She said they may become less noticeable as she matures and furnishes out but equally they may never go. I'm just glad the vet didn't seem worried about them and Scrappy isn't in any pain.
Any advice or experiences would be great.