Filling leg.. thoughts?

[Switchthehorse]

Ok a weird one.

Nag's near hind is ever so slightly filled, has been on and off for over a month now. But it appears to be the veins in her leg that are up rather than the leg itself. Slight heat but nothing terribly different from her other legs heat wise.

She appears 100% sound on the lunge and ridden but interestingly had back woman out early the other morning and when she was first dragged from her stable for a trot up she was a little short and stiff that side but that was eliminated after her back was done.

Only obvious thing i have noticed is when on lunge if she is asked downwards trot to walk she is slightly reluctant and shuffles half steps with her bottom under her until she really 'drops' to walk. But last time i saw anything like that it was more about SI/Stifle.. which surely can't be related to a slightly filled lower leg?

Given she isn't obviously lame, is a hooligan at the moment and loving life, and her leg is no longer covered by insurance, my instinct is to keep going and see what happens.. but just wondered if anyone had experienced anything similar?

thanks!

 

[Birker2020]

Ok a weird one.

Nag's near hind is ever so slightly filled, has been on and off for over a month now. But it appears to be the veins in her leg that are up rather than the leg itself. Slight heat but nothing terribly different from her other legs heat wise.

She appears 100% sound on the lunge and ridden but interestingly had back woman out early the other morning and when she was first dragged from her stable for a trot up she was a little short and stiff that side but that was eliminated after her back was done.

Only obvious thing i have noticed is when on lunge if she is asked downwards trot to walk she is slightly reluctant and shuffles half steps with her bottom under her until she really 'drops' to walk. But last time i saw anything like that it was more about SI/Stifle.. which surely can't be related to a slightly filled lower leg?

Given she isn't obviously lame, is a hooligan at the moment and loving life, and her leg is no longer covered by insurance, my instinct is to keep going and see what happens.. but just wondered if anyone had experienced anything similar?

thanks!

If you are in doubt can you not arrange a lameness workup so that you can find out what it is? That's what I did with my horse, but took him myself as not insured for some things and wanted to save myself the £40 call out, and I am only about eight miles from the practice! He hadn't got any heat and no real swelling until the day before the vet and trotted him up in front of loads of people who said he was sound (me included). Even then before the vets when I'd stopped riding him but lunged him quickly to see what was up it was very intermittent and not at all obvious but then his injury is according to what I've read, easily missed.

At least with a work up you know what's up then. Some lameness problems get better with work and some worse, some are easy to diagnose on soft ground, some easier on hard surface. The workup will probably set you back about £50-£70 quid and drugs on top but may be cheaper in the long run rather than to plough on and hope it get better.