JGC
Well-Known Member
Morning all,
Vet out to my wonder cob for a lameness work up yesterday and ultrasound found a decent hole in her right hind suspensory, consistent with the sudden onset of the lameness (although only very mild lameness clinically). It seems likely that it was trauma in the field (very steep field).
She is 16, came to me at 12 from a RS career (since she was backed) and numerous physical discomforts, which were solvable with time and care, but I was always aware that her life up to the age of 12 was relatively hard and has meant high wear and tear. She owes me nothing.
She has been out 24/7 in a small herd in a very steep field over summer for the last four years. I have said that I won't do the box rest - no other horses are in over the summer, she'd have no company. She's very opinionated and I am not sure she wouldn't try to clambour over the door anyway ... She's going to do a week's box rest as another horse is currently in, but then she'll be out in a small flat paddock with a friend. Vet has said four months, as opposed to the three for box rest, but obviously increased likelihood that the rest won't work. We're looking at shockwave too.
I have a gut feeling that she's not going to come back to ridden work. But ideally, I'd like her to be able to go back in the (again steep) herd with her friends post recovery - it's the only "true" home she's known ...
Anyone have any hopeful stories so I can think of having her back out in the herd with her friends? Any miracle ideas? Feeling a bit down about it.
Vet out to my wonder cob for a lameness work up yesterday and ultrasound found a decent hole in her right hind suspensory, consistent with the sudden onset of the lameness (although only very mild lameness clinically). It seems likely that it was trauma in the field (very steep field).
She is 16, came to me at 12 from a RS career (since she was backed) and numerous physical discomforts, which were solvable with time and care, but I was always aware that her life up to the age of 12 was relatively hard and has meant high wear and tear. She owes me nothing.
She has been out 24/7 in a small herd in a very steep field over summer for the last four years. I have said that I won't do the box rest - no other horses are in over the summer, she'd have no company. She's very opinionated and I am not sure she wouldn't try to clambour over the door anyway ... She's going to do a week's box rest as another horse is currently in, but then she'll be out in a small flat paddock with a friend. Vet has said four months, as opposed to the three for box rest, but obviously increased likelihood that the rest won't work. We're looking at shockwave too.
I have a gut feeling that she's not going to come back to ridden work. But ideally, I'd like her to be able to go back in the (again steep) herd with her friends post recovery - it's the only "true" home she's known ...
Anyone have any hopeful stories so I can think of having her back out in the herd with her friends? Any miracle ideas? Feeling a bit down about it.
I did box rest hand walking and he had lazer therapy. I also used magnetic wraps on his hinds twice a day and used homeopathy tablets which are cheap in fact when I put him on the tablets he went from 4 tenths lame to one tenths lane in just 2 weeks vet scratched his head and said unbelievable! I got them from a natural horse supplies online accident recovery ones with arnica and also ruta grav. After 6 months on scanning vet said you would never know he had done the injury, I wish you very good luck 