Horse collapsing under saddle - any experiences...?

catembi said:
Abscess in foot! A ton of pus. Draining video very ???. This is why he collapsed. It isn’t why he has been jolly difficult for the last several months. I have had him on magnesium and he has been significantly less sharp, so we shall see where we are once the foot has cleared up.

V relieved as I really thought I would be coming home with an empty lorry.
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Thank God ?
 
He started getting stroppy when the clocks changed, but a lot changed then iro mgmt. I had to stop riding daily, I closed most of the fields, our ground turned to swamp... Would have been a good time to start brewing an abscess, but he hasn’t been lame, not before Monday, just stroppy in an explosive sort of way!
 
catembi said:
Abscess in foot! A ton of pus. Draining video very ???. This is why he collapsed. It isn’t why he has been jolly difficult for the last several months. I have had him on magnesium and he has been significantly less sharp, so we shall see where we are once the foot has cleared up.

V relieved as I really thought I would be coming home with an empty lorry.
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Great outcome!

It may not be why he has been difficult for several months, but both the abscess and the sharp behaviour could have the same root cause. I would think about having him tested for Cushings if you haven't already.

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catembi said:
He started getting stroppy when the clocks changed, but a lot changed then iro mgmt. I had to stop riding daily, I closed most of the fields, our ground turned to swamp... Would have been a good time to start brewing an abscess, but he hasn’t been lame, not before Monday, just stroppy in an explosive sort of way!
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So lots of things that may have impacted - honestly though I can only speak about my dental experiences and I am phobic of the dentist (sit in the chair and shake) so I ignore lots. But I started with a bit of occasional throbby discomfort, built up to 2 or 3 times a year each time getting more severe but I would say I'd had at least 5 or more occurrences before I was even in enough pain for long enough to take painkillers for it. Mostly I'd just have a day or two of being consistently uncomfortable with occasional peaks. I can easily understand how a horse experiencing that in a foot would display random outbursts.
That said I wouldn't let that stop me running a few straightforward bloods etc
 
Really pleased you found an abcess and nothing worse. I hope it's a root cause of the issue - I've a similar dental fear to Roxylola and have had the same experiences...
 
I will ask the vet for the video. It was a real gusher!

Yeah, I am so overwhelmed to get a good outccome. I was 99.999% certain that they were going to find something awful that meant PTS. While I was waiting, I shut the partition & put the ramp back up as it just felt too awful to leave it all open when I didn't think he would be making the return journey...

Have now been heavily on the gin so feeling no pain... :D
 
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