AShetlandBitMeOnce
Well-Known Member
So I will try to include all relevant details. About 3 weeks ago Jacob came in from the field about 2/10ths on a front left leg. I had the farrier out and no sign of anything, and he had a fat leg on that side. Cold hosed for 4 days twice a day. He had more noticeable heat the day after the first day on the inside of his fetlock so I assumed he bashed himself. Had 4 days boxrest, a week and a half off work total, and then we resumed as normal as he was sound and the leg had gone back down.
Fast forward to today and he has come in very lame (but not broken leg lame, just a bit hoppy/laboured) on that same leg. This time the whole of the back of this leg, from knee down is thick. He also has a pulse at the back, under the knee in the opposite leg. Lame on the hard/soft and slightly more lame on stony/uneven ground. I had the farrier out and he had a dig and found the site of an abscess, dug more and expected pus but got blood instead. He has said that this could be an the site of an old abscess, explaining the previous lameness which has now passed and is not the cause of this lameness, or it could be the current problem.
I have kept the shoe off of course and have wet poulticed, I have also kept him in. My intention is to put the ice boots on him tomorrow morning and assess where we are.
As the vets are only open for emergencies, I just thought I would post on here to see what you guys think and what your plan would be if you were in the same boat? I am a bit neurotic about legs and leg lameness after the issues I had with my old horse, so I am feeling very stressed by it.
Fast forward to today and he has come in very lame (but not broken leg lame, just a bit hoppy/laboured) on that same leg. This time the whole of the back of this leg, from knee down is thick. He also has a pulse at the back, under the knee in the opposite leg. Lame on the hard/soft and slightly more lame on stony/uneven ground. I had the farrier out and he had a dig and found the site of an abscess, dug more and expected pus but got blood instead. He has said that this could be an the site of an old abscess, explaining the previous lameness which has now passed and is not the cause of this lameness, or it could be the current problem.
I have kept the shoe off of course and have wet poulticed, I have also kept him in. My intention is to put the ice boots on him tomorrow morning and assess where we are.
As the vets are only open for emergencies, I just thought I would post on here to see what you guys think and what your plan would be if you were in the same boat? I am a bit neurotic about legs and leg lameness after the issues I had with my old horse, so I am feeling very stressed by it.
Last edited: