horsey with sore tendons

[wench]

after a comp - horsey come up lame, think might have strianed a tendon. is there anything i can do to help him? Magnetic leg wraps or cooling wraps?

 

[lillie07]

Calling the Vet would be my first call and see what he advises.

 

[Paint it Lucky]

Cold hose him! Or atleast some kind of cold treatment, i would cold hose 3 times daily for 20 minutes if possible then bandage at other times. Obviously don't work him for awhile. Is he very lame? If only slightly you could get away with just cold hosing bandaging and rest but if its bad lameness then you should call the vet to give painkillers. It may be the hard ground has made him sore.

 

[wench]

not badly lame, been kicking and galloping in the field today. I will cold hose his legs of thanks!

 

[vicijp]

That will have done his tendons the world of good.

 

[wench]

I know wretched thing!!! and the worst of it is he doesnt normally do it, he just stands eating all day and looks at the others in disgust when they start runnning around

 

[black_n_white]

I've recently had tendon problems with my horse. Although mine wasn't lame he just had fluid along his tendons. The vet advised using a gel ice pack as the cold penetrates deeper into the leg than just cold hosing. I don't know if they do special "horse" ones but I got mine from Boots for about £6 and it has worked wonders.

Also I would suggest keeping him in if possible until the vet has seen him.

Hope he gets better soon.