How many people does it take ...

[Hullabaloo]

... to nerve block a horse?
We had our follow up visit at Willsely yesterday. Sven is happy with the improvement to his back (another 6 weeks lunging prescribed) but he was still slightly lame.
He wanted to nerve block his coffin joint - after a mild sedative it took 5 people to clip his hair around the joint then the vet joined in to do the nerve block.
There was a lot of improvement, but not 100% so he tried to do the heel - we eventually got the hair off but no way were they going to get any needles in so had to give up on that one.
To be fair he wasn't deliberatly being nasty - just trying to stop them sticking needles in his - but he got into such a panic he lost the plot!
X-rays of the coffin joint and foot came back normal so we still have no clear idea of why he is lame, other than pain in the coffin joint. Into the bargain he's got to stay in for 2 days until the bandage can come off his let - and he's not impressed!
Back to willesley for the next visit in 6 weeks if they don't give him an ASBO in the meantime!

 

[dianchi]

Oh dear fingers X for next time!

 

[miss_horsemad]

Oh dear! Bless. My 3 year old had to have his wolf teeth out last week and he so vet sedated him... he went so drosy we thought he was going to fall over and then when the vet walked back in the stable, he just suddenly came back to life and absolutely flew for the poor vet. After that it took four off us and almost 2 hours (plus a bit more sedative and new nerve blocks to the face) to get his 2 teeth out. Felt so sorry for the vet. Good luck next time!!