Rosieposie123
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Hello,
I am really desperate for some help with my horse. During the current situation of corona virus, I am very limited with what I can do with my horse and her lameness, before I go on I do need to explain the full picture, so.........
My ten year old mare had a nasty accident in the lorry a few years ago and ended up with a small puncture wound to the sole of her foot on her right hind leg, we were not aware of this as she was not lame, but due to the wintertime mud E-coli and strep made its way into the small wound. Leading to severe lameness and months of box rest and antibiotics to get rid of the infection, causing her to have to learn to walk properly without a limp. Her pedle bone was slightly affected (on X-ray) but no apparent long term damage was spotted. She then had 18 months in a field completely left to heal. I then very slowly brought her back to work and she came to university with me and spent the year in full work with no problems. That summer she was diagnosed with suspenders desmitis in the same leg, however the vet did say he highly doubted it was related to the previous injury. She then was on box rest and received shockwave therapy. She was brought back into work again, and again no issues for 6 months. HOWEVER, due to the very wet winter we have had she spent a lot of her time stabled And didn’t show any signs of lameness apart from a few steps of stiffness when she left her stale which quickly resolved to soundness.
Through no apparent reason, this lameness got severely worse but still would resolve with walking. My first thought was arthritis as it was the same leg all her injuries has occurred on and she was stiff in her fetlock, I could hear/feel crepitus within the joint. And her lameness looked a lot more like stiffness, so I got an X-ray to try and see what was going on. Vets reported that her joint was very healthy and there was no signs of arthritis. But her navicular had slight damage, but they found it hard to believe this was causing her this degree of lameness. And that is very uncommon to get navicular in the hind, however in this case might be related to her primary injury.
She is now at home in the field, appears lame sometimes and others not. MY QUESTION is that I am unsure if it is navicular disease OR if it may her supensories again, I have not had a follow up with the vet because I had to take my horse home from university as it closed because of coved-19 and I live very far from them. They said in order to rule out other issues they would have to nerve block, obviously currently I cannot get this done so I’m just looking for some guidance as is being in the field doing her more damage ? If I walk her up to look for lameness within minutes she improves and becomes ‘less stiff’ so to be honest I really don’t know what wrong with her, any advice is very appreciated! Thank you
I am really desperate for some help with my horse. During the current situation of corona virus, I am very limited with what I can do with my horse and her lameness, before I go on I do need to explain the full picture, so.........
My ten year old mare had a nasty accident in the lorry a few years ago and ended up with a small puncture wound to the sole of her foot on her right hind leg, we were not aware of this as she was not lame, but due to the wintertime mud E-coli and strep made its way into the small wound. Leading to severe lameness and months of box rest and antibiotics to get rid of the infection, causing her to have to learn to walk properly without a limp. Her pedle bone was slightly affected (on X-ray) but no apparent long term damage was spotted. She then had 18 months in a field completely left to heal. I then very slowly brought her back to work and she came to university with me and spent the year in full work with no problems. That summer she was diagnosed with suspenders desmitis in the same leg, however the vet did say he highly doubted it was related to the previous injury. She then was on box rest and received shockwave therapy. She was brought back into work again, and again no issues for 6 months. HOWEVER, due to the very wet winter we have had she spent a lot of her time stabled And didn’t show any signs of lameness apart from a few steps of stiffness when she left her stale which quickly resolved to soundness.
Through no apparent reason, this lameness got severely worse but still would resolve with walking. My first thought was arthritis as it was the same leg all her injuries has occurred on and she was stiff in her fetlock, I could hear/feel crepitus within the joint. And her lameness looked a lot more like stiffness, so I got an X-ray to try and see what was going on. Vets reported that her joint was very healthy and there was no signs of arthritis. But her navicular had slight damage, but they found it hard to believe this was causing her this degree of lameness. And that is very uncommon to get navicular in the hind, however in this case might be related to her primary injury.
She is now at home in the field, appears lame sometimes and others not. MY QUESTION is that I am unsure if it is navicular disease OR if it may her supensories again, I have not had a follow up with the vet because I had to take my horse home from university as it closed because of coved-19 and I live very far from them. They said in order to rule out other issues they would have to nerve block, obviously currently I cannot get this done so I’m just looking for some guidance as is being in the field doing her more damage ? If I walk her up to look for lameness within minutes she improves and becomes ‘less stiff’ so to be honest I really don’t know what wrong with her, any advice is very appreciated! Thank you
