noblesteed
Well-Known Member
So my horse had the vet for his annual vacc a couple of weeks ago. Vet said great to see him in good shape, he's nice and thin. He noticed he was slightly lame on a foreleg and I said farrier has cut him a bit too short this time so we though nowt of it. 2 weeks later he has come down with lami. Brought him in to ride and he looked 'off' so trotted him along the field and he was ok. Decided to leave him in as he was footy on hard rocky ground, and I thought he looked a bit 'bloated'. Over next couple of days he got more and more lame, stopped eating and looked ill though the bloatedness went, gave him bute for 2 days. Wouldn't eat his soaked hay or drink. Finally got him to eat dry hay and this made him need to drink. He was initially lame on his hind feet (he has had steroid-induced lami in them before due to hock injections) but they seem better now and he's lame on both fronts. He's been in a week on last year's dry hay, straw and TopSpec anti lam. He seems no better. He's still very lame.
Is there anything more I can do to speed up his recovery? I daren't soak his hay as he won't eat it and I don't want him colicking!
Is there anything more I can do to speed up his recovery? I daren't soak his hay as he won't eat it and I don't want him colicking!