Sparkles
Well-Known Member
Got my horse in y/d, hind leg was hot to touch and some considerable swelling.
Scrubbed him up, etc and checked over, has a very small nick on his pasten which cleaned up and creamed etc. Nothing deep, just a small graze where looks like he's stepped on himself or something silly.
Further inspection and he has tiny little scabs which have appeared just under his hind fetlock, a little bit like mud fever but not as extreme. Scrubbed them up, warm water, dried them fully and then put some mud guard/disinfectant barrier cream on.
Leg cold hosed for 20mins or so straight away also.
However, leg is swollen from base of fetlock up to his hock. More so down the bottom, but kept him in and when it came to coming back up later that night, was filling more towards his hock direction.
Not 'lymphangitis huge' by any stretch - I'd say it's swollen about a 1/4 or 1/5 more than it's usual size.
He's been prone to cellulitis in the past on that leg, but originally I kept him in, in case he'd tweaked himself [even though not been in much work this week to warrant him tweaking it from that, though turnout field is a tiny bit slippy but flat]. However, with the filling creeping up slightly a bit more with him stood in, I decided to cream his legs up again, give him antibiotics and a bute and put him out for the night [with a quiet pony, flat field, not slippy]. Going up there in a sec to see how his leg looks today and shall post then.
Anyway, trotted him up on the conrete drive and he was sound.
Took him in the school on the lunge to trot him round quick and he was sound still too.
If it's not gone down, I'll give the vet a ring first thing tomorrow morning obviously, just wanted to give him a day or so first to see if it is just a touch of cellulitis [which he's had before identical to this] and if the anti biotics start to kick in.
Thoughts?
Scrubbed him up, etc and checked over, has a very small nick on his pasten which cleaned up and creamed etc. Nothing deep, just a small graze where looks like he's stepped on himself or something silly.
Further inspection and he has tiny little scabs which have appeared just under his hind fetlock, a little bit like mud fever but not as extreme. Scrubbed them up, warm water, dried them fully and then put some mud guard/disinfectant barrier cream on.
Leg cold hosed for 20mins or so straight away also.
However, leg is swollen from base of fetlock up to his hock. More so down the bottom, but kept him in and when it came to coming back up later that night, was filling more towards his hock direction.
Not 'lymphangitis huge' by any stretch - I'd say it's swollen about a 1/4 or 1/5 more than it's usual size.
He's been prone to cellulitis in the past on that leg, but originally I kept him in, in case he'd tweaked himself [even though not been in much work this week to warrant him tweaking it from that, though turnout field is a tiny bit slippy but flat]. However, with the filling creeping up slightly a bit more with him stood in, I decided to cream his legs up again, give him antibiotics and a bute and put him out for the night [with a quiet pony, flat field, not slippy]. Going up there in a sec to see how his leg looks today and shall post then.
Anyway, trotted him up on the conrete drive and he was sound.
Took him in the school on the lunge to trot him round quick and he was sound still too.
If it's not gone down, I'll give the vet a ring first thing tomorrow morning obviously, just wanted to give him a day or so first to see if it is just a touch of cellulitis [which he's had before identical to this] and if the anti biotics start to kick in.
Thoughts?
