Victoria25
Well-Known Member
Hi all
My horse has lympengitis and just looking for a bit of feedback from others that have experienced this themselves. My vet is looking after her at the moment so all is good but sometimes its nice to hear others peoples experiences as to what has helped them.
She developed this suddenly overnight a few months ago. Vet came out and gave bute/antibiotics. Her leg was bandaged for support (by the vet) and the next day an abscess had burst on the outside of her tendon (half way up) and I mean had burst. Then the next day the inside of the leg blew too. Over the next few weeks the outside wound got bigger and deeper. She was v lame and she had turnout in a small paddock with my other mare but mainly kept inside. The vet came every few days which progressed to every week until it was slowly (and I mean slowly) repaired itself from the inside. The lameness seemed to have gone.
Then came Christmas. She went into the main field overnight. She came back in not walking on it and leg swollen back up again. For two days she wouldnt put her weight on it and after that walking OK (although to be fair her hoof had split so could have been relating to that - although farrier confirmed no sign of abscess). Out the vet came again more bute and more antibiotics.
Shes completely fine in walk and literally stomping out full force but ask her to trot and shes lame. Im hoping this is due to the leg just needing building back up strength wise?
Any similar experiences?
My horse has lympengitis and just looking for a bit of feedback from others that have experienced this themselves. My vet is looking after her at the moment so all is good but sometimes its nice to hear others peoples experiences as to what has helped them.
She developed this suddenly overnight a few months ago. Vet came out and gave bute/antibiotics. Her leg was bandaged for support (by the vet) and the next day an abscess had burst on the outside of her tendon (half way up) and I mean had burst. Then the next day the inside of the leg blew too. Over the next few weeks the outside wound got bigger and deeper. She was v lame and she had turnout in a small paddock with my other mare but mainly kept inside. The vet came every few days which progressed to every week until it was slowly (and I mean slowly) repaired itself from the inside. The lameness seemed to have gone.
Then came Christmas. She went into the main field overnight. She came back in not walking on it and leg swollen back up again. For two days she wouldnt put her weight on it and after that walking OK (although to be fair her hoof had split so could have been relating to that - although farrier confirmed no sign of abscess). Out the vet came again more bute and more antibiotics.
Shes completely fine in walk and literally stomping out full force but ask her to trot and shes lame. Im hoping this is due to the leg just needing building back up strength wise?
Any similar experiences?
