AstonishedTrowel
Active Member
Hi all!
I'm hoping you might be able to provide some advice, opinions, experiences or just some comfort!
I have a lovely mare on full loan, she is sweet, sensible and has bags of potential. She is a 10 yo WBxID and I love her to pieces!
She had an abscess around mid-February, which drained in 2 places from her frog after soaking, poulticing and box rest. It took 2-3 weeks before it dried up so it was tough!
However, 3-4 weeks post-abscess she still isn't sound. She is slightly lame in the walk and very obviously in the trot, with a definite head nod.
Farrier says feet are all good and can't see anything else wrong. Vet has been out twice and agrees, no inflammation anywhere on her leg and no sign of an abscess anymore. Neither know what is causing it and I have just been given a 10-day course of Bute - I don't particularly like the idea, but at this stage I'll try it.
Vet doesn't think it's navicular or laminitis, tendons and bones are clean and her feet are good.
The next step if the bute doesn't help will be investigative x-rays and nerve blocking... I can't afford to do this, especially if she required further treatment so it's likely she'd have to go back to her owner which is DEVESTATING! It's literally been keeping me up at night. Her owner would most likely not take it further and instead she'd waste in a field or get put in foal just for the sake of it.
Really don't know what is wrong with her and I'm so upset about the possibility of having to say goodbye.
Any ideas what it could be? What would you do in this situation?
(The nearest place that could do nerve blocks or scans is 2 hours away and EXPENSIVE!)
Thank you for reading if you made it this far!
I'm hoping you might be able to provide some advice, opinions, experiences or just some comfort!
I have a lovely mare on full loan, she is sweet, sensible and has bags of potential. She is a 10 yo WBxID and I love her to pieces!
She had an abscess around mid-February, which drained in 2 places from her frog after soaking, poulticing and box rest. It took 2-3 weeks before it dried up so it was tough!
However, 3-4 weeks post-abscess she still isn't sound. She is slightly lame in the walk and very obviously in the trot, with a definite head nod.
Farrier says feet are all good and can't see anything else wrong. Vet has been out twice and agrees, no inflammation anywhere on her leg and no sign of an abscess anymore. Neither know what is causing it and I have just been given a 10-day course of Bute - I don't particularly like the idea, but at this stage I'll try it.
Vet doesn't think it's navicular or laminitis, tendons and bones are clean and her feet are good.
The next step if the bute doesn't help will be investigative x-rays and nerve blocking... I can't afford to do this, especially if she required further treatment so it's likely she'd have to go back to her owner which is DEVESTATING! It's literally been keeping me up at night. Her owner would most likely not take it further and instead she'd waste in a field or get put in foal just for the sake of it.
Really don't know what is wrong with her and I'm so upset about the possibility of having to say goodbye.
Any ideas what it could be? What would you do in this situation?
(The nearest place that could do nerve blocks or scans is 2 hours away and EXPENSIVE!)
Thank you for reading if you made it this far!