SecretSquirrell379
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My mare has not been right for about 6 weeks now. I have not been able to put my finger on what is specifically wrong, symptoms come and go, but, she has lost her sparkle over the last couple of weeks.
When we ride out she is not very forward going in walk but when we trot she is fine. Occasionally though I have thought that she felt lame in trot so have brought her straight back in walk or she just feels lame for 3 or 4 strides and then feels sound again. I've trotted her up so many times and she has looked sound with an occasional 'limp' but again was fine after a stride or so thought that she had trodden on a stone or similar. She is also tripping quite a bit, always on the same leg and I was beginning to get worried. I had a lesson last week and she felt as sound as anything and my instructor was watching us closely, I was beginning to think that I was imagining it
(its a rubber menage)
Her booster is due next week but I decided to take her to the vets yesterday to have it done and for her to have an MOT while we were there. The vet was great, he gave her a thorough check over and we trotted her up and she did the little limp thing she does. We then put her on the lunge and she was quite lame on the right rein and slightly lame on the left. He gave her a nerve block that helped quite a bit but she was still lame. He asked if he could keep her in overnight so that he could do more nerve blocks today. I was a bit unsure as she didn't have her jim jams but he said they had plenty to lend her
I'll cut the story a bit short now, sorry for the waffle. I went to pick her up tonight and the vet said that he could not get her totally sound with nerve blocks but he did get her better. He had taken x-rays and it showed some changed in the navicular bone
on both feet, the right being more noticable than the left. He thinks that she has concussion on her heels, giving her pain and the navicular bone may be irritating. He is going to ring my farrier tomorrow and recommend that she has rolled toe shoes, reduce her toe slightly and to extend her heel support to hopefully relieve some pressure. I did ask if it was navicular disease and he said that that was too widely used nowadays for all heel pain. He has written a few bits down for me and put it down as 'Bilateral Candal Foot Pain' but I can't find anything on Google for it.
She is going to be on 1 bute a day for the next few weeks and see how she goes. I have still got to excercise her as I have been doing but I am going to ring him tomorrow for further clarification, I didn't realise until I left that we got sidetracked on that part of the conversation.
I am gutted for her as I am unsure what the future holds for her with regards to what we are going to be able to achieve and I hate the thought of her being in pain. I am sure that I am over reacting and she is going to be absolutley fine. I did ask if the farriering (not sure if thats a real word!) had caused this and he said def not, its in her bone structure and just something that happens sometimes.
She has been a model patient and was a pleasure to have apparentley. She was very perky in the box on the way home and talked to me the whole time through the door LOL.
Not sure of the purpose of this ramble, I just want reassurance that she is going to be fine and dandy with some TLC and loving
Thanks for reading xx
When we ride out she is not very forward going in walk but when we trot she is fine. Occasionally though I have thought that she felt lame in trot so have brought her straight back in walk or she just feels lame for 3 or 4 strides and then feels sound again. I've trotted her up so many times and she has looked sound with an occasional 'limp' but again was fine after a stride or so thought that she had trodden on a stone or similar. She is also tripping quite a bit, always on the same leg and I was beginning to get worried. I had a lesson last week and she felt as sound as anything and my instructor was watching us closely, I was beginning to think that I was imagining it
Her booster is due next week but I decided to take her to the vets yesterday to have it done and for her to have an MOT while we were there. The vet was great, he gave her a thorough check over and we trotted her up and she did the little limp thing she does. We then put her on the lunge and she was quite lame on the right rein and slightly lame on the left. He gave her a nerve block that helped quite a bit but she was still lame. He asked if he could keep her in overnight so that he could do more nerve blocks today. I was a bit unsure as she didn't have her jim jams but he said they had plenty to lend her
I'll cut the story a bit short now, sorry for the waffle. I went to pick her up tonight and the vet said that he could not get her totally sound with nerve blocks but he did get her better. He had taken x-rays and it showed some changed in the navicular bone
She is going to be on 1 bute a day for the next few weeks and see how she goes. I have still got to excercise her as I have been doing but I am going to ring him tomorrow for further clarification, I didn't realise until I left that we got sidetracked on that part of the conversation.
I am gutted for her as I am unsure what the future holds for her with regards to what we are going to be able to achieve and I hate the thought of her being in pain. I am sure that I am over reacting and she is going to be absolutley fine. I did ask if the farriering (not sure if thats a real word!) had caused this and he said def not, its in her bone structure and just something that happens sometimes.
She has been a model patient and was a pleasure to have apparentley. She was very perky in the box on the way home and talked to me the whole time through the door LOL.
Not sure of the purpose of this ramble, I just want reassurance that she is going to be fine and dandy with some TLC and loving
Thanks for reading xx
