Navicular or pedal bone

[moocow]

One the horses in the yard is very lame and the vet was out today. the vet said its either navicular or pedal bone but will need x ray to confirm. Just wondering if anyone has experience of this and if you could indicate the long term out come for the horse. She is 18 yr old and is already semi retired. Is it a retirement outcome or is it more serious. Vet would say very little today but we are all very fond of the horse so we were just wondering.

 

[Bay_Beasty]

Well pedal bone could be many things, peadolostitis (sp) which I had in one horse on loan and he needed round shoes but it wasnt that bad and my farrier looked at the x rays and said he could sort any pain with non round shoes. Good for me as they kept coming off! he was on normal work just not cantered on hard ground in summer but I hunted him and hacked him fine! could also be rotation which depends on how much rotated as how bad it is but again remedial shoeing is good and a nice thick bed helps and keeping the feet warm ie not going out on frost. Navicualr is a illness I know little about but some horses cope with light work with it and bute also helps. Round shoes also help this too. 18 is not that old and if she is still loving life the it might be worth keeping her going once you have x rayed her feet. If she is happy and with but or a no bute sub then I would see how it goes and see what happens in the spring!

 

[LadyRascasse]

mine is suppose to have collasped (not rotated) pedal bone but there not sure, he has been out of action since march and looks like he is going to remain either perminatly retired or euthensa

but i'm waiting for the outcome of his 4 hour bone scan today so will give you an update tommorrow if your interested

p.s he has 2 lots of xrays done over the year too.

 

[Archangel]

I'm surprised the vet is wavering between the two as there should be other symptoms that would point the finger firmly in one direction and the x-ray would then just be confirmation of the diagnosis.

Vets are awful when they do this, do they not realise that the owner is going to fret away? Best of luck with her,

 

[moocow]

I am surprised at the vet too. Just more than anything cos if it was my mare, I would have her straight over to get x ray that day. The mare is in a lot of pain and is turned out 24/7. The vet has advised to keep her turned out and wait till next monday to get the x-rays done.

The mare has a history of laminitis and of arithritis and was very very over weight but has been slimmed down a bit now and to be honest is looking fab then this happens. Retiring her completely is a workable option and the owner would def go down that route if at all possible.

THanks,