clairefeekerry1
Well-Known Member
okay, some of you may have been following my ongoing random lameness/shall i pts/retire saga. well i got a refferal to a major hospital as a last chance saloon. he had previously been seen by 2 different vet practices and had all sorts of dianostics with no outcome. so..... the hospital has had him for a couple of days and to my horror have reported his saddle is a bad fit!! alot of movement and is too long. this is a new saddle that ive had fitted and checked by a master saddler!! they then x rayed his spine and found 2 vertabrate quite close to touching. the vet did say that this is not wholly unsual in alot of horses but this plus the saddle could be my problem. also, they belive he is in pain and showing classical signs of back and saddle pain!! they have also noted a small amount of inflamtion to his back where the saddle fits and they x rayed his hock after he showed a slight improvement to a nerve block in his TNT or metatarsil??? on that x ray they found very slight bony changes. so, they are going to inject his hock and spine and advised i do not even consider riding him in my current saddle and have put me in touch with a specialist saddler. my head is spinning- i'm not sure what to think, they feel that there is a chance we can get him sound and that maybe a different type of saddle may be enough.plus i'm so upset he's been in pain, poor poor sole. should i be angry at the saddlers, the original vets????? i just dont know what to think. they dont think its quite kissing spine as very very mild but might just be a combanation of things. dont know what to think!!!
