one filled leg....??? please look!

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My horse is stabled overnight and gets quite bad filled legs but the last few days one leg and filled significantly more, mainly around the fetlock, this morning it was pretty massive.
It just looks like a stable filled leg its not hot or even warm, not stiff not sore or lame.
Any ideas???? Dont have a clue what it is. Horse will be 13 next year....
 
How quickly do they go back down when walked out? Tbh it could be anything, ligament damage, a windgall, infection, lymphangitis etc. Either ask an experienced yard owner, friend, instructor etc to look at it & see what they advise, or ring the vet.
 
Normally theyre down by the time she comes in, but this leg does go down but not right down, there is no cut or mark or anything, her foot is fine and its to big s swelling to be windgalls ??
 
Thats what i was thinking, what are the signs off arthiritus? She is nearly 13 and had quite a hard start (schooled up to advanced med by the time she was 5! ) but she never seems stiff really.
 
My horse's back fetlocks started to swell intermittantly this year when stabled, they do go down. He has been treated for unrelated issues and the vet said the sweeling is due to the start of arthritis
 
My 4yr old TB gelding gets "puffy ankles" in all four. He only ran flat 9 times and didn't make much effort so i don't feel as though its anything sinister - just the fact that he's been standing for so long. It never happened when I first got him and then when he started getting regular turnout (everyday in winter & in at night) he started puffy ankles. They look quite large but by time we've walked to field, they've gone down. Makes no difference if he's on a massive bed or a 'normal' bed - its the standing about that causes it with him.
 
HAve a look into what you are feeding - try reducing the carbohydrate load down as much as possible, Carbs can encourage water retention that because of the legs circulatory system causes the legs to swell.

*Horses don't have ankles! they have fetlocks and pasterns.
 
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