shamrock2021
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I hope you find out what wrong with your horse.
Passed 5 stage vetting now 2 months later having issues with rear hinds
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ihatework
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I think you can only really now deal with what you have in front of you now, as disappointing as that is I appreciate.
First up I would run the bloods. One thing to cross off your list and if something dodgy does come up then your next steps will be different. What is might not(probably won’t) show is corticosteroid - there is an approx 14 day window to detect that and the time frames you describe, along with symptoms and her confo would have me a little suspicious on that front.
Great that you have had a vetting and have a clean insurance policy though, you will probably be racking up a vets bill.
Don’t despair too early though, even if they find something, there are many horses managed successfully and can still do a good ridden job.
First up I would run the bloods. One thing to cross off your list and if something dodgy does come up then your next steps will be different. What is might not(probably won’t) show is corticosteroid - there is an approx 14 day window to detect that and the time frames you describe, along with symptoms and her confo would have me a little suspicious on that front.
Great that you have had a vetting and have a clean insurance policy though, you will probably be racking up a vets bill.
Don’t despair too early though, even if they find something, there are many horses managed successfully and can still do a good ridden job.
Puzzled
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Sorry to hear about your mare and always worth getting bloods run but being realistic horses do go wrong and just because it was a few weeks after purchase doesn’t mean the seller was to blame.
We had a Grade A showjumping mare, we took her to a county show where she won the speed class, we then left her on the lorry before warming her up for the bigger open later that afternoon. She was slightly lame in the collecting ring so we brought her home. To cut a long story short that was the end of her ridden career. She had navicular. If she had been a recent purchase we may well have thought we had been sold a didge but she was 13 years old and we had had her since a two-year-old. Her career was over in a matter of hours she had never shown any signs of lameness before. Horses sadly do go wrong. On the plus side she bred some fabulous foals who have competed at a decent level and I have her 3 yr old great grandson.
We had a Grade A showjumping mare, we took her to a county show where she won the speed class, we then left her on the lorry before warming her up for the bigger open later that afternoon. She was slightly lame in the collecting ring so we brought her home. To cut a long story short that was the end of her ridden career. She had navicular. If she had been a recent purchase we may well have thought we had been sold a didge but she was 13 years old and we had had her since a two-year-old. Her career was over in a matter of hours she had never shown any signs of lameness before. Horses sadly do go wrong. On the plus side she bred some fabulous foals who have competed at a decent level and I have her 3 yr old great grandson.
PurBee
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She does look very straight-hocked behind. I dont know about hock issues, but if this causes pain and the horse was previously given blocking injections then is it possible they be wearing off after 4 weeks post purchase and showing signs the op is describing?
Regarding hardstanding, its only when mine come in from the fields onto hardcore that i know theyre footy, due to excess grass normally in spring. I have to start them off grazing slowly.
i’ve got a very large hardcore area, not concrete as winter ice bothers me and its more prone to slippiness, mine is good grippy crushed stone compressed hardcore, in all the years of them being on it theyve never slipped, fell, as they have good traction on it, and the youngster can be a playful beast, broncing, bunny hopping, rearing, playing with the other...its the field theyve had pulled tendons in. They love it on the hardcore due to the traction, but like i said, it also shows up foot issues id never know existed if they were just going from field to bedded stable.
Theyre barefoot btw.
Regarding hardstanding, its only when mine come in from the fields onto hardcore that i know theyre footy, due to excess grass normally in spring. I have to start them off grazing slowly.
i’ve got a very large hardcore area, not concrete as winter ice bothers me and its more prone to slippiness, mine is good grippy crushed stone compressed hardcore, in all the years of them being on it theyve never slipped, fell, as they have good traction on it, and the youngster can be a playful beast, broncing, bunny hopping, rearing, playing with the other...its the field theyve had pulled tendons in. They love it on the hardcore due to the traction, but like i said, it also shows up foot issues id never know existed if they were just going from field to bedded stable.
Theyre barefoot btw.
Floofball
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This is definitely worth keeping in mind. My lad has (now thankfully well managed) psd. When he was younger he had an acute incident slipping whilst being tied up on concrete. This was thought to be a one off incident at the time but years later he was diagnosed bi-lateral chronic psd due to conformation. Discussing his history with vet at the time I always remember him saying to me that there would be a reason why he caused so much damage with a simple slip.
Hope you work it out and it’s something that sorts itself out quickly for you.