Poor Horse :(

[TinselTurkey]

We had the vet out yesterday for a horse I was sharing after he recently bronked (sp?) non stop for a on a sponsered ride. When we got back we told the YM and she told us he did not look completley sound and told us to call the vet out which we did.

as we could not be their my instructor was there instead and she phoned my mum telling us he has a collapsed front fetlock, and his other front leg is too high so it has a lack of oxygen and it could possibly have arthiritus (sp?) he also has a wonky back and hindquaters. When the vet preformed the flexion test on his left side he almost sat down because he was in so much pain. He is lame on three of his legs

He also found a cyst on his sheath. (not quite shure what it is)


This horse is only 7 and not done very much work so he is very green and the vet thought he might have been in an accident.


He can't be ridden for a month and after a month he must be pessoaed (sp?) really tightly. As he is not my horse the owners make the decision and we don't know wether they will turn him away for a year or do what the vet says.

I feel really bad now because he was in so much pain and I was riding him

 

[guido16]

Poor horse, thats a hell of a lot of things to find wrong with him !

 

[Cedars]

Bloody hell thats alot of things to find wrong in one go!

You did the right thing though, he showed you he was in pain, you sorted it.

Poor sod though =[

 

[TinselTurkey]

I know

 

[horses13]

Can i just ask why it must be pessoerd realy tightly?
I hope it makes a full recovery.

 

[TinselTurkey]

have no idea

I will ask my instructor who was present at the time

 

[horses13]

P.S. Don't feel bad about riding him whilst he was in pain. Horses can only tell us things in certain ways things are hurting.
I am sure all of us have ridden at some point with our horse in some kind of pain without us knowing.