Puffy leg

[JBM]

Barry has a puffy leg
I heard somewhere this can happen after taking shows off cuz more blood flow in the leg or something not sure
What do you guys think?
Moving normal (fine in field footy outside of field newly barefoot)

 

[Meowy Catkin]

Ahhhh... the joy of fine skinned horses. They knock themselves playing about and the leg fills, they have too much protein in their diet and their legs fill and so on...

Check carefully that there isn't a tiny cut hiding somewhere on the leg, and if not just keep a close eye on it. For example, does the leg go down after exercise? Does it fill again when just standing or pottering about? Are the other legs starting to fill? Have you changed grazing recently or had rain which has caused the grass to 'flush?'

 

[JBM]

Ahhhh... the joy of fine skinned horses. They knock themselves playing about and the leg fills, they have too much protein in their diet and their legs fill and so on...

Check carefully that there isn't a tiny cut hiding somewhere on the leg, and if not just keep a close eye on it. For example, does the leg go down after exercise? Does it fill again when just standing or pottering about? Are the other legs starting to fill? Have you changed grazing recently or had rain which has caused the grass to 'flush?'

We had a lot of rain recently after the dry spell
He’s not got a saddle so been doing 0 work just in the field for last 3 days
Seems to be just this leg
I’ll keep an eye
He just had physio out too and was super tense so don’t know if releasing all that tension would do something

 

[Orangehorse]

The tinniest cut can cause swelling. Go over his leg with your fingers, especially around the pastern and fetlock and see if there is a scab or evidence of a wound.

If there isn't heat or evidence of a strain then an infection is often the cause.

But there can be lots of causes, so if you don't find anything or it lasts more than a day or so then I'm afraid it is a vet visit.

 

[JBM]

The tinniest cut can cause swelling. Go over his leg with your fingers, especially around the pastern and fetlock and see if there is a scab or evidence of a wound.

If there isn't heat or evidence of a strain then an infection is often the cause.

But there can be lots of causes, so if you don't find anything or it lasts more than a day or so then I'm afraid it is a vet visit.

He has fly bites? Good few of them
It’s a bit warm so cold hosed it

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

Given that it's from the outside of the hock down I would be looking for a cut, keeping him moving and get some antibiotics off of the vet. It looks like the start of an infection to me, soz!

 

[JBM]

He’s been on antibiotics like 2 weeks ago..what’s he done now ?
Horses

 

[JBM]

Thanks for all advice! If he’s still swollen tomorrow I’ll call vet

 

[JBM]

Leg has returned to normal! Thank god
Will keep an eye on it tho