pulse??

[hihosilver]

Hi my connie cross has a pulse in one foot. He is a bit round but no crest and fat pads. He is on a skinny paddock and on more grass during the day. Grass is on sand and not good quality as lots of weeds. But it was rested for 2 months. He also had a pulse below his wither. He jumped yesterday so could he have knocked himself? or do I keep him on the skinny paddock with soaked hay as a precaution- thanks

 

[meleeka]

If he didn’t have a pulse he’d be dead 😂 seriously, raised pulses are just a sign of inflammation so it could easily be a knock.

 

[ester]

I'd be soaking hay as a precaution, I can only feel a digital pulse on mine when he's got an abscess or needs to come off the grass asap. Always worth being cautious IMO

 

[DD]

i'd treat cautiously as if it were lami just incase. soaked hay and not much grass. no hard feed.

 

[Twohorses]

Err on the side of laminitis caution, just in case

That said the vet was here last week to examine an old sacrum injury that my now-in-remission IR horse seriously re-injured.

He still deals with hoof issues. The vet felt digital pulse in all four hooves but it was equal. She felt it was from the stress of the re-injury to the sacrum.

She put him on 14 days of a potent muscle relaxer I have never heard of, and costs $5 U.S. per dose --- Holy Crow.

Meaning, err on the side of caution for laminitis but it could simply be be hurt himself