Splints - slightly different question

[Nic]

When I bought my horse 2 years ago he had a formed splint on the inside of his off fore. Since then it has never changed in any way until I brought him in last week when it appears to have shrunk significantly in size overnight

I am baffled as have never seen a splint shrink. It is not sore and feels exactly the same as before (except smaller obviously!)

Any Ideas?

 

[chipsnham]

I had a 12 hh pony with large splints on both front legs, after 2 years during which he had never been lame they both reduced until after 6 months they were completely gone. An old chap in the local village said it was all the road work the pony did!! He was a driving pony and used to do 5 miles + nearly every day.

 

[PapaFrita]

I had a mare who had a big splint for about 2 years... no change in size and then it slowly but surely started to shrink. Not overnight though

 

[lordflynn]

they can reabsorb apparently-have heard in the old days the military used to tap them with hammers to make them disappear!

 

[peanutpussycat]

they can reabsorb and also when they have fully formed, the inflamation will go down too. so it's possible that it could have finished forming.