Splints

[figgy]

Hi,
I was just wondering how many people have had a young horse with splints, and as horse has got older the splints have gone.
Many thanks ?

 

[Carrottom]

Not gone altogether, but much reduced in size.

 

[Shooting Star]

Yes mine had a tiny splint when I bought him as a rising 7 year old, it’s now nowhere to be found as a 17 year old. Pretty sure it vanished within a year or two but it was a very minor one.

 

[First Frost]

Mine popped a splint as a 4 year old, at 7 it is now tiny, in fact only I know their is anything there.

 

[ycbm]

It often happens

ETA sadly it can't be relied on, especially if you're buying a show horse!
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[Quigleyandme]

My lad had a field accident as a yearling and popped a sizeable splint and a bog spavin. The splint can only just be felt and certainly not seen and the bog spavin completely resolved itself.

 

[Polos Mum]

I bought a yearling with clean legs and as a two year old he nuttered around on hard ground and threw one that was golf ball sized.
He's now 6 and it's still there but you have to feel for it and maybe 1/3 size it was

 

[figgy]

Thanks all, I’ve got a 3 year old and he popped a splint end of May because he was being a silly boy in field on the hard ground.
I got him for showing now feeling down about it .

 

[Polos Mum]

Depending on your budget maybe speak to your vet, caught early there's all sorts of clever stuff they can do to shrink them.

Mine was a riding club horse with me forever so I didn't follow up on any cosmetic treatment, but your situation is different

 

[GreyDot]

Mine popped a sizeabe splint as a 4 year old (messing about in the field), can't really see it now at 10.
However, as above, if you are showing, have a talk to your vet and definitely take it slow.

 

[MuffettMischief]

One of ours threw an absolute whopper overnight in the field, it was the size of an egg I’ve never seen one so big. We used this - https://www.evetdrug.co.uk/dispensary/pain-relief/audevard-ekyflogyl-gel . Really does work I’ve used it on a couple now. Never ever had one thrown through work, always in the field. My mare had two as a 4 year old and they are tiny now, you can’t see them and can only just feel them

 

[ycbm]

Thanks all, I’ve got a 3 year old and he popped a splint end of May because he was being a silly boy in field on the hard ground.
I got him for showing now feeling down about it .

Have you had liniment on it, it can really help. Used to be sold as Bone Radiol.
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[littleshetland]

My Friesian had 2 at the same time - one on each fore, when he was 3. He's 12 now and has clean legs all round, no sign of them at all.

 

[figgy]

Depending on your budget maybe speak to your vet, caught early there's all sorts of clever stuff they can do to shrink them.

Mine was a riding club horse with me forever so I didn't follow up on any cosmetic treatment, but your situation is different

Thanks- we did get vet out to X-ray & he injected the around the splint at the time, have the vet coming soon so I’ll ask him if there is anything else we can try.

 

[figgy]

Have you had liniment on it, it can really help. Used to be sold as Bone Radiol.
.

Thanks -Yes we got some stuff from the vet

 

[figgy]

My Friesian had 2 at the same time - one on each fore, when he was 3. He's 12 now and has clean legs all round, no sign of them at all.

What age did they start to go can you remember? ?

 

[Zoeypxo]

Mine had one as a youngster she is now 14, i cant even remember which leg it was on as no evidence to show for it !

 

[figgy]

Has anyone used shockwave on an older splint with any improvements?

 

[littleshetland]

What age did they start to go can you remember? ?

I honestly can't remember, but I think he would have been about 9 - 10 yrs old. This thread prompted me to go and have a 'feel' of his forelegs, and - I have to be honest - I did detect a very slight bump on one of them. Completely invisible to the eye, but very, very slight.