Gemmaa
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Looking for advice. My horse fell in the field and injured his left hock. He was weight barring but lame at trot with a huge amount of swelling. We’ve done 115 days on box rest with 10 mins twice daily walking in hand or ridden at walk, he’s had 2 lots of xrays.. all clear, he’s had his hock scanned.. both large lateral collateral ligaments are fine however he has started to misbehave under saddle and walking in hand.. resulting in rearing or tiger jumps around the arena. The slightest sound sets him off. He’s 17.3 and each time he explodes he hinders his recovery. The vets have assured me that he will make a full recovery but he’s becoming too much to handle. So debating turning him out in a 12ft x 12ft pen in the field and cutting out the walking exercise??? Or I keep him confined for another few weeks and try again once allowed more healing time?? He’s been on boxrest for 4 months, he’s still lame at trot but there has been an improvement since last check. He’s has a steroid injection and fluid drained. When he relaxes in walk, he’s over tracking by one/one and a half hooves. Has anyone went through similar? Any advice??
He’s on a good quality joint supplement, a calmer and only on a small scoop of grass pellets (so he will eat his supplements) fed haylage (1 large net twice daily) he coughs on hay even when soaked.
He’s on a good quality joint supplement, a calmer and only on a small scoop of grass pellets (so he will eat his supplements) fed haylage (1 large net twice daily) he coughs on hay even when soaked.