sudden unexplained lameness

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hellywelly1

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Afternoon all

I wonder if i could ask your advice, on Saturday me and my friend hacked my horses on an hour and half ride and towards the end i started to think my mare which my friend was riding looked stiff but not lame.
Yest i decided to trot her up and asked someone more experienced for a second opinion.
He thought my mare was about 1/10th lame on her right hind leg but there was no heat, swelling/bruised soles or anything which could explain the lameness.
The said mare is a 10yr old tb who is very fit and not had any issues of lameness with past owner or with me and passed a 5 stage vetting only a few months ago.
we agreed to trot her up again tonight at the same time to see if this had improved/got worse/no change before calling the vet.

Any ideas what could be causing this?
 
Amymay I always love your responses to these kinds of posts (inlcuding mine!) You are right, it could be absolutely anything and if you are worried, a vet is the only person who will put your mind at rest.
 
PiggyB said:
Amymay I always love your responses to these kinds of posts (inlcuding mine!) You are right, it could be absolutely anything and if you are worried, a vet is the only person who will put your mind at rest.
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I am planning to get a vet if no better but wondered if there was anything else i could look at, and thought hhf could offer some advice as have recieved some fab advice on here before.:o
Im not sure if worried yet or not as going to see if she has any change later but of course im concerned.
 
I second getting a vet's opinion - my paint x showed no signs of heat/ swelling and was only fractionally unsound behind when he had torn both suspensory ligaments behind- they are so deeply enclosed by other structures they give few outward signs.

Might also be worth looking at Sacro-Illiac / pelvic issues

I hope you get to the bottom of it

Tx
 
I totally understand hellywelly - I have been in exactly the same situation recently. Fingers crossed everything looks normal when you check next and you never have to think about it again.
 
Personally I would just be giving the horse some time off in the field and monitoring to make sure it is improving. I would only get the vet out if it didn't get better, or got worse.

Maybe she has just slipped in the field and pulled a muscle or something.
 
I tend to be of the "wait and see" attitude. Why call a vet out if the horse is just a bit stiff or only slightly lame. Field rest can cure a multitude of issues.

Urgent vet call outs are reserved for blood, sickness or hopping lame in my book.
 
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