Swollen Fetlock help and advice please :S

Skhosu

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Obv its saturday, so no vets to ring. He is weight bearing, although has waved his leg around twice, when I put his boots on to lunge and whilst lungeing, but not seriously lame, obvious enough in trot.
The fetlock was minorly swollen when I finished lungeing (obv finished when realised he was lame!) and has got more swollen, with cold bandages on in the past 4/5 hours (discovered at teatime)
The swelling is progressing up the tendon, its on the inside and is sore if poked too hard.
Any help? I haven't bandaged tonight as I thought if it was still swelling it would lead to constricted bandage and could damage his legs, he has arnica on it and had cold (equi-n-ice) bandages on for 4-5hrs which may have kept heat away I think. I'm also not the best at bandaging :S
 

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I would cold hose for 20 mins 3 times a day, then put a stable bandage on afterwards (unless you really are bad at bandaging, then probably not!) or turn him back out depending on his routine. I always think that as long as they're not really lame, they're better off moving around out in the field.

Call the vet Monday if it's getting worse.
 
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