wench
Well-Known Member
any ideas on possible causes?
swollen fetlock
- Thread starter wench
- Start date
Bossanova
Well-Known Member
Ligament, tendon (less likely), something going on in the foot, chipped bone, fracture, mud-fever, kick, infection, concussion. The list goes on.....
Describe the swelling!!
Describe the swelling!!
wench
Well-Known Member
not sure just been told by YO.
Went XC on sun, 2ft jumps, decent ground (not hard or very boggy) didnt hit any jumps, so not sure how he has got it from that.
Went XC on sun, 2ft jumps, decent ground (not hard or very boggy) didnt hit any jumps, so not sure how he has got it from that.
galaxy
Well-Known Member
Could be loads of things. Is there any heat? Is he lame? I'd go and have a look.
wench
Well-Known Member
i'm going this eve... little bit lame... just seems odd. unless hes tried bashing another horse in the field and its backfiered on him!
merlinsquest
Well-Known Member
Or did a natty turn and twisted it a bit..... or from travelling???
wench
Well-Known Member
apparantly has small cuts and looks a bit like sprained ankle
Bossanova
Well-Known Member
Small cuts?
Sounds like mudfever then!! Antibiotics, a good scrub with hibiscrub and a nice dry straw bed would help if it is.
Sounds like mudfever then!! Antibiotics, a good scrub with hibiscrub and a nice dry straw bed would help if it is.
wench
Well-Known Member
would be interesting if it is mud fever... not had it all winter.
mrgoop
Well-Known Member
Don't want to worry you at all, but best to get it checked out.
My lame horse was seen by the vet who couldn't find anything on her portable scanner, so referred us to York
He had been a little lame, so i rested him, then he pulled away from me when leading him on the yard, cantered up the track, jumped the fence and proceeded to gallop round the field with the others.
By the time we got to go to York, he had a swollen Fetlock.
When the scaned him , they said he had done awful damage to his deep digital flexor tendon. So bad that his had ruptured and burst from the sheath. He likened it to having a swollen foot, but still wearing your shoe, so your foot had nowhere to expand to, therefore was very painful.
From then on we trod a very long and slow road to recovery. They told me i would probably never ride him again. I threw every penny at him i had, to help him get better, supplements, lasers etc.
And better he got!!
So this could be an awful injury, but just as easily could be a twist or sprain.
Get him checked out as soon as
Fingers crossed, it's not serious
My lame horse was seen by the vet who couldn't find anything on her portable scanner, so referred us to York
He had been a little lame, so i rested him, then he pulled away from me when leading him on the yard, cantered up the track, jumped the fence and proceeded to gallop round the field with the others.
By the time we got to go to York, he had a swollen Fetlock.
When the scaned him , they said he had done awful damage to his deep digital flexor tendon. So bad that his had ruptured and burst from the sheath. He likened it to having a swollen foot, but still wearing your shoe, so your foot had nowhere to expand to, therefore was very painful.
From then on we trod a very long and slow road to recovery. They told me i would probably never ride him again. I threw every penny at him i had, to help him get better, supplements, lasers etc.
And better he got!!
So this could be an awful injury, but just as easily could be a twist or sprain.
Get him checked out as soon as
Fingers crossed, it's not serious
irishdraught
Well-Known Member
Could be an abcess brewing. Our old brood mare got regular abcesses (long story) but we always knew when one was festering up as her fetlock started to swell up. She had remarkably hard hooves and almost every time, the abscess burst from her coronet.