swollen quarter, now swollen hock

[gingerthing]

My boy came in from the field with a 4 inch fluidy swelling on the side of his right quarter, which felt warm and tender to the touch, he wasnt lame on it at all and seemed ok in himself otherwise. The next day he comes in from the field, the swelling in the quarter has gone down to half of what it was, but the right hock has accumilated some fluid, giving a 'capped' appearence, with a slight bit of heat. Again he was not hopping lame, and happy to weight bear. But to touch it was tender for him.

Any ideas of what it could be? I keep looking in books and online and scaring myself. Plus as a youngster he was operated on for OCD in the stifles but made a good prognosis. Where the original quarter swelling is there was no cut, but a scuffed area where im guessing may have been a kick injury or hes knocked himself in another way. Im going to get the vet out tomorrow if no better, but still any ideas anyone?

 

[china]

my horse had a warm swelling underneath his neck that spread and was tender to touch and it was cellulitis from an injury, he nearly had a scan to check if a foreign body was in there but it went down with anti biotics. the vet looked for cuts but couldnt find anything and we still dont know what caused it to this day but it sounds like yours has cellulitis.

 

[CBFan]

I would sugest the original swelling was a hefty kick and the hock swelling is more than likely where some of the swelling has moved with gravity. worth getting a vet if you're unsure though.