boomchakawowi
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Hi please can anyone offer me any advice, My TB came in from the field last sunday and was reluctant to have his left hind hoof picked out, and was putting all his weight on the right side almost falling over, after investigation I noticed he had a puncture wound about 8 inches below his stifle joint, but wasnt lame, he had very slight swelling and was very hot & sore to touch the area, I gave him 2 bute that night and then 2 the next morning, later on Monday I was a bit concerned that he was so sore so I called the vet out, the vet came and had to sedate him to get near it, she clipped the area around the cut and cleaned it with hibi scrub, she said that it was infected and gave me some bute and antibiotics and some compagel, and told me to cold hose daily with Box rest... I asked why she thought box rest and she said he may have a fracture and said that he needs to be rested for 1week, Tbh I thought this was a biy over the top as he was showing no signs of lameness, I rang her the next day and said that if its a fracture I want to know now and asked if she could come to do xray earlier than a week - she got quite shirty with me explaining that the fracture doesnt show up straight away... after speaking to my horses physio we all decided that this vet was a bit ott, So I box rested him for 3 days and his leg seemed to be fine ( no heat - no swelling no lameness etc just the existing puncture wound that ive been cleaning daily), so gave him some sedalin and let him out in the field for a couple of hours, when he came in tonight his stifle joint was really swollen, and hot again, why would this be? Im so worried the vet is coming back on Monday to assess and maybe do an xray, I know he has some bruising in the area as I can see that where she clipped him...