Trip to vet and hoof x-ray results

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Well those who saw my post the other day will know that I was taking Blue to the vet today for hoof x-rays after about a month of lameness, initially believed to be a stone bruise. I was hoping it was a nice stinky abscess which hadn't burst, but it wasn't to be. However it also isn't a fracture which is what I was dreading.

The x-rays showed some bone remodelling (looks like a little extra toe) right on the front of the pedal bone, which is associated with the trauma of clobbering herself on the mega stone. True to form, when I got to the vet and put her hoof boots on she trotted up about 1/10 lame, instead of the "I only have three legs" lame that she has been doing up to today! Vet said that it was similar to a splint, but on the pedal bone.

My other dread was that her navicular disease had deteriorated further, but the navicular bone was in good health and vet said no problems with it and in fact was pleased with it. She has an excellent depth of sole, so unfortunately it's just one of those things. The vet said that I could get her shod, with gel pads or leave her as she is, unshod but said leaving her unshod was just as good as she does have lovely feet with a good sole.
So she is on a three month rest period, but at least she can go out in the field for a few hours each day to keep her sane. We'll see where we go from there, but hoping for a good recovery. At least while she is off work, it will make me actually start doing something with the youngster!
 
Really pleased to see this, especially that they are hoping for a good recovery. Deano going back in for hoof x rays tomorrow, I'm really nervous so I feel your relief!
 
Holly Hocks said:
Oh good luck - have you any idea what they might be looking for?
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Vet suspects navicular :( hopefully not too advanced if it is that - I hadn't even spotted any front end lameness (bad mummy :( ), it was his hocks that I was worried about.
Hope she enjoys her break and the youngster is not too put out about starting grown up work!
 
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Emilieu said:
Vet suspects navicular :( hopefully not too advanced if it is that - I hadn't even spotted any front end lameness (bad mummy :( ), it was his hocks that I was worried about.
Hope she enjoys her break and the younster is not too put out about starting grown up work!
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Navicular isn't the end of the world - but like you I didn't notice any front end lameness before mine was diagnosed with it last year - it was when the vet came out to her hocks that he spotted the front end lameness - sounds very similar to mine. Hope you get good results - let us know what they find. :)
 
Holly Hocks said:
Navicular isn't the end of the world - but like you I didn't notice any front end lameness before mine was diagnosed with it last year - it was when the vet came out to her hocks that he spotted the front end lameness - sounds very similar to mine. Hope you get good results - let us know what they find. :)
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That makes me feel better :) I will thank you x
 
What I omitted to put on my first post, because it's highly embarrassing, is that the vet said that Blue - who is a TB..........is fat.........and not only is she fat, but she has a cresty neck. This is a horse which was like a hat-rack when I got her. I am sooooo embarrassed! Who on earth has an obese TB apart from me?
 
I am really pleased for you. I am also really pleased that you posted this, because I have never before heard of "splint" type bone remodelling from a heavy tread on a stone. Thank goodness she has thick soles and healthy feet.
 
ChristmasPTrees said:
I am really pleased for you. I am also really pleased that you posted this, because I have never before heard of "splint" type bone remodelling from a heavy tread on a stone. Thank goodness she has thick soles and healthy feet.
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I hadn't heard of it either - vet said that it could be called pedal osteitis, but didnt really like this description as it covers a multitude of conditions with no particular name. And as I understand it, pedal osteitis is more of a degradation of the bone than a remodelling. If she had had shoes on, it would possibly have been a fracture as her soles wouldn't have been so thick - it's just one of those things. She's been a rock cruncher over loads of stones all summer but when the weather changed to wet mud she seemed more "careful" and I think that should have been my trigger to put the hoof boots back on, but hindsight is a wonderful thing.
 
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