Update-being turned out after box rest

[charlie55]

I gave him sedalin, booted him up and stuck him out in the tiny field next door to his best friend, Humbug. Humbug is 25, and great for calming down my loony thing.

Well.... Sedalin didnt work AT ALL. He went absolutley bonkers!! After 10 mins of bucking, rearing, bronking, boxing, rolling, farting etc he finally calmed down and ate the grass. Then humbug decided what jack was doing looked so much fun and he started them off again!! Thought he was going to have a heart attack, little bugger!

After worrying like mad that he had undone 6 weeks of box rest, he came in sound (in walk)

And went out the next day sound

But after them two days of Jack being very happy, the horrid snow came

The poor little mite has been stuck in since. Its so bad at out yard, no matter what we put in the horses feet, the snao just builds up, i cant chance him slipping/falling. So im wishing away the snow and day by day its getting better. I feel so sorry for him

Im hoping he can go out boxing day. Then a week of turn out, then i can finally lunge him to see if he is sound in a trot or not... Fingers crossed and the famous vibes really needed please

Im really not the lucky type so im not getting my hopes up.

If he isnt sound after now 7 weeks box rest (other then two days out) i will not try the box rest again, i cant put him through more of that. He will be turned away for a year instead. But thats not going to happen is it

Wish me luck xx

 

[tinkerbell88]

Wishing you lots of luck!! Box rest is such an awful thing for them to have to go through!

My mare was turned out in a pen after box rest and seemed happy and quiet enough, but the day she went out into the big field she went beserk and charged round like a loony, slipped and went through the fence. Got up the wrong side of the fence with her elbow sliced where the electric had caught her, and cuts all over where the wooden fencing had broken and cut her. Many stitches later and she was back on box rest!!! I may as well have just chucked her out for a year as she was on box rest for a total of 9 months!!