DuckToller
Well-Known Member
Amazingly, despite looking quite bad, my pony's swollen fetlock has turned out to be nothing more than a very bruised annular ligament. There is no damage to the superficial or deep digital tendons, which I was really worried about as he already has several health issues to contend with and didn't need 6 months box rest etc. Just requires 2 weeks box rest and bute, then turn out for a week, and slow return to normal work.
The vet scanned him last Thursday, but I am not very good at uploading photos from a mobile so after some failed attempts, I have at last worked out a roundabout way of doing it. The photos were taken of the scan machine, so not great quality but brilliant what the scanner can show you.
The first is the normal leg:
This is the swollen annular ligament - note the difference between the blue and white cross at 12 o'clock. Vet said probably blunt trauma to the fetlock, so either landed badly after a fence, or possibly went down a hole in the large water complex. Who knows, but it's not terminal
And for good measure, the original fetlock that I asked guess the damage. No chocolate for any one then
The vet scanned him last Thursday, but I am not very good at uploading photos from a mobile so after some failed attempts, I have at last worked out a roundabout way of doing it. The photos were taken of the scan machine, so not great quality but brilliant what the scanner can show you.
The first is the normal leg:
This is the swollen annular ligament - note the difference between the blue and white cross at 12 o'clock. Vet said probably blunt trauma to the fetlock, so either landed badly after a fence, or possibly went down a hole in the large water complex. Who knows, but it's not terminal
And for good measure, the original fetlock that I asked guess the damage. No chocolate for any one then
