update on my girl

[alsxx]

Well vet came out last night and he thinks my girl may have done a high suspensory...so she needs to go to the horsepital for scans/x-rays/n blocks to confirm/find another problem. So quite gutted really as she is only 5 and I have been so careful with her, nothing has been overdone, no hammering around but I guess that's always the way.

Does anyone have any experience of injuries high up on the suspensory (hind leg) and can offer me any small glimmer of hope?

 

[Halfpass]

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Looks like mine has done the same. Will get a definate diagnosis later today. My girl is only 4 so young too. I've read mixed results and viwes on the internet and I think it really depends on how quickly it is picked up. My girls has been going on for a while now but as she wasn't in work (started as a 3 year old) the vet put it down to her having a strange gait and left it at that. She has flat feet which is being addressed and we think this has put a strain on the proximal suspensory. Trouble is if her feet have ben like this most of her life then we don't really know how long the supsensorys have been damaged for.
Look at me I'm wafling now. Oh well maybe we can help each other through this. Some times it makes things easier to deal with if you have someone you can bounce concerns or ideas off. Good luck at the horsepital and keep us updated

 

[baleofhay]

Mine did his front eighteen months ago and we got loss of use paid by insurer. However he is just coming back to work and looks sound as a pound! Vets will make you box rest but i think best to turn them away and let nature take its course. Kept my poor boy in box for nine months and it was no better. Turned him away on steep field( vet said it must be flat but I did not have a flat one! ) and recovered fully. good luck.

 

[Halfpass]

Thats really interesting. Alee hasn't really been in work since Feb time. I backed her last summer then continued with ground work till Feb then turned her away till June. She was then ridden for about a month and that is when she started shwoing signs of not being quite right . However I think she may have had a problem last spring when it was just put down to a strange gait so the rest possibly didn't help her.

 

[alsxx]

See I wonder how long she has been like it - because the lameness is so slight, for the first week i thought she didnt look right but didnt think she was lame. And then when I think back there have been tiny little things that on their own haven't raised alarm bells, but looking back I think they are probably related.

My mare has also had feet issues - she always had good feet, and then when i moved away from home, from hampshire to Kent, could only use the farrier that the yard i was on used. I was not at all impressed with his work, and was a major factor in why i eventually moved yards. New farrier advised that her hinds were very unlevel and has been correcting so again i do wonder if the 18 months of bad trimming/shoeing has caused this problem.

She has been lame for 3 weeks now with no improvement on bute, rest in field and box rest. I dont have her insured for loss of use only vets etc. I would be happy if I could just do dressage with her, but no idea if this is likely.