neddynesbitt
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Having posted earlier in the week I was very down as vet had told me to consider PTS.
He was lame in front right and left hind. He went into vets today and in nowhere near as lame as he was. He blocked out sound on his sacroiliac. The vet said it was very hard to check as he we only a tiny bit unsound in the first place.
She has injected steroids and it is now a case of waiting to see how he does.
As mentioned in my previous post, he was doing his nut in the box and had been seen to canter round his box and double barrell the walls. I shouldn't think for one minute that's done his back end any good.
As regards the front foot with navicular, he had been shod only 6 days before she came out to see him when he was very lame. As he is improving so soon, the line of thinking is now that he could well have been footsore after the shoeing. He is having remedial shoeing with pads and sometimes it can take them a while to adjust.
She is much more positive and says that he may well come sound enough to be a very posh hack for me.
I have managed to find a new home for him with a small turnout pen which should help him mentally. If all goes well and he adjusts ok and behaves then he could well come right.
On vets advice, I will be sedating him when he moves and for his first few times out.
Thanks for all your replies to last post and for the first time in weeks I think I may just sleep tonight!!
He was lame in front right and left hind. He went into vets today and in nowhere near as lame as he was. He blocked out sound on his sacroiliac. The vet said it was very hard to check as he we only a tiny bit unsound in the first place.
She has injected steroids and it is now a case of waiting to see how he does.
As mentioned in my previous post, he was doing his nut in the box and had been seen to canter round his box and double barrell the walls. I shouldn't think for one minute that's done his back end any good.
As regards the front foot with navicular, he had been shod only 6 days before she came out to see him when he was very lame. As he is improving so soon, the line of thinking is now that he could well have been footsore after the shoeing. He is having remedial shoeing with pads and sometimes it can take them a while to adjust.
She is much more positive and says that he may well come sound enough to be a very posh hack for me.
I have managed to find a new home for him with a small turnout pen which should help him mentally. If all goes well and he adjusts ok and behaves then he could well come right.
On vets advice, I will be sedating him when he moves and for his first few times out.
Thanks for all your replies to last post and for the first time in weeks I think I may just sleep tonight!!