neddynesbitt
Well-Known Member
Sorry if this has been asked before but I am desperate for some reviews on fly rugs. My poor lad has been plagued by horse flies in the daytime so, I decided to turn him out at night to get away from them (and the sun).
After 6 nights out (in stable in day) I found him very lame in the morning. He has navicular & has strained his sacroiliac joint in the past. All winter he has been playing excessively with his field mates in the deep mud & remained sound but having had the vet out this morning I have been told he has strained his SI again
The yard owner said he had been going ballistic at 9pm the night before (his field mate was grazing quietly). I have no idea if it was the midges or horseflies that caused him to go berserk but he is covered in huge lumps from horseflies but, the hair on the front of his back legs was all scuffed up as if he had been frantically kicking at his belly to get rid of midges. Also his sheath is very swollen (no swelling until now).
He does not tolerate box rest so the vet said I can turn him out (ideally in a pen but I can't do that as he will try to jump out....been there seen it done it!!) & said I know him better than her as regards if he goes out in the day or night.
Obviously he is lame & the last thing I want is for him to charge around to get away from the flies so I would like a fly rug which has a really good belly flap.
Any ideas? (the vet checked him 1 month ago & was delighted with how good he looked & declared him 100% sound so I am devastated that this has happened after all he has been through. He spent 10 days in intensive care in January with perotinitis...how much more can this poor horse take?)
After 6 nights out (in stable in day) I found him very lame in the morning. He has navicular & has strained his sacroiliac joint in the past. All winter he has been playing excessively with his field mates in the deep mud & remained sound but having had the vet out this morning I have been told he has strained his SI again
The yard owner said he had been going ballistic at 9pm the night before (his field mate was grazing quietly). I have no idea if it was the midges or horseflies that caused him to go berserk but he is covered in huge lumps from horseflies but, the hair on the front of his back legs was all scuffed up as if he had been frantically kicking at his belly to get rid of midges. Also his sheath is very swollen (no swelling until now).
He does not tolerate box rest so the vet said I can turn him out (ideally in a pen but I can't do that as he will try to jump out....been there seen it done it!!) & said I know him better than her as regards if he goes out in the day or night.
Obviously he is lame & the last thing I want is for him to charge around to get away from the flies so I would like a fly rug which has a really good belly flap.
Any ideas? (the vet checked him 1 month ago & was delighted with how good he looked & declared him 100% sound so I am devastated that this has happened after all he has been through. He spent 10 days in intensive care in January with perotinitis...how much more can this poor horse take?)