Vet Doesn't Know What's Wrong

[horzes]

Any help would be great!

The mare is around 15 years old, 15.1hh, polo pony. She has been off work for 2 months because one day she suddenly went lame. Her near hind is stiff to the point of lameness, but the vet does not suspect lymphangitis. Her hindquarters are very sensitive to touch, and a massage is very painful for her. Sometimes box rest seems to help, sometimes it makes it worse. Sometimes turnout helps, sometimes it makes it worse. She has been on bute and penicillin.

Any ideas what could be wrong with her?

 

[Booboos]

What tests has the vet carried out? Perhaps it might be worth getting another vet out?

 

[huntley]

Could be a fracture somewhere - pelvis/stifle. I would want Xrays.

 

[Marydoll]

If your vet doesnt know, Get another opinion, theres lots of good vets out there
If no further forward, equine hospital

 

[ofcourseyoucan]

i would be asking for a referral, and a full lameness work out. have you nerve blocked? x rayed? scanned? mri? bloods?

 

[flintfootfilly]

I'd be opting for bloods, too, and asking for a copy of the results.

Just wondering whether it could be a muscular problem (like tying up associated with EPSM)...... but then that's what I've been looking into for one of my gang at the moment, hence why it springs to mind.

Sarah

 

[Kenzo]

Is your vet still still looking into this and carrying out further tests? if your vet has come to a dead end then it's a case of finding another vet or a more specialist equine vet, sometimes vets will only diagnose what's in front of their noses at the time, where others will keep digging deeper until they find something because they do give a dam, with some vets you have to 'crack the whip a bit' to get anywhere.