NR99
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Sorry to post in here but more view here than Vet - just need advice if anyone has experienced something similar.
Have a loan horse who came in for the day from the field two weeks ago and was fine but by evening had a swollen leg from pastern to mid cannon bone. Called the vet who said as lame on trot up give ABs, bute and applied pressure bandage and said see how it goes, came again on Tues improved but still not right on trot up as was sound to the eye but if listened not quite, swelling was more localised to the pastern, more bute and course of ABs and pressure bandage again. Came back on the Thurs said not sound on trot up as showing a lame stride every 3/4 strides, swelling gone down but still there and horse reacts quite strongly if both sides of pastern squeezed together. Vet spoke to owner as she thought horse should be scanned/x rayed at this point and horse is insured. Owner came over and felt not at Scan/X ray stage yet (I am a worrier particularly as not mine), suggested 5 days of bute and continue box rest. Saturday owner asked us to walk horse out as thinks box rest may be causing swelling and he is so well in himself and not showing pain in the leg, leg went down but by Sunday morning was more swollen than had been. This morning still a slight swelling and it is two weeks on but this could be because the bute last given on Thurs am should be out of his system (by swelling means still looks slightly fatter than the other leg).
Just wondered if anyone else has any experience of this, could it be a strain is there anything else I can try as treatment. Someone suggested arnica but not sure if this would help in this situation? Vet thought cold hosing further antibiotics would not be beneficial
Any suggestions/experiences would be useful - just feel like I want to be doing something.
Thanks appreciate long, so afternoon choccy bar for getting this far!
Have a loan horse who came in for the day from the field two weeks ago and was fine but by evening had a swollen leg from pastern to mid cannon bone. Called the vet who said as lame on trot up give ABs, bute and applied pressure bandage and said see how it goes, came again on Tues improved but still not right on trot up as was sound to the eye but if listened not quite, swelling was more localised to the pastern, more bute and course of ABs and pressure bandage again. Came back on the Thurs said not sound on trot up as showing a lame stride every 3/4 strides, swelling gone down but still there and horse reacts quite strongly if both sides of pastern squeezed together. Vet spoke to owner as she thought horse should be scanned/x rayed at this point and horse is insured. Owner came over and felt not at Scan/X ray stage yet (I am a worrier particularly as not mine), suggested 5 days of bute and continue box rest. Saturday owner asked us to walk horse out as thinks box rest may be causing swelling and he is so well in himself and not showing pain in the leg, leg went down but by Sunday morning was more swollen than had been. This morning still a slight swelling and it is two weeks on but this could be because the bute last given on Thurs am should be out of his system (by swelling means still looks slightly fatter than the other leg).
Just wondered if anyone else has any experience of this, could it be a strain is there anything else I can try as treatment. Someone suggested arnica but not sure if this would help in this situation? Vet thought cold hosing further antibiotics would not be beneficial
Any suggestions/experiences would be useful - just feel like I want to be doing something.
Thanks appreciate long, so afternoon choccy bar for getting this far!
