Worried About My Old Girly

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charliesarmy

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She's been in for the last ten days having poultice treatment for abcesses...she got the all clear off the farrier that they had cleared so she went back out for the day yesterday....came in overnight then turned out this morn she came out of the stable like a a old fogey she wasnt lame but was soooo stiff at first I thought oh my god absess is back but after about 5 mins she seemed back to normal.... so guys what do you think she did go a bit hyper in the field when she went out due to wind and having been confined and last night she came in wet and it went cold so do you think she's got cold now she's rugged (LW) in the field but not in stable so do you think a LW in the stable too shes 21 and on cortaflex as she does have joint probs shes also pregnant please someone speak sense to me
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It does sound as if she maybe got a bit cold - I think I would put a stable rug on at night, I know where I am it has got really cold all of a sudden. Maybe she did cavort about too much in the field as well after being in for a while and is feeling the effects today. Hope she is ok.
 
Well, I think she has probably lost a bit of field fitness from being in, has overdone it with the excitement of going out yesterday.
Then I think she has got cold in overnight (horses need warmer rugs in the stable than outdoors because they can't move to warm up).
So I'd maybe put a warmer rug on her tonight (at least MW) and possibly bandage her legs if her joints looked stiff (only if you are experienced at bandaging though).
Hope this helps
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Thank you they were my thoughts (but I do worry) I was thinking about stable bandages if not on overnight just to warm her legs and dry them when she comes in...I shouldnt really call her old she puts the younger ones to shame with her cavorting around but seeing her this morning was a bit of a shock
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