I got a call from my trainer. Rumor is dead lame. She called horses in for dinner, and Rumor wouldnt come in. She was limping badly on her hind leg. She was stalled for 2 hours while eating, then couldnt put any weight on it afterwards. 3 legged horse.
Im terribly upset and freaking out.
On my way there now. Vets meeting me. Holiday weekend...AND a Sunday. Why oh why oh why me? Posted via Mobile Device
Thanks for the good thoughts. Made it to the barn in one piece to find my mare walking around with only a slight limp. *Big sign of relief*
Its definitely her hock. Its swollen and hot to touch. But shes walking on it. Shes putting pressure on it when kicking at flies. Shes up my butt though following me around. Shes isolated in a dry lot. Still eating and drinking but its extremely fond of being alone. Hence why shes all over me. Her eyes are clean, temp is normal, pulse and respiration are good.
I brought her out for some cold hosing. She seemed to enjoy that. Had her tied up to a stall while i was checking her over afterwards. Noticed she started getting stiff while tied and standing on concrete so now we are back in the turnout and waiting on the vet. Posted via Mobile Device
My horse kicked through a fence a little while back and hurt herself. Since she stood around all day and didn't want to use it she was dead lame, totally stiff and wouldn't put any weight on it at all by the time I got to the barn. I freaked out, there wasn't much too wrong with it though, so BO said to just try walking her out. After a couple minutes of making her use it she loosened up and was only slightly off on it of a couple days.
In other words it's not always as bad as it looks. I hope it's something simple like just stiffnesss or something. Good luck
My trainer said the grey mare that shes friends with has a bump on her pastern that wasnt there. So maybe they got pushed around and injured. Caught in the round bale holder or heavens knows what. After all, they are horses...And horses are accident prone.
Rumor was given 2 grams bute last night, and another gram this morning. Which is probably why shes walking on it so well compared to yesterday. She is restless, but i think thats due to flies more then anything.
More then likely im going to take her home to recover. She still has 10 days, but i planned on sending her for another month of training in March. So she'll just get a month and 10 days when March rolls around.
Im just hoping she ends up being okay. I didnt just spend $2000 for her and $515 in training for her to end up lame and unuseable. *sigh*
Im hoping she just fell and twisted it or sprained it. Vet shouldnt be much longer...I hope.
Equiniphile, i was thinking a nicely placed kick too. But, there is no missing hair or scrapes to say thats what happened. No blood, just swelling and heat. Its possible though. Posted via Mobile Device
May have been her kicking out and getting it hung up in something (fencer, feeder, etc). That seems to be the most common reason I've seen, especially if there are no wounds you can find. Any scrapes or hair loss further down the leg?
Hoping everything turns out ok. Horses swell so easily on their legs it may be a minor injury that heals quickly...its the eternal optimism in me. hope the vet has good news!
Good news, my bill was under $300. LoL. And Rumor is okay for the most part.
I had my vet do xrays...there are no indications of anything being broken or out of place. There is just swelling and heat.
Vet thinks she may have been kicked. I guess there is a major blood vessel that runs right there and it almost appears to be a hematoma on the xrays. But dont know for sure. There are no indications of pain as vet palpated leg. Its obviously sore though.
Rumor nipped me. She got slapped. Just because shes in pain is no excuse to make a chew toy out of me. She calmed down after my hand connected with her muzzle and then she was sedated.
Vet recommended 1 month of rest in a smalled turnout. So im bringing her home tomorrow to recoup. 1 gram bute morning and night, cold hosing and applying a liniment to her.
I dont think i could have had a better outcome. Posted via Mobile Device
Natisha, yes its common for horses to be turned out together. Theres a mare lot, gelding lot and "training" lot. My mare was in the mare lot due to the training lot being more dominant and my mare being very low in pecking orders.
Has anyone iced a hock before? If so howd you wrap it for the ice to stay put? Good idea or bad idea? Posted via Mobile Device
I haven't done it, but what if you figure-8 wrapped an ice pack on her hock using vetwrap? With the "points" of the "8" above and below the hock joint?
Yes, figure 8 it. Here's how I wrapped my pet bull. lol He stands better than our horses, and he was untied. Not my best wrapping job, but what do you expect when wrapping a bull.
Thats one big a$$ pet bull. LoL. Thanks for the picture. I figure ill wrap her leg and ice it for a half hour twice a day. Cold hose and rub liniment on her. Ill take stock in vet wrap for the next week or so. LoL. Posted via Mobile Device
That sounds good. If you can manage 15-20 mins. per hosing, I bet you'll see her bounce back fast. A frozen peas are a good ice pack since they "give" and aren't rigid.
6W.. Wow.. neat looking bull what breed ? does he pass the gentle trait ? that would be good.
Cal Porte. hope her hock heals. I have seen neoprene hock wraps online but they would be more for a support , did she pop spavins ? Be careful when you wrap using liniments,you can make it swell more . If I use a linimint I dont wrap unless of course the Vet said to . Good luck
Thank you. He's an out-cross bred bull we raised. He goes back to Mexican fighting bull. His sire was raised by Harry Vold. He does not pass on the gentle trait. lol He only got gentle with me after he got a really bad cut on his foot. It was life threatening. We had him at the vet in Elgin TX for several weeks. When he got home. and was confined to a stall, it wasn't 2 weeks before I was sitting on him. LOL He used to watch me imprint a foal I had up at the time with my mare. He would stand there and look so gentle, so I started rubbing on him. He's rotten! Permanent fixture here. One of our best sires.
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