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sudden lameness?

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Darn, I don't even know how to start this...my friend's horses are in my care next door to me, which means I make sure they have feed and water. Today, I went over as I do every day, and one of her horses wouldn't move and seemed to be in pain in the back right side. Picked out the hooves and felt around for any heat and felt nothing. Even tempted her with treats, still wouldn't move. I wonder if she might have slipped and fell, hurting her back, thus the lack of movement? Or could it be colic (no rolling or kicking at stomach)? I tried to contact her (owner of horse) and the land owner (very nice guy) said he'd try too. I'm thinking that a vet is in order here and am just asking you guys out of extreme concern for the horse. She hasn't asked or shown much concern for them in a long time but I hope she steps up at this point. I'm going over before I go to work tomorrow morning and will update. Til then, I'm hoping for some of your thoughts on this. I'm not very horse savvy as far as this goes...just so you know. Thanks for any help you can offer.
 
#2 ·
Hey there! Calling the vet is definately the best course of action as it is virtually impossible to diagnose a lameness over the interwebz, even if you were able to provide pictures and a video.

Wish I could be of more help!
 
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OP says no evidence of hoof issue. Not even sure which area of the horse's body is "off".

Not moving to get a treat!!! That is bad. With colic, horse will be uninterested in treats, usually, but there will be other things, like elevated heartrate and breathing rate, white gums and lack of gut sounds. Horse usually will move with anxiety, but not always.

This kind of reminds me of some post I read here about a horse like this, wouldn't move at all, turned out it had a dislocated hip. Do you see any obvious misalignmetns of the spine, like bumps or twists?

Did you talk with Bob?

Caroline
 
#13 ·
Not much of an update today...I checked on her this morning and she still wouldn't put any weight on that leg but she tried to come to me for a treat. I couldn't bare to see her try, so I went out to her with a treat. Poor thing. I also went over after work tonight and she was happily eating at the round bale though I'm sure that she hasn't made any miraculous recovery at this point.

Ultimately, I feel that this is "their call" as far as treatment goes. I'm just not qualified nor have the knowledge as they do.

THis whole horse thing has been an ongoing learning experience and I've learned so much from this forum as well. Thank you everyone!
 
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My farrier told me Emma had an abscess and she never even showed signs...in fact, it didn't even come to the surface like a normal one. But when Holly, a pony I have since sold, got one she was lame as could be! Thought she broke her leg, in fact I swore to it. No heat in the hoof, only in the leg, no weight just a pathetic limp, and no signs, again of an abcess. Abcesses are tricky, tricky things...you might want to make 100% sure that's not what it is.
 
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