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Location: Louisiana |  Got my horse out of the pasture today and noticed some bumps on his legs. I started inspecting them and realized they were some splints that popped up. I check him almost everyday, so they had to have just come up. We blistered them this pm, so I guess I'll see what happens when I get home tomorrow evening. Anybody got any suggestions? I am up at a rodeo saturday, and I just wonder if they are already calcified (sp??) if he is ok now. I have been having some problems with him diving in, he doesn't try to hit them, just goes in too close and can't finish, and he does kinda turn on his front end, thats just his style . I think this may have happened about 5-6 weeks ago at a big run where the ground was terrible, I won't name names! He was a little sore and slightly gimpy the following week, but he is so tough you can't tell if he is hurting or not. He was back to normal after 2-3 days, but he hasn't been turning his first barrel like he can. I guess this has been his problem and I was too dumb to think of it. Anyways, I know this is getting way too long but I was wondering what yall thought about this weekend. I am probably going to take him to the vet thursday, but I really think he is ok now since they are calcified and he isn't showing any signs of pain.   |
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Location: Oklahoma | The best thing to do is always to call your vet and discuss it with him/her. I think there are different theories on splints these days from blistering to icing to all kinds of stuff. More than likely you are correct about actually popping them 5-6 weeks ago. From the horses I have had with splints, the bumps don't show until quite awhile after the actual injury. You probably know once they are "dead" splints, they usually don't bother the horse again, of course depending on what part of the leg they are in. |
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Location: Washington | You said you blistered him last night(tuesday?) And you want to run him this weekend? What type of blister did you use? I don't know about anyone else but normally the blister will cause some pain. If they were set(splints) why did you blister? Are they high splints or low? Did he pop his splint bone on both legs? There are too many unanswered questions for good advice IMO on this one. |
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Location: Louisiana | The horse is supposed to be continue exercising with the use of this specific blister, and if nothing is wrong, he won't be in any real pain. |
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The Original Cyber Bartender
Location: Washington | Originally written by Mousenatownla on 2004-03-31 9:07 AM
The horse is supposed to be continue exercising with the use of this specific blister, and if nothing is wrong, he won't be in any real pain. Now educate me what is the name of this product. And if the vet said to continue exercising then I guess your onto the rodeo. |
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Location: Louisiana | I don't know the name, my friend has a man mix it for her in oklahoma. When I got in this evening, nothing happened so I was really happy and relieved. I think he is going to be fine, my friend called today and she got a new brace to try and well see if that does anything. |
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Location: Oklahoma | I think I know which blister you are using and you better not use anything else with it, or you will lose all the hair and have a hairless leg on your horse for the rest of his life....trust me, I know...I did it with mine....if this is the blister that you use shaving cream after the blister DON'T PUT ANYTHING ELSE on it or you will be sorry and so will your horse!!!! |
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Location: You never know where I will show up...... | I would have him checked out by the vet. If he happens to have a fracture in there you may be doing it more harm by riding him. If you think he did it 5-6 weeks ago you should have noticed some heat in the area where the splint popped back then when he was lame. If he pops a new splint it is good to cold hose or ice it right away and try to get the heat out. And get him in a stall and on some anti-inflammatories for a couple days. I have had several horses get splints and were fine. But I did have a nice mare pop one up high on a back leg once, above the SMB's I had on her, and she was real lame. I took her to the vet and they x rayed it and it had fractured. So if a horse is real lame because of a suspected splint, xrays are a good idea. I had to give that mare 8 weeks off and in a stall. When I brought her back she was fine, just had a permanent bump on her leg. I haven't ever blistered one that I was planning to run either!  But I have blistered one that was on stall rest anyway and you do have to be careful with some of that stuff! |
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