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| Walked out to my mares corral yesterday to find her limping on her right hind. Look like a big hitch in her step. I do not notice any heat or swelling. She has a vet appointment Tuesday to check it out. Unfortunately I am unable to get time off of work, so my amazing parents are taking her for me. I am extremely stressed out it is something very serious. She is my baby and I wanted this to be our year of hauling hard every weekend during the summer and try to qualify for our amateur rodeo finals. I just want to hear what you guys think it looks like by video...I know I need to rely on my vet but it's killing to me wait until Tuesday...I have the video recorded on my cell phone. I am unable to get it uploaded to YouTube so unsure how to post it..last fall we made a run that was really nice. I walked her out and tied her to the trailer. I went back probably half hour later to grab her and warm up for our second run (double header) and her hind end seemed off so I drew out of that second run. She seemed just fine the following day and days after so I let her rest for the winter (3 months) and brought her back this spring. She was jjst fine this spring and ran wonderfully for me until I found her like this the other day :(
ETA-she saw the chiropractor a month and a half ago and he did adjust her-he said she wasn't too badly out of place. She is usually shoed but she must have over reached this past Monday during out ride because her front left shoe was bent after our ride. The farrier was able to come out last minute on his tight schedule and removed all 4 shoes and trimmed her. She is currently barefoot due to that. She is barefoot during the winter months (here in ND it's usually November-March I have her barefoot).
Video posted below **
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | can you email it to me? vfburrseye at gmail.com |
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Neat Freak
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | trying this using youtube..mihgt take a few to become live https://youtu.be/GfTOZVsRZeM
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Location: 31 lengths farms | She looks like the further she walked the better she got which on my friend's mare that did that ended up being a hind suspensory. Hope not. |
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Location: Ohio | run n rate - 2016-05-09 12:15 PM She looks like the further she walked the better she got which on my friend's mare that did that ended up being a hind suspensory. Hope not.
I'm dealing with this right now. First vet kept telling me he was trying to abcess. I went with it but had a gut feeling it wasn't right because he would warm up out of it to some extent. Second opinion revealed a 60% high suspensory tear. I'm sure I made it worse by treating for an abcess for a month. We are 45 days into 60 days of stall rest before we re-ultra sound.
My gelding also stood with his back leg rested like this mare is doing pretty much all the time. I would start stall rest now just as a precaution. Best of luck. |
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Location: Oregon | I was going to say suspendsory or stifle. |
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Location: 31 lengths farms | next thirty years - 2016-05-10 7:22 PM
run n rate - 2016-05-09 12:15 PM She looks like the further she walked the better she got which on my friend's mare that did that ended up being a hind suspensory. Hope not.
I'm dealing with this right now. First vet kept telling me he was trying to abcess. I went with it but had a gut feeling it wasn't right because he would warm up out of it to some extent. Second opinion revealed a 60% high suspensory tear. I'm sure I made it worse by treating for an abcess for a month. We are 45 days into 60 days of stall rest before we re-ultra sound.
My gelding also stood with his back leg rested like this mare is doing pretty much all the time. I would start stall rest now just as a precaution. Best of luck.
Exactly what my friend had thought originally too that her mare was trying to abscess, lame, not lame, sore, not sore, walk out of it at times.
When my gelding abscessed on the hind a few years ago he was lame as heck, looked almost stifle or hip but no heat or swelling anywhere. |
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| run n rate - 2016-05-10 10:49 AM next thirty years - 2016-05-10 7:22 PM run n rate - 2016-05-09 12:15 PM She looks like the further she walked the better she got which on my friend's mare that did that ended up being a hind suspensory. Hope not. I'm dealing with this right now. First vet kept telling me he was trying to abcess. I went with it but had a gut feeling it wasn't right because he would warm up out of it to some extent. Second opinion revealed a 60% high suspensory tear. I'm sure I made it worse by treating for an abcess for a month. We are 45 days into 60 days of stall rest before we re-ultra sound.
My gelding also stood with his back leg rested like this mare is doing pretty much all the time. I would start stall rest now just as a precaution. Best of luck. Exactly what my friend had thought originally too that her mare was trying to abscess, lame, not lame, sore, not sore, walk out of it at times. When my gelding abscessed on the hind a few years ago he was lame as heck, looked almost stifle or hip but no heat or swelling anywhere.
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| The vet is suspecting hoof soreness. My mare was sound of course when we took her to the vet. I do trust our veterinarian but I really think it is something worse. She passed flexion tests and no heat/swelling. After she walks a bit she does appear sound. |
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Location: 31 lengths farms | Did they hoof test? |
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| run n rate - 2016-05-11 3:28 PM
Did they hoof test?
Vet said she was a little sore to hoof tester but not to flexion. She said she suspects a stone bruise for how she was so sore and then was feeling good so soon. I still feel it is a deeper problem but we will see. My mare is not with me right now but I told my mom to watch her and see if she gets gimpy again. |
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Location: 31 lengths farms | Honestly, everything you have explained explains exactly what my friend went thru with her mare...first vet insisted it was a stone bruise/abscess, she soaked for weeks, nothing came of it, mare was sound, then came up sore again, poulticed the hoof trying to get the abscess or bruise relief, sore in the morning when they would turn her out, by the afternoon much better after being out and about. After the vet got a little irritated that she was questioning the stone bruise/abscess diagnosis she palpated her and flexed her pretty agressively, the mare flinched some but then was very sore the next morning and did not walk out of it at which time she took her to second vet and they ultrasounded. If this continues much longer I'd go the ultrasound route just to be safe.
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Location: OH. IO | Not buying the stone bruise.I would be very pro active for this horse and hltrasound..immediatly.but I treat my horses like my children...and if it was my child there would be no waiting |
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| I'm not buying the stone bruise either, but I'm not a vet. This is a very well known vet around the state. How do I go about asking to continue with an ultrasound if my mare appears sound? I honestly believe it will come up again (the limping) and am not thinking it is a good idea to ride her right now in case it is something more. |
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Location: OH. IO | They work for you.nicely demand an ultrasound or simply get a second opinion and state that you want an ultrasound from the beginning. |
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| I'm not trying to play down your horses lameness, but if this is a very good vet, your horse didn't palpate or flex sore, you just pulled her shoes and then she became lame... it makes sense to me she has a stone bruise or abscess. If you had been buting her after you found her lame and it were an abscess then it can freeze the abscess and slow it down from working its way out. I'm not a vet but its just some suggestions. A second opinion is great, just be logical with your funds and make a phone appointment with your vet and maybe she can clarify and answer more questions for you. Your a great horse mom! |
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Location: North Dakota | ILuvSnap - 2016-05-11 6:54 PM I'm not buying the stone bruise either, but I'm not a vet. This is a very well known vet around the state. How do I go about asking to continue with an ultrasound if my mare appears sound? I honestly believe it will come up again (the limping) and am not thinking it is a good idea to ride her right now in case it is something more. She'll do it if you want something extra. Just ask.
I think she tries not to do extra tests unless she really thinks its necessary, or has flexion results to support it, which can be appreciated so you aren't spending $$$$$ everytime you go for a lameness eval.
I've had her do extra tests for me, for my own peace of mind. Did hock x-rays on Shotgun last year just because I wanted them (and am paranoid after all of Red's problems!!). There was no "reason" to do hock x-rays but she did it because I wanted them.
So if you want to do an ultrasound, she'll do it. 
I assume you showed her the video you showed us?
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