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| I texted my vet no response yet. I have a gelding with a small on the back underside of his hock and the hock is swollen. He has a temp of 101.1 and I've already given him 2 tablets of bite and some smz tablets. Is there anything else I should do or give? |
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| A small what???? A horse's normal temp can be 101 in warm weather. |
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| Ok he has a small what on the U deride of his hock? Is it warm to the touch? Any discharge seen? Without knowing more,,,,could be an abcess or a soft tissue Injury. If soft tissue strain sprain froma bad turn, ice it down see if the swelling goes down, if there is drainage, then it needs to be opened up by the vet and flushed and antibiotics given. May need a drain too is the colt lame?
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| Sorry he has a small cut about an inch long. The swollen hock is warm. It is really muggy here today with all the spots of thunderstorms we are getting. There was only a small amount of discharge from it and it could of been blood too |
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| I have one horse that swells if she gets a little scratch. After panicking the first couple of times, I get the Vetercyn out and doctor. Check to see if is a puncture or just a cut. If the cut is below the hock and the hock is swollen then check the hock for an injury. Gravity pulls swelling down not up. Sounds like the horse might have gotten kicked. |
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Location: Phoenix | From the sounds of it I'd cold hose for a bit. |
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| I agree with above run cold water on a few times a day. See what happens |
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Location: Southeast Louisiana | Cold hose for about twenty minutes while you wait for the vet to get back to you. |
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Location: west of East Texas | Go to the lameness vet ASAP. Do not personally diagnose damage in the hock area. Here's my lesson learned... On March 2nd I noticed that G had a 1.5" cut on the very point of hock, not deep, not bleeding too badly. (No big deal, I've just spent the last 12+ months healing a horse that lost a fence battle that the vet said she'd never live through.) I called my vet, sent pictures, and washed it. Vet said it didn't look like much, just cold hose and medicated it 2x day, give some bute if she's sore.
Now, 3 months later... she's been in and out of the lameness vet hospital. There was major damage deep in the tissue and to the bone. Still has infection. Still living on bute. Still on stall restriction. Had major weight loss throughout body. Has lost all muscle in hind end. Started laser treatments yesterday. Don't know if she'll heal or not. Vet bill to date... $5000
90% of this could have been avoided if I'd taken her to the lameness vet when it happened. And I'd probably be riding my horse again by now.
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| It can also be as simple as this ...
A horse gets up from laying down with his front feet first and then lunges forward and simultaneously pops his back feet up under his back end ..... if he is slow, not very agile or slips a little bit he will drag a hock on the ground and have a surface injury ...
if you look at a lot of horses you will notice a worn spot on the point and lower area of one hock or even both of them due to them getting up and down without enough power to keep from dragging a hock on the ground ... most look like an ugly callous with no hair ...
If it is a cut or puncture wound ... for heavens sakes... DO NOT WRAP IT ... the granulated flesh is natures way of healing a horse from the bottom of a wound to the surface and it needs air not a moist wrap that will only breed bacteria and end up with a bad infection ... and secondly ... horse were never meant to be on stall rest ... put them in a dry lot and they will only walk around when they feel like it but they need that exercise to pump blood up and down the legs which in turn will help heal whatever problem they have ... and keep problems from happening in the other 3 legs..
keep it simple and don't do anything to your horse you wouldn't do to yourself ..
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