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boon
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| I had a horse vetted yesterday and she flexed good everywhere but her front feet. Vet says it's in fetlocks or coffin bone. She is getting X-ray's Monday to see what's going on. Does anyone have experiance with a situation like this and what did you end up doing to maintain the problem? Thanks!! |
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Location: You never know where I will show up...... | Depends on what they actually find is the problem.
I would have thought they could have blocked the horse to see if it was actually in the fetlock area or the coffin bone area?
Sometimes horses flex bad and you can't even find anything on radiographs.
Sometimes horses flex good and you find all kinds of stuff going on, on the radiographs.
There are lots of reasons a horse might flex badly, so depending on what is actually wrong, it might be simple to fix or maintain, or it might be hard.
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Location: Beggs, OK | Mine's front end soreness issued cleared up with a farrier change. |
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boon
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| I did change shoers and the vet did say it was a poor shoe job. I'm hoping that's most of the problem! Fingers crossed for good results! |
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| rockinas - 2014-03-05 12:53 PM
Depends on what they actually find is the problem.
I would have thought they could have blocked the horse to see if it was actually in the fetlock area or the coffin bone area?
Sometimes horses flex bad and you can't even find anything on radiographs.
Sometimes horses flex good and you find all kinds of stuff going on, on the radiographs.
There are lots of reasons a horse might flex badly, so depending on what is actually wrong, it might be simple to fix or maintain, or it might be hard.
i agree with the above-they should have blocked the horse to better pinpoint the problem area, then concentrate there on the xrays. |
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Location: Sperry, OK | It could be a 1000 things and either be bone pain or soft tissue pain. |
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Location: My Own Little World | rockinas - 2014-03-05 10:53 AM Depends on what they actually find is the problem.
I would have thought they could have blocked the horse to see if it was actually in the fetlock area or the coffin bone area?
Sometimes horses flex bad and you can't even find anything on radiographs.
Sometimes horses flex good and you find all kinds of stuff going on, on the radiographs.
There are lots of reasons a horse might flex badly, so depending on what is actually wrong, it might be simple to fix or maintain, or it might be hard.
Just did this with my good vet and for my mare ended up needing injections in her front feet. Now she's good as new. But my vet does a full lameness exam, blocks, and radio graphs. Ultrasound if needed too. |
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boon
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| Thanks for all your input! You have all said what has been going through mind all day. |
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