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Location: Pacific Northwest | I took my 18yo mare to the vet on August 24th. All year she has been clocking all over the board. She was never lame but she was very sore in her lower back every time I had her worked on. She never refused the gate or seemed worried about running, which is what she usually does when she’s sore, which is why I continued to enter her. All of the bad runs also included big mistakes on my part so I was really confused on am I causing the problem or is she sore.
But, like I said, she never moved unsound. It actually took a lot of flexing and trotting and digging to narrow the problem down to her stifles. It was determined it was arthritis, and she ended up being really dry in her right stifle. We did both legs with depo medrol, hyalovet, and amikacin.
Now fast forward to the present. She is still not lame, but now when I exercise her she’s short strided and awkward in her hind end. She’s picking up her leads but she just looks weird? If I keep working her, she eventually works out of it and then is just suddenly completely fine. Last week she had body work done and her back was dramatically less sore than it has been all year.
So I don’t know if I need to take he back to the vet now, or continue to work her and see if it improves/gets bad enough I can actually see where the soreness is? I can’t even explain the way she’s moving, it’s like there’s a disconnect between her front and hind end, until she just suddenly syncs up and moves totally fine.
Another thing is I read on a different form that joint injections can cause ulcers in horses already prone to being ulcery? Which she is, but again, her sign is usually she stops eating. She has been way more spookier and bug-eyed than normal though, so I don’t know, I guess it wouldnt hurt to treat her
Thanks to whoever reads this ramble of a post, it’s a slow day at work.
Edited by livexlovexrodeo 2018-09-21 4:49 PM
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| If she’s been sore and compensating for awhile, you simply might have run out of legs. Meaning that since you addressed what looked like the main problem and fixed that, the secondary issue is now showing up. I’d take her back myself. | |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | livexlovexrodeo - 2018-09-21 4:48 PM I took my 18yo mare to the vet on August 24th. All year she has been clocking all over the board. She was never lame but she was very sore in her lower back every time I had her worked on. She never refused the gate or seemed worried about running, which is what she usually does when she’s sore, which is why I continued to enter her. All of the bad runs also included big mistakes on my part so I was really confused on am I causing the problem or is she sore. But, like I said, she never moved unsound. It actually took a lot of flexing and trotting and digging to narrow the problem down to her stifles. It was determined it was arthritis, and she ended up being really dry in her right stifle. We did both legs with depo medrol, hyalovet, and amikacin. Now fast forward to the present. She is still not lame, but now when I exercise her she’s short strided and awkward in her hind end. She’s picking up her leads but she just looks weird? If I keep working her, she eventually works out of it and then is just suddenly completely fine. Last week she had body work done and her back was dramatically less sore than it has been all year. So I don’t know if I need to take he back to the vet now, or continue to work her and see if it improves/gets bad enough I can actually see where the soreness is? I can’t even explain the way she’s moving, it’s like there’s a disconnect between her front and hind end, until she just suddenly syncs up and moves totally fine. Another thing is I read on a different form that joint injections can cause ulcers in horses already prone to being ulcery? Which she is, but again, her sign is usually she stops eating. She has been way more spookier and bug-eyed than normal though, so I don’t know, I guess it wouldnt hurt to treat her Thanks to whoever reads this ramble of a post, it’s a slow day at work.
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Location: Pacific Northwest | SKM - 2018-09-21 3:30 PM
If she’s been sore and compensating for awhile, you simply might have run out of legs. Meaning that since you addressed what looked like the main problem and fixed that, the secondary issue is now showing up. I’d take her back myself.
Thank you (:
I’m thinking it’s either her hocks or SI? | |
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| You need to check her for EPM. I have seen several horses coming down with EPM start getting spooky like never before and they will also travel funny as you described, like their front end and back end are a little out of sync. A sore lower back is sometimes a result of sore hocks but it can also be a sign of kissing spine. She may need her back injected regardless of the reason. Be sure your saddle isn't putting too much pressure on her lower back. | |
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| livexlovexrodeo - 2018-09-21 6:03 PM SKM - 2018-09-21 3:30 PM If she’s been sore and compensating for awhile, you simply might have run out of legs. Meaning that since you addressed what looked like the main problem and fixed that, the secondary issue is now showing up. I’d take her back myself. Thank you (: I’m thinking it’s either her hocks or SI?
Agree with SKM, she may have more than one thing going on. I’ve taken one in to check lameness on the front, vet blocked the front to isolate where it was coming from, he went sound on the front but off on the back | |
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