#horses - #Mystery Lameness, continued.

Mystery Lameness, continued.

So 2 weeks ago now my mare came up slightly lame. I waited a week put her on stall rest and it didn't resolve itself.

So then I had the vet out. Vet thought it was a possible abscess so I treated for an abscess (still on stall rest) soaking and the vet gave me some bute.

Since we thought abscess I went ahead and talked to the farrier about putting shoes with pads on her. (He was out anyways) He said he wanted to look before we settled on shoeing her again, fine. He looked and found no signs of abscess and said the tenderness the vet found was just due to the weird weather changes we've been getting and all the horses hooves have been a bit soft. Gives her a trim and off we go! (Note: after a couple days of stall rest while treating for abscess she seems to be getting better.) I go to do some light lunging to see if she's off and she immediately takes off bucking and bolting. Great!

Leave her on stall rest for a couple more days and notice only intermittent lameness after I do some inhand walking/trotting on hard ground. On the road to success!!

Her paddock has dried and firmed up and I'm not worried about her slipping and doing something else. Out she goes (her run is maybe 20'x40' maybe 50??)

Well.

Life got in the way and I didn't get out to see her the last couple days and when I went to get her she walked off lame. Groomed her a bit and walked her a few yards to reaccess her lameness but the more we walked in the arena the less lame she appeared... she looked almost completely sound walking out of the arena.

I went to put her back. To get to her run you have to walk on a hard surface and then down a slight slope. Coming out of the arena she was taking very short strides, by the end of the barn aisle she was nearly sound again. Going down the hill she stumbled twice.

I'm so lost right now. I'm new to the area and I've gotten several rec's for this vet. But the farrier has been amazing, has been working for 20+ years, has many awards etc. Do I get the vet back out here? Put her back on Bute? Stall rest?

Submitted February 16, 2017 at 01:43PM by quarab
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