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RE: [RC] fractured ribs in the equine - Mcgann, BarbaraWe also had a mare with fractured ribs - in the midsection
between her backbone and belly. The big problem with ribs is
strapping the saddle down tight over them. This mare never did get
completely sound, and in fact, would explode when saddled and flexed to that
side. She was fine in the pasture, not lame at all; but strap that
saddle on tight and ride for a while and she would start hurting! We used
her as a broodmare after that.
Barb
McGann
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Skyla Stewart Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 10:53 To: ridecamp Subject: [RC] fractured ribs in the equine I had one that broke the last rib clean off, left a big dent and we never
did know where that rib ended up! Yikes! You want to talk about PAIN, that
was a very hard recovery to watch. Seems to me it was at least a couple of
months before he was pasture comfortable. Ribs are NOT fun, regardless of what
mammal you are. :oP We were very careful with using Bute, as a false sense
of feeling good was not good for the horse. I knew one other gal that had a
horse with a broken back rib, same place, same big dent, never knew where that
rib went either, but the horse went on to do many a miles.
Skyla
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