Thanks everyone who's chimed in with advice and tips! Now just need the roads to teh stable to be cleared of the snow we got so I can get out and try out your remedies! looking forward to her getting sound again soon, so I can get back down to just one lame horse instead of 2 lol.
cindy
From: cjstaf@XXXXX
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: abscess or tendon? Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 21:18:17 +0000
Let's play guess the lameness issue! :)
So here's the story - horse started doing the 3 legged dance a couple weeks ago. At first was just keeping the weight off, then couple days later, leg was swollen from hoof near to teh hock. Farrier found abscess near the toe, got a little to drain, nothing more since about a week ago.
Swelling has come down quite a bit since then and she is now trotting on it nearly sound, some head bobbing on turns. There is still some puffiness in the ankle and some heat in it. She is currenlty in a stall with small arena (sand) turnout at night.
So considering her current symptoms (swelling + heat) could those still be signs of abscess? Or would the heat only come with a tendon injury? I've heard others say their horses got quite a bit of swelling with an abscess, but not sure if there was heat with it too.
Have been doing bute. if it's an abscess and traveling up the hoof, would any of teh hoof packs help draw it out at all at this point? If it's up high?
