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Re: [RC] help w/ mystery ailment - heidiPlease Reply to: Lauretta tikitiki69@xxxxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================A young man who boards the same place that I do has a horse that is having a weird recurring problem. The horse is an old QH (about 38)gelding that will simultaneously have a swollen sheath and swollen fetlocks. He has had a vet take a look at him and they are baffled. Took blood test but no type of xrays or ultrasound (for leg issue). Both problems happen the same time, and then go away at the same time as mysteriously as they started. It happens every couple of months. The horse is a retired pasture pet, and does not have much exercise (gets turned out in a round pen by the owner once or twice a week) but nothing more; used to be a barrel horse in earlier years. Any ideas? The owner does not have a lot of money to spend on vet tests, and is kind of just ignoring the problem at this point and waits for the symptoms to recede again each time it occurs as he can not afford to have more tests done. The horse never seems to be in any type of pain outwardly or lame from the swelling, but as it is not my horse I don't observe it enough to really say that 100%. Has anyone ever seen this before? Consider a dirty sheath. When the sheath swells, a sedentary older horse is also more prone to stock up, which may appear to be "swollen fetlocks." Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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