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[RC] sore butt - AmyHave a question about my horse who's REALLY sore on his hind end right now. Just wondering if anyone has gone through this before. I had the vet out today for my 18yr old horse, Brass. He is extremely sore right above his tail on his hindend and he has loss of tail tone. His hind end is definitely weak and he is constantly kicking and stomping his hind legs like they do for flys, I think it's either an uncomfortable thing or he's doing it because he cannot swish his tail anymore. He has a slight fever too. Vet isn't sure what is going on, he doesn't have the classic symptoms of any diseases and he's had vaccinations....she did a steroid and bute shot. She said it more reminds her of a horse who is having complications from tail blocking. When you run your hands down his back and onto his butt right above his tail, he tucks his butt way under, he even does it a little when I spray him with fly spray mist as if that even hurts. And he looks swollen right above the tail too. I can just pick his tail up freely, it seems like he may still have a little control of it, but not much. I'm going to bute this whole weekend and the vet is running bloodwork too. He's rubbed most of his tail off :(. But he's eating and acting pretty normal otherwise. Just wondering if anyone has heard of anything like this. Thanks for any ideas. Amy =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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