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Injuries

Catherine Foster (foster@unbc.edu)
Tue, 19 Aug 1997 10:38:11 -0700 (PDT)

I put my horse away, the time is 12:30 pm. He is left
on a long line to eat and drink as he pleases so that
he is not left standing by the horse trailer. I
applied Blue Ice to his legs and by 5:30
pm his leg was swollen. The ride vet comes by to check
on him and she says that that was classic tendon
swelling and
she thinks that the splint is not stable and this is
what is causing all the grief. She told me months off
to heal. So I get him home ( 35 min trailer ride). I
give him his night feeding, apply more Blue Ice and by
the next morning the swelling is fine. With any other
horse that I have ever seen with tendon troubles the
swelling generally lasts a lot longer than one
evening. Right now he is off, I am hosing his leg with
cold water, applying Blue Ice and wrapping his leg.

Could anyone out there give me any advice on this,
could it be a tendon, could it be a sprain/strain is
endurancing a horse for 5 years too long??

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Cathy & Sundown Moses (please don't retire me mom, I'm
having fun!)

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