Went to the barn after work on Wednesday and found one of Nilla’s legs to be twice the size of the other. There was heat too so I started getting a bit panicked, but she was trotting sound on it and running around of her own free will so she’s not feeling that bothered.
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| One of these legs is much bigger than the other… |
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| so swollen |
I basically just trotted a bit to establish soundness and then walked up to the arena watch my husband ride and didn’t do anything else with Nilla. My best guess is she banged the leg jumping in and out of her paddock to eat grass in the turnout. We really need to fix the damned fence. I did poultice and wrap her leg after and I’ll check on her tomorrow. I’m sure this is fate jinxing me because I have plans for this weekend. Never make plans, people. Horses will find out conspire to ruin your plans.
I also managed to break my camera – I am on a roll – so I only had my iPhone. iPhone pictures in the very limited afternoon light are just terrible, so I don’t have much to share. Shasta is really getting a lot better about not rushing fences. You’ll just have to take my word for it.
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| Most of the shots were worse than this |
While I had been testing Nilla’s soundness in the smaller arena, one of the older ponies was lying down even though it was dinner time and everyone else was eating. That is never a good sign. I alerted the person feeding and she went over to check on the pony who got up at that point and started eating some of her hay. When my husband and I got back from the upper arena, the feeder had gone home and the pony was back down. She was alternating between lying splayed out and curled up and throwing in some little attempts at rolling. So my concern factor was going up by the second. We checked and she still had a bin full of grain…
I got an update Thursday morning saying she was walked and given meds and mashes and was doing much better. They think it must have been a gas colic.
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Bummer on the leg, but at least she isn't bothered by it! About a year so, Gina mysteriously turned up with a fat hind leg. No idea about the cause, and it's been fat ever since. She's totally sound, though, so it doesn't bother me!
Bummer on the leg, but at least she isn't bothered by it! About a year so, Gina mysteriously turned up with a fat hind leg. No idea about the cause, and it's been fat ever since. She's totally sound, though, so it doesn't bother me!
Shasta has a fat back leg too. The vet says she sees it a bit and calls it "mare leg." It's from kicking the wall between her and the horse next to her. She's sound on it and not bothered either. But hers is cold. The heat in Nilla's is what had me bothered.
I hope Nilla's leg is okay. Faran's leg did that one time and it went away just as mysteriously as it showed up. I never did figure out what caused it. I'm glad the pony is okay!