i have a pinto qh horse mare whos 28 years old, her front legs seem to be sore, i`m keeping her as a pet right now, is there anything i can give her?
shes not lame, just she seems sore and takes a lot of breaks while walking.
shes still eating and drinking water.
i`m going to call the vet and ask them to, but i want some answers asap.
is there anything i can try her on?
i was giving her cortra flex for the joints but it wasn`t helping.
2006-10-09 11:01:08 · 8 answers · asked by horses 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
To me it just sounds like her body caught up with her age. If you really want to help her run WARM water over her legs and feed her bute if she really needs it. Keep her walking at a steady pace and when she's not walking (like feeding time) keep her in a stall that's clean and has a decent amount of bedding in it. If there's too much bedding or too little, it will just make it worse.
2006-10-09 11:56:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I cannot tell you what it could be but I can tell you if you are going to have a vet out (right thing to do) do not do anything for the horse now. If you give the horse something like bute, the vet will not be able to see what is going on, at that age, it could be a lot of things. I know I do not have to say arthritis, did you check the feet, for abscesses, there are some many things to list, but I am not a vet and do not want to point you in the wrong way, well I wish you the best of luck and way to go on the age, you must have been a very good equine Mommy, (O:
2006-10-09 13:01:55 · answer #2 · answered by pinkpiggies336 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try getting a pale or some kind of bucket and soaking her leg in hot water and epson salt for about 1/2 hour.
try messaging her leg roughly. and do some fast walking and trotting with er to loosen it up.
if you baby the leg and let her baby it, it will just get even worse. make her walk. but not too much let her talk a few breaks but not every other step
this happened to my horse and he was favoring his right front leg a lot. i made him walk and in no time, it was better and he could run again.
2006-10-09 11:06:32 · answer #3 · answered by .::country gurl in a 4X4::. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get some horse linement, or just your run of the mill ben gay or icy hot and rub on them. Absorbine JR. has a really good horse linement that you can pick up almost anywhere. Good Luck.
2006-10-09 11:11:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like arthritis shes old and her joints will be stiff get a vet to check her out if its arthritis i had a horse with it and used magnetic boots there brushing boots with magnets placed in specific places good luck
2006-10-09 11:21:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bute! Feed her alfalfa. It will help with what sounds like Arthritis. There is also some linaments you can use.
2006-10-09 11:03:10 · answer #6 · answered by Jennifer R 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
hydrtherapy and mane and tails mineral ice rub that on her legs it works alviessouthernbelle@yahoo.com
2006-10-09 13:11:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
uh VET!
2006-10-09 13:22:02 · answer #8 · answered by horsegal 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋