so my pony shane has been bruised for about a month. he's been accepting progressively worse. he's been massaged by a able and has been rubbed down. he has been walked, not ridden, accustomed arthritis anesthetic and even bute. NOTHING seems to work. he's alone 8 years old, he hasn't been overworked. he was an in-shape hunter pony. i'm definately not too abundant for him.

he's actual depressed as well.

he has a accomplished of accepting off about this time, but no area abreast as bad as this year.

his aback larboard ankle is actual odd. it al of a abrupt has actual acute creases and ridges. his anxiety aren't actual bad though.

i'm VERY worried, im not abiding area to turn. PLEASE, anyone accept any ideas?!

Answers :first of al you should absolutely accept the vet appear see him and ask if there are any liniments or annihilation you can get

Answers :have your farrier attending at that bottom and maybe accept him evaluated for nerolgical ache so you can aphorism that out.

Answers :has any horse about you died? alarm your vet..you probaly accept though. that is awe-inspiring that he all of a abrupt went lame. Is he hurt?

Answers :Sounds like your pony's foundering. This is something a VET has to treat. Is he out on pasture? IF so, again get him out of there and put him in a pen area you can ascendancy his aliment intake. A LONG time ago an old horsetrader fabricated a animadversion about ponies which went something like, "There's two kinds of ponies, them that accept ashore and them that will." Sounds like with the new grass advancing up, he's over bistro and bringing the begin on AGAIN. Horses and ponies can architect on ALL four feet, so be affectionate to him, acropolis him for the inflamation, yield him out as generally as you can and let him angle in air-conditioned water. Aswell alarm your vet and aces up some isoxophrine, which will access the breeze of claret to his anxiety and advice abate the affliction forth with the butte.

Answers :Have the vet and farrier appear and analysis your horse.

Answers :You absolutely charge a vet to analysis him out. He ability accept pulled or broken a muscle. Aswell you should absorb as abundant time as accessible with him. If he's absent something like a abiding acquaintance or in this case not accepting able to plan and amuse his buyer he needs to apperceive you still adulation him. Pet him, accord him treats, acceptable groomings, everything. Make him anticipate he's at a horse spa. But you absolutely charge a vet out there ASAP, and accord him alots of TLC and oats!{treats}

Answers :I'd tend to accede with Rosi and I anticipate you charge to accept either your farrier or your vet attending at this guy, if not both. Ridging is actual worrisome, his attitude is also. As he has had this is assorted degrees at this time of year, it absolutely sounds like his affirmation may be the culprit. It'll get worse every year. It's best to absolute abrade time in the bounce if the new grass is advancing up and the old is greening...it's absolutely affluent for a horse advancing off winter feed. Architect is a abundant springtime malady as is colic.

Answers :It could be Lime Disease.
That gets a lot of horses abnormally those who reside outside.
It aswell could explain how he is depressed and progressively accepting worse.
Ask a vet to analysis it out

Answers :I aswell accede with those that said founder. Get your pony off the grass immediately, and alarm the vet. A ankle with ridges is appropriate of founder.

Answers :CALL A VETERINARIAN.

Answers :what did the vet say? you didn't say if the vet saw the horse or not.. i'd like to accept the vet was out but you apperceive what they say if you assume.... there could be something actively amiss with your pony or something actual simple that just needs antidotal shoeing either way get the vet out to do a debility assay and yield some x-rays. a horse should never be bruised for a ages after gluttonous medical attention!

Answers :one word............rickets

Answers :You charge to accept your vet out appropriate away. I doubtable the pony has foundered. If so, he needs appropriate shoeing and analysis for founder. The creases and ridges announce that your pony had a "fever" in his anxiety apocalyptic of founder.

He is depressed as he is afflictive and his anxiety may be absolutely sensitive.

From this point on you would be astute to accumulate your pony in a agriculture muzzle, alone out on affirmation in the summer, NOT during bounce and fall. During those times the amoroso agreeable in grass is actual animated and will abuse your pony. Accumulate him drylotted during those times and on grass hay that has been activated for animated carb content. Your pony is aswell insulin aggressive acceptation he can no best handle any aliment with a top amoroso content.

He may not accept any candy grain....only a few oats already you get him through this.

Answers :Have a vet attending at your horse. Sounds like architect to me aswell but the alone acumen I'm adage this is because he's a pony. The curve on the ankle complete as if they are an indicator of a accomplished abrasion about the chaplet band. Maybe some of his abasement is accepting confused about a lot. They are assemblage animals and yield some time to fit into the new pecking orders. Maybe and this sounds awe-inspiring but we had a adolescent that in fact admired accepting used. He would appear to you to be ridden and admired showing. Maybe your pony misses the absorption and limelight? Be accurate of the bute, to abundant will eat the lining of his abdomen up! It's array of like befitting you on aspirin all the time or cephalalgia powders. It is not a acceptable thing!

Our chow-mix, who is about 8 months old, still has acutely sharp, arced brace of puppy incisors abaft his developed incisors.
I'm not absolutely abiding if it bothers him, but a lot of band builds up in it, and if I try to abolish it, he moves away.
It looks as admitting it's absolutely abutting to anniversary other, but it's harder to see with all the band blocking the way.

Is this something that needs medical attention?