Lessee ...Monday: Got the call that Axel was lame, had a friend check him out she confirmed I should call the vet, had the vet take a look at him, he was kind of stumped so he took some x-rays to be sure, short of broken bones we decided it was infection from mud fever, he stayed in the barn all day and that night.
Tuesday: Axel was feeling no pain after a few rounds of Bute so we decided to cut him down a bit so we could actually see if he was improving or not, he was moved out to the round pen so he could see his buddies and get some fresh air, he was actually walking fine. Report from Vet said no broken bones. We spent our usual Tuesday night at the barn grooming, feeding antibiotics, giving vaccines, and cleaning hooves.
Wednesday: Reported from the caretakers, after less Bute he was putting weight on his sore leg but not confidently so he stayed in the round pen for the day and night again.
Today: Reported from the caretakers, he trotted away from them this morning, tried to rear, refused to be haltered and went on a hungry strike. He's now turned out with the herd for the day.
Silly horse. I won't see him again til Saturday, maybe tomorrow if I get an itch. He'll be on the antibiotics until Sunday for sure and cutting down to even less Bute between now and then. It sounds like he's feeling better but we'll see how he feels after being turned out all day. If it's just the infection there's not really any worry that he'll hurt himself worse and the mud is drying up and he's on antibiotics, so I think he'll be fine turned out. More likely than not, he'll spend the day standing in one place like usual.
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