Sweetie's Saga- Rest In Peace Sweet Mare

[PaddockWood]

I was thinking about you this morning - you AWESOME Carman Liz who saved this horse. Was thinking could you get a load of “woodmill” bedding instead of the fluffy bagged stuff? It would stay
in her stall better and be cheaper for you in the long run.

Know what I mean? I’ve tried several different types from my delivery guy and finally settled on an awesome, little dust, hardwood bedding that gets delivered - I need two loads a year at $260 and it’s so easy and I spend far less than buying it bagged.

[Angela_Freda]

@carman_liz

maybe it will just be a day by day process till we have actual apples coming out?

That’s the real challenge in these rehab situations, the patience it takes.
She didn’t get this way overnight, and recovery is even slower, sadly.

@PaddockWood

finally settled on an awesome, little dust, hardwood bedding that gets delivered - I need two loads a year at $260 and it’s so easy and I spend far less than buying it bagged.

How do you insure there isn’t any wood in there dangerous to horses? That’s always been my concern with buying wood chips/sawdust from lumber mills.
I’d worry that they don’t take the danger seriously, since actual horseman often don’t.

[carman_liz]

We have a company down here, Shoun Lumber that delivers shavings by the truckload to all the local boarding barns… BUT they need at least a 12ft clearance to back into wherever they are dumping, and I would need somewhere covered for them to dump shavings. I have nowhere right now Anywhere they could be dumped, they would have to sit outside and I’d have to tarp and untarp every time and wheelbarrow them. Right now it is so much faster to grab up a couple bags, toss them in the stall, slit them open n spread n be done lol. I keep saying one day I’ll build this… one day I’ll do that… and then the days just keep passing without any extra time… blah.

I have an entire essentially 4 bay 48x16 building on the otherside of my creek that I convinced the owner of that area to deed the building and setbacks to me and connect it to my acreage, ask me how much junk is in those buildings from the ppl that owned my house before me… they used it for years, roof is falling in…holes in the ground, probably from tree roots/sink holes/ underground springs… if I only could get that building up to snuff and a real bridge across my creek…

oh…after I have the creek redug out and cleared, because it is so over grown the water doesn’t flow totally thru anymore, it has made channels around the creek and back in further down…sigh… one day… one dang day…lol. It’s the red building in these pics, and what the creek looks like when I have it cleared and running…

[carman_liz]

The lumber co down here that does horse bedding has a completely separate “area” for lack of better terms, where they mill/process lumber that is horse safe bedding materials. The walnut and other poisonous trees are processed in a different area of their property/business.

[PaddockWood]

Maybe you already answered but yes, the guys that deliver horse bedding KNOW (and yes, remind them but every one I’ve spoken too knows) the bedding has to be pine or any hardwood OTHER than black walnut. I think it’s black walnut that’s the only absolute no for bedding?

[carman_liz]

Oh ya the company down here even does the horse bedding lumber somewhere completely separate from other woods/trees/ barky covered things lolol. I think maybe cherry type lumber and a couple others aren’t good for horses either… it’s been years since I’ve looked it up, but guess what I’m about to do now!!!

4 Trees That Are Toxic To Horses — Saluti

Those are the 4 I saw on most articles I just browsed.

[carman_liz]

Annndd we have a swollen back leg…efff. banamine, cold hosing and wrapping this evening! Praying it is not anything to do with the split sulcus on that hoof!

[trubandloki]

@carman_liz

Annndd we have a swollen back leg…efff. banamine, cold hosing and wrapping this evening! Praying it is not anything to do with the split sulcus on that hoof!

If she is used to moving around, this might simply be stocking up from being confined in a small space.
Since she is older one leg might not deal with the lack of movement as well as the other back leg.
(My older horse used to do this.)

[candyappy]

I would let her have access to her paddock even if you have to move the pony . I really think keeping her stalled is not in her best interests. She needs to move around.

I would agree that it is probably stocking up and best remedy is movement.

[carman_liz]

I don’t know, I’m psyching myself out reading about cellulitis and the pictures. I thought… thouughhtt… it looked the teensiest bit thick the other day, asked vet about it, she agreed probably from an old injury/scar tissue because the leg was hard and only slightly bigger than the other one. But today I swore when I looked it seemed bigger, not warmish…yet. Going to take temp as soon as I get home, look at it and if it is any bigger or warm calling the vet asap. I already texted her with a heads up I may just be worrying over nothing but just in case I may be calling her and sending her leg pics this evening.

My gut is saying it’s not just random though, that it has something to do with that sulcus because the more I think of it, that’s the hoof she did not want me to lift when she first got here, she had enough oomph still in her to actually try to kick out while I was holding that hoof to clean and treat it. Sh^% I should have remembered and thought about that before coming back to work… last thing I need is her on more meds that will give her more runny poop… more stomach issues… possible colic with her still being so underweight… she cant move around much or be on turnout if it is cellulitis…dangit…

[OzarksRider]

@carman_liz

My gut is saying it’s not just random though, that it has something to do with that sulcus because the more I think of it, that’s the hoof she did not want me to lift when she first got here,

Yes, that foot could be sore, but . . .When a horse has a sore leg or foot, it’s usually the opposite foot that they don’t want to lift, because that puts all the weight on the sore foot.

[carman_liz]

No, she did not want to lift the sore foot, the other hind leg she was fine, it was the one with the split sulcus that she was kicking out on when I was cleaning her feet.

[carman_liz]

I thought stocking up was always in pairs?

[candyappy]

@carman_liz

I thought stocking up was always in pairs?

It most likely is, but if she has issues with that one leg/ foot it could be more prone to stocking up.

My gelding would occasionally stock up after a night in his stall if he had the day off from riding, and especially when we showed over the weekend and I gave him the next day off and he was stalled. It was usually both hinds.

[pompeiii]

My senior has one hind that always stocks up. Occasionally they both do, but his left hind ALWAYS will. So, you never know. I’ve stopped questioning it.

Obviously, I’d check for other things and I’d also see if she has a fever too. There are plenty of things it could be. Is it possible she scratched herself or something minor like that? I have one who can manage to cut himself standing still and looking innocent…

[carman_liz]

Well she has the sulcus issue, so that could be a source of infection unfortunately.

[lenapesadie]

My oldie stocks up randomly in one hind leg and he also has had cellulitis in both hind legs but not both at same time. The difference is heat and how the swelling is arranged. When his leg stocks up it’s more localized to his fetlock tapering as it goes up leg and cool to touch. Cellulitis the swelling makes his leg look like a stovepipe and is hot to touch. The latter needs vet asap. Cellulitis makes my horse “broke leg lame” stocking up just a little hitch.

[Maythehorsebewithme]

Jingling that it is nothing serious.

[carman_liz]

I’m really hoping it’s not hot when I get home, of course it’s starting to pour rain right now…

[carman_liz]

Fecal came back, moderate parasite load, recommends Quest or Equimax, which one do we like better?