Diseases

  “My daughter’s horse has just been diagnosed with arthritis…” My daughter’s horse has just been diagnosed with arthritis of both coffin bones. He is only 8, a Dutch Warmblood and 16.2. How would you treat this? Dr. Jack Sales’ …

  “My 4 yr old paint mare had blood mixed with her urine on the stall floor this a.m.”…,”he pees he presses it right up against his stomach, resulting in him peeing all over his stomach.” I have a 4 …

  “My new gelding “Irish” has an unusual habit…he “burps”! He doesn’t do it all the time, but it is often. “… Hi! He doesn’t do it all the time, but it is often. He also opens his mouth and …

  “I have a 26 year old mare with Arthritis.”… One day a hind leg was swollen, no heat no lameness just stiff. tried some Bute she was same with Bute, also tried the vet wraps nothing is helping. It …

“It sounds like this horse is suffering from significant laminitis….“What are the symptoms for founder?”When a horse or foal gets founder, what are the symptoms…?” “What are the symptoms for founder?” How do you treat them before the vet gets …

  “I have a yearling QH gelding that is growing at an alarming rate. He grew 5″ in 20 days…” We are dealing with major muscle cramps. When he lays down it is very difficult for him to get up …

  “off feed for two days, now bilateral swelling of hind ankles “… I have a 20 year old mare ridden lightly 1 week ago. Since then, off feed for two days, now bilateral swelling of hind ankles almost up …

  “She told me to get Metamucil and give it to her for five days, I have always respected her opinion & did what she said.”… I have a 2 1/2 yr. old American Paint Horse. Friday night she began …

  “I have a yearling QH with a very strange problem with his hind pasterns that I have never seen before.”… Was hoping you could tell me what it is so I could research it. He didn’t do this as …

  “My horse is itchy, and has been rubbing himself by his butt and between his front legs at his chest. “… He has had fecal and blood work done and nothing and now the vet has done some skin …