He is still lame in the right stifle.
We just recently moved here and the only local vet here was the one that we took him too. I was not impressed by, first her people skills but was willing to look over that. However when we took him to the interior of the vet office to do the injection..well lets just say its was the most unsanitary office I've ever seen. So currently we're trying to lacate a vet that will preform an X-ray in him, which is proving to be difficult b/c I would rather not haul him to very far. The vet we took him to said you cannot use a portable x-rey on a horses stifle? Is this correct? She said we'd have to knock him out completly and use a digital horse x-ray machine, which may be out of our price range. I've read up on the stifle joint a bit and read that sometimes if the horse has poor conformation that it could put more strain on the joint and that after he recovers(with stall rest_ you can work him on hills to strength the ligaments & muscles. He is slightly sickle hocked in the rear and is about 1400lbs so maybe? Im just so unsure and haven't a vet you don't trust is even worse! Any ideas on what to try next?
Thanks