A Day Without Worry is Like a Day With Sunshine

Sun Oct 28, 2007

Quzqo hurt himself yesterday. GRRRGH! Went out to the barn
mid-afternoon, it was rainy, 45 degrees with gusty winds, all the
geldings were huddled together looking unhappy. Quzqo was standing oddly
with one hind leg sort of splayed outward, and when I got the halter on
him, he didn't want to move. But he did, and was moving VERY strange,
very slowly and hesitant.

Got him inside and on the level floor of the aisle I could plainly see
he was limping front AND back! It appears his left shoulder/elbow and
something with his right hind. WTF! There was no mud on him, so he
didn't fall down. I did find a small fresh bloody wound on his left
forearm, but it's just a scrape, and nothing on the hind end. *sigh*

So, put him in his stall with a flake of hay, & went home. Came back in
the evening, he did NOT want to leave his stall. Balked right in the
doorway, which is VERY odd for him. But I got him out again and walked
him to the tack room. Still walking odd and a limp especially on the
fore. No swelling, nothing hot, it's definitely his shoulder/upper arm
though. Great. Hopefully a good night's rest will help.

Yeah, I'm over-reacting, because his limp is about as severe is mine
(i.e. not very), but after dealing with Tezlu's infirmities for so many
years, I'm pretty hypersensitive about the least little thing! Wish I
had some Bute to give him, but Bob was out of town & didn't find any in
the barn's "medicine shelf".

Who knows what the hell happened, *sigh*. Just as that hematoma on his
throat heals up, something else has to happen. That horse isn't happy
unless he's bleeding or swollen somewhere!!