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06-14-2014, 06:04 PM
Well.
One thing is it could be what I think is called a hematoma, or a blob of blood between the skin and meat. I have had a dog do it and a horse get a huge one on the side of her ass from a slip and fall onto asphalt. They balloon up, then sort of start sagging. It'll clot up and get firmer, then decompose and get squishy again. I ended up lancing both the dogs and the horse's but in the end the vet had to come out and yank a blob of scar material out of the horse because it lasted so long (was big). Since this is a knee I'm not sure I would want to mess with it much.
Another thing is it could be knee fluid that has leaked. I fell off a horse once and did something like that to my elbow. In that case it leaked into the joint and sorta stopped it from moving in its full range.
In both cases its just a matter of time and things are back to normal and doesn't sound to me to be any big deal. I get the concern though-- I'm paranoid about leg injuries on pack goats.
One thing is it could be what I think is called a hematoma, or a blob of blood between the skin and meat. I have had a dog do it and a horse get a huge one on the side of her ass from a slip and fall onto asphalt. They balloon up, then sort of start sagging. It'll clot up and get firmer, then decompose and get squishy again. I ended up lancing both the dogs and the horse's but in the end the vet had to come out and yank a blob of scar material out of the horse because it lasted so long (was big). Since this is a knee I'm not sure I would want to mess with it much.
Another thing is it could be knee fluid that has leaked. I fell off a horse once and did something like that to my elbow. In that case it leaked into the joint and sorta stopped it from moving in its full range.
In both cases its just a matter of time and things are back to normal and doesn't sound to me to be any big deal. I get the concern though-- I'm paranoid about leg injuries on pack goats.