Butt Bump

Awareness of the outside world. Wishing warm thoughts to those of us experiencing the out-of-season weather. AccuWeather.com: Arctic air advances, ushering in coldest air of the season for some. Cold air will expand across the eastern half of the nation into early week, AccuWeather forecasters warn, ending the growing season in the South. Glenny 2025.

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Rodney has a weird divot and bump on his hindquarters.

If you stand facing the south end of a north-bound horse you can see/feel two hard lumps next to the tail, These are the tuber ischii (I think, the internet is more interest in leg anatomy than butt bones.) Just below this on the right side Rodney has a fairly serious divot and below that a swelling.

A kick? Kinda high for a foot to reach. If it did reach, the insult would be an an angle by the time the offending foot got up that far.

A slip and muscle pull? Maybe, but the divot part is weird.

Shenanigans? This has my vote. Reminiscent of the last one. [In Which Rodney Takes Over The Top Spot On The Injured Reserve List]

For an old man he can cavort with the best of them. Small canter circles, four off the floor, spins, and so on. They egg each other on demo-ing how wild and tough they are. At a distance. It’s all bluster.

Whatever the cause, it was definitely bothering him. We did not need to trot him to know this. Rodney has a specific kind of spookiness that he gets when he’s hurting.

A few days of bute and he’s feeling better. It’s still there and going away slowly, but doesn’t seem to bother him anymore. The divot is gradually getting shallower and the bump is getting squashier. As with last time, the swelling did not migrate down Rodney’s leg. We did get to watch that fun event on Milton. [When Zoomies Go Wrong]

Due to Rodney’s sensitive tum, we are careful with bute but we’ve loosened up on this a bit. Enough to give him a round of pain killers as needed.

The injury contributed to the first blanketing of the season on Wednesday night. That has nothing to do with severe weather. We blanket early and often.

No media. I did not take a picture of the ass end of my horse. You’re welcome.

Onwards!
Katherine