Here we ago again! Follwed through on the possum possibility; while there are possums in this area, they are so few that EPM wasn't really much of a consideration. However, we did have another vet give him a check and he thinks that it may be OCD. Reno will have x-rays soon and hopefully some good news from those. Does anyone have any experiences living with and treating horses for this problem? I really appreciate all the info thats coming our way!

We do live in a rural area with possums, and the area he lived in before we got him was wooded with a creek...Possum heaven! He has been this way since we bought him; we didn't see him trot or canter when we had the ppe done because of the snow on the ground...figured it was inviting an injury; pretty ironic.I am not sure what crossfire is; although disunited sounds like the right decription. His hindquarters are flabby, sort of. On one of his "bad" days we noticed that he almost looked

He is a registered quarter horse - very good bloodlines....any chance this disorder can affect non-arabs?

He is great with giving up his feet; I have never seen him fall, but he does stumble on occasion...usually after walking and exercising. We are just doing some gentle exercises to keep him from getting out of shape and fat. When he was declared lame we did call the previous owner and he actually present at one of the vet visits. The only information we got that he had taken him on a pretty long hunt the fall before we purchased him. He didn't say whether he had used him for packing or not. Hmmm

We aquired 4 year old quarter horse gelding last winter. He has great bloodlines, came from a good caring owner and seemed to be in good health. About six weeks after we got him we had a vet out to check him on an unrelated issue and he declared him lame. We have had three different vets agree he has an issue with lameness in his backend, but none of them agree on what may be the cause, nor will they do anything to help him until they have done extensive testing and x-rays. I cannot say I blame them