Knee joint swollen

[IdahoNancy]

Hobbs had a limp for several days after a long ride in the trailer. He is my 8 year old Oberhasli. He is 38" at the withers and 186 lbs. He is my slim boy who is quick on his feet and agile so it surprised me to see him limping with no swelling or obvious injury. My heavy boys took the trip fine. Buffalo Wyoming has wonderful vet service who offered to do x-rays of Hobbs knees. This was done quickly and afford-ably. He has a run of the mill arthritis. The limp did seem to get better when I took him for short walks but I wanted to know what was going on before any long hikes. Coming home he did fine, lots of padding in the trailer and longer breaks walking around on the trip.
I had never seen x-rays of goat knees. They are a complicated joint. I thought the pictures were interesting, maybe because I'm a nurse. The vet saw a narrowing of one of the joint spaces which she thinks will fuse together over time and become less bothersome. Bantamine anti-inflammatory worked well.