Re: sore, sore, sore

On Jun 26, 4:48=A0pm, MA Sandy <sandrabrown_...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Jun 26, 7:05=A0am, MA Sandy <sandrabrown_...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > The BO and I managed to somehow COMPLETELY miss one shoing cycle of
> > Reason's, so he went almost 12 weeks between shoings. =A0BY some
> > miracle, the shoes held onto the feet of my notoriously bad hoofed
> > Thoroughlystupidbred until the left front let loose overnight Monday
> > (farrier was due on Wednesday.)
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> > Rea was a bit gimpy coming in on Tues am and the BO said he was sore
> > Tues pm. =A0He was three legged lame Weds am, so I gave him a gram of
> > bute and left him in his stall for the farrier to do. =A0Well, when I
> > got there last night (long story, but luckily NOT planning to ride!)
> > he was out in the field laying flat out on his side. =A0BO said he was
> > SO sore on all 4 feet that he almost left HRH in his stall overnight
> > and Reason didn't seem too upset by that prospect (which tells you how
> > sore he was; HRH HATES being in a stall overnight unless absolutely
> > necessary!)
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> > Now, HRH is known to be a tad on the lazy side outdoors and takes full
> > advantage of being the boss out there to ensure he gets PLENTY of flat
> > out on his side snooze time, but this was after 6pm at night and the
> > sun was NOT all that warm. =A0He did a half hearted roll as I was
> > watching him from the bottom of the hill paddock in which he lives,
> > and I figured I had better check him to be sure he wasn't colicking or
> > something else.
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> > Wasn't colicking, but what a chore to get him back up on his feet, and
> > then he REALLY didn't want to move at all. =A0Had a bute last night,
> > will have another this am, but I am a bit worried about this. =A0My
> > first thought is that he is just sore from having his feet so
> > overgrown that he used different muscles, and his soles are sore from
> > having so much overgrown hoof removed. =A0Make sense?
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> > Has anyone else seen this extreme a soreness after an overdue shoing?
> > Sandy
> > (who can be impartial and detached about other's horses in an
> > emergency, which is a good thing in an acting BM, but who turns into a
> > quivering pile of goo when it is my BABY involved!!!)
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> Ok, something I forgot to include in this long novel above, is that
> every time Reason has lost a shoe in the past, he has abcessed. =A0That
> was my first thought. =A0He hasn't been THIS sore with an abcess, but he
> has been pretty painful in the past with them.
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> Then I thought about founder. =A0He and the school horses have been
> locked inside the "dirt" paddock, and not on the big grass field up
> top of the hill. =A0The devil ponies have been sneaking out the opening
> in the fence up there only they can fit through (even though there is
> grass for them to eat out there and the "punishment" is being shut in
> on dirt!!!) so they were out Tuesday for about 5 or 6 hours on the
> grass. =A0So, founder is indeed a possiblity, but that doesn't seem like
> long enough on the grass to have caused that much of a problem.
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> He was up and eating this morning, and was the first horse to the gate
> to come in for breakfast. =A0Only other horse I had that had foundered
> showed NO interest in food while in his accute phase of laminitis.
> So, if he isn't a WHOLE lot better in the morning, I will indeed call
> the vet.
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> Unfortunately, I am at my vet tech job and just got called in for an
> emergency to remove ****cupine quills from yet another dog. =A0Thus,
> partially why my boy has been a low priority today.
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Okay, I was trying to be nice with my first post.  The fact that you
have spent the whole day and not called the vet on a horse with
symptoms like that tells me you are either very clueless, or very
abusive to your horses!  Have you even laid a hand on his feet!  Felt
for a pulse?  Sheesh, if he's such a low priority then you should sell
him.  Making a horse with symptoms that severe wait for a vet is just
cruel, or stupid, or both!
Kim