On Jul 7, 10:37=A0am, Caelan <dippenflip...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Well it gets worse. The horse is hot in three feet and dead, dead
> lame. He is ****fting weight from foot to foot in front and won't even
> stomp flies off. My instructor picked up a foot to see what was going
> on underneath and the horse almost went down. Heat and bounding pulse
> in 3 legs. The BO put him in a sand paddock, but the poor horse is
> dead lame even in that.
>
> The horse broker came out and looked at him and is willing to take him
> back. She's convinced it's a bad trim and he'll come sound. I wish it
> were true, but my gut feeling is that this horse is a used up rope
> horse that someone drugged and sent to an out of area broker. The
> original owner is not local to us. I'm hoping to salvage some money
> out of this at this point.
When was he trimmed? Within a day or two of going lame? I'm betting
feed-change induced laminitis. Sorry. See my post on that other
thread that I just posted - even if it's not the alfalfa and/or oats,
it can be that the grass hay is different at the barn he's at now.
Does your barn owner have the hay tested?
The horse needs a vet. Now. He is in danger of dying.
> The one I feel sorry for is the horse. I stroked him and gave him some
> treats. He really is a sweet boy.
Caelan, I'm sorry, I do not mean to sound like a *****, but you cannot
give treats to a horse who has sore feet. Not one tiny little treat
or carrot circle - not one.
Nancy mentioned vet wrap frog sup****ts if you don't have styrofoam on
hand (your barn owner should.) Google or ask us if you don't know how
to do that; it's pretty simple, you just take a roll of vet wrap and
duct tape it to the bottom of the foot so that it's underneath the
frog and middle of the heel area. You want to be sure - well, here, I
found a site with pics of using foam. In the meantime while you run
out to get foam, slap a roll of vet wrap down there:
http://www.equisearch.com/horses_care/health/alternative_therapies/holistic=
help_020504/
good luck,
cindi
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