On Jul 7, 5:59=A0pm, cindi <allisonac...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 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? =A0Within a day or two of going lame? =A0I'm
betting
> feed-change induced laminitis. =A0Sorry. =A0See 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. =A0Now. =A0He 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. =A0Not 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.) =A0Google 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. =A0You want to be sure - well, here, I
> found a site with pics of using foam. =A0In 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/ho...
> good luck,
> cindi
Caelen-
Please tell us that you've called the vet, gave him some bute...done
something! I realize that if you're reading the wreck you're probably
thinking "oh great, they are all ganging up on me"...but it's not
that....it's that we all want to see this horse be OK. and despite
the fact that perhaps you don't feel that it's your problem, the
bottom line is that he's in your care, and to refuse to care for him
is just inhuman.
betsey
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