On Jul 8, 8:54=A0am, betsey <twoxo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Jul 7, 5:59=A0pm, cindi <allisonac...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Jul 7, 10:37=A0am, Caelan <dippenflip...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > 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
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> > > 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.
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> > > The horse broker came out and looked at him and is willing to take
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> > > back. She's convinced it's a bad trim and he'll come sound. I wish
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> > > 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.
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> > When was he trimmed? =A0Within a day or two of going lame? =A0I'm
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> > 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?
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> > The horse needs a vet. =A0Now. =A0He is in danger of dying.
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> > > The one I feel sorry for is the horse. I stroked him and gave him
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> > > treats. He really is a sweet boy.
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> > 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.
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> > 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
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> > 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,
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> > 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.equisear=
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> > good luck,
> > cindi
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> Caelen-
> Please tell us that you've called the vet, gave him some bute...done
> something! =A0I 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. =A0and 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.
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He is being cared for by experienced people and I do understand your
position.
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