RE: [RC] rotation in a weanling? - Karen Standefer
If I understand your post correctly, there
were no xrays taken of the foal’s feet. If that is the case, there
is no way possible for anyone to diagnose a rotated (foundered) coffin
bone. Maybe the vet sees some capsular distortion and is jumping to
conclusions, but for an accurate diagnosis one would need x-rays. Without
an accurate diagnosis, there is no way to come to a prognosis or accurate
opinion of how the foal will fare in the future.
If the feet are flared, they likely don’t
have anything to do with a growth spurt, but have more to do with inadequate
hoof care. I’m sure they’ll return to a more normal form if
given diligent hoof care going forward.
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ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of april Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 9:55
PM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] rotation in a weanling?
Ok, I have a 9month old for sale that I would really like to
keep but I have to many horses to give him the time he needs, and financially I
need to cut back.
So I found him a great future, forever home. I really like
this lady and think she will be a great home for him, take good care of him,
and honor the buy back part of the purchase contract. She wants to bring him up
to trail ride as the horse she has owned for 17yrs gets to old and retires.
So, her vet wanted a major prepurchase exam. Her vet is mad
she didn't get xrays. The prepurchase vet says he has a 10 degree turn out on
his right front and a 15 degree turn out on his left rear. He told me he needs
regular trimming this next year by a good farrier. He told her he would require
corrective trimming/shoeing.
Her vet, the one who is mad she didn't pay for xrays
and has not seen him, told her that if she buys him she will be paying for
corrective shoes for the rest of his life and he could "only" be a
trail horse and never fit for anything else.
My farrier says its a growth spurt and he needs some
trimming and another year to grow and there is nothing wrong with him.
Any of yall vets, farriers, with experience with weanlings
want to give me an opinion for my own piece of mind. My buyer is now
scared to buy him, Is he a money pit that will require corrective shoes
for the rest of his life and be usless for anything but pleasure trail? He
tracks strait.
The vet who looked at him said he was amazed that her vet
could see any rotation in his front as it is so slight he didn't see how it
showed up in a photo. he told me he wouldn't skip any farrier visits for him
but he should be fine.
So does anybody with experience raising foals have an
opinion on how easy correction of 10-15 degree turn out on a 9 month old should
be? He was a little rowdy so I just nipped his hooves myself until last month.
He has only been trimmed by the farrier once. The farrier did look at him each
time he came and he was fine until the last growth spurt.
april
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