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  Neat Freak
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | I had to google it. I think it would depend on how severe. We had one that looked like the mild cases born in pasture. Never gave it a 2nd thought and within days it was fine due to exercise and more strength. But looking at some of those google images I would say some would need surgical treatment or casting to fix. |
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| rodeolife - 2017-03-08 10:07 PM
has anyone had a foal born with tendon laxity?? how did you treat it?? did the horse recover and become normal??
I learned early on from my granddad to choose your conformation
and family history on horses used for breeding very carefully to
avoid "let down pasterns" and other flaws. ...
The other is to ensure you have a good feeding program for the foal
while in utero. The mare is giving her all to the baby so you the owner
must know what to feed so there is a balance in phosphorous and calcium
ratio for the foal and the mare remains stable thru her pregnancy.
Take note of the fact your feed mill guru's all refer to the whole oat
and alfalfa match up for the correct ratio of P to Ca and protein
... and then add cheap processed human food waste and fillers
for more profit.
I have been happy with my babies conformation, muscular density
and high energy level at birth along with excellent condition of the
mare by...
Feeding whole oats and baled alfalfa year around in more or lessor
quantities based on seasons. Along with good grass hay or pasture.
The extra feature is adding Moorman's GroStrong Minerals free choice
and a handful in their feed every other day. The minerals are chelated
properly along with correct amount of certain vitamins to enhance
absorption of the minerals.
Definition: https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=define+chelated+minerals&*
KNOW HOW MUCH YOU ARE FEEDING: Buy you a $3 three qt scoop ..
Whole oats and processed pellets/sweet feed will weigh 3 lbs/scoop.
Whole oats are 12% protein; Alfalfa is 16-24% protein .. 16% is used
to figure feeding protein.
Take 10 lbs .... to get a 14% feed ... you need
6 lbs of alfalfa and 4 lbs of whole oats ..
How to calculate: 6x16=96 .... 4x12= 48 .. add 96+48=144/10=14.4%
I figure the .4 percent is lost on the ground .. lol
If you need a weight gainer .. replace a pound of the oats with chopped
or rolled corn.
If you want more shine ... add half a cup of whole flax seeds /day.
This will make hair oily which means more baths .. lol
The loss of weight on broodmares during the heat of summer is
when owners get lax and the baby gets malnourished...
My feeding regime is simple 6 lbs of the 14% whole oat/alfalfa
mixture with corn if needed along with the Moormans GroStrong
.... no other supplements other than a $5 salt mineral block in the
pasture .. for the horse to decide on his salt intake ..
Those that profess using 100% alfalfa, pasture or hay are cheating
their horses out of a balanced feeding program which will not
cost more per the simple plan I use above.
There is no way anyone .. vet or otherwise .. can say that let down
pasterns, crooked legs // knee positions and worst case being
windswept will not create soundness problems as you put the
colt into training or to work. These tendon and joint problems
are with them for life.
Down in the pasterns is changed to being coon footed as they mature
and the pounding pressure while running/turning is devastating to all the
leg joints. Normal protection you can give one is to wrap their
pasterns or use combo boots to protect the ankles on front and rear
and the ergot from getting burned by the dirt of the track or arena.
Remove either immediately after a run or working and wash horse,
boots or wraps.
If a horse gets burnt ankles or ergots they turn on a protective mode
and will not give a 100% when running or turning due to their
associating the after pain with the exertion. This is a missed cue
by most owners ... they will bute up a horse before a run and
nothing over the next two days while the horse gets more sore
by standing in a stall for 23 hours a day without freedom of
movement in a turnout run. Don't kid yourself ... being able to
get some sun and move around is more valuable than you think.
If you do some research, you will find the high priced heavily
marketed supplements are all about getting your money ....
there is one fad supplement after another coming on as the
new miracle each month ... and if you put the whole oats,
alfalfa, GroStrong Minerals etc into a work sheet for comparison
you will enjoy keeping your money ..
A horse can only absorb so much of anything so make it simple,
consistent and watch old horse keep that bloom year around ..
Whoops ... a good worming program is the other must have!!
Edited by BARRELHORSE USA 2017-03-09 3:01 AM
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 Warmblood with Wings
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Location: Florida.. | I think there were one or two on here.. the foal got stronger and was ok over a few weeks.. but maybe you can search back on here or they will see this...depends once again how severe and the course of action..I keep thinking there was also a foal Named SAGE abandoned found in a pasture that had those issues but not sure if same issue and they cast them but a few others let the foal get stronger...... but wait and see anyone comes forth... good luck and id follow vets advice
posted on my fb to try to find owner of sage to see if it was same issue.
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 I Love the Oldies
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Location: Central Washington | Sage had contracted tendons....she was trying to walk on her pasterns. The vet casted her legs and she fully recovered.
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 I Sell Dreams
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Location: Freestone TX | I had a foal born with severe tendon laxity in all 4 limbs. My regular horseshoer was absolutely not doing him any good so I took him to my vet to see if there was any treatment available. My vet trimmed him and the change was immediate. After 2 trimmings by the vet, my foal is normal on the fronts and much improved on the rears. All of this was accomplished just by having a knowledgable person trim his feet. |
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 Living on the edge of common sense
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Location: Carpenter, WY | tweeks - 2017-03-09 8:12 AM Sage had contracted tendons....she was trying to walk on her pasterns. The vet casted her legs and she fully recovered.
Is this the filly from awhile back?? Glad to hear she fully recovered
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| My vet had a corrective super trim, then applied boots that came up to corner band than had about 3 inches sticking out behind to support tendons. |
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 You get what you give
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Location: Texas | its not that uncommon and most of the time they get better on their own. If they don't get better on their own theres things a good farrier and vet can do to help them out, like others have said on here. One thing to keep perfectly clear is to NEVER bandage or splint a foal with tendon LAXITY. Contracted tendons are a completely different story and for them you do want to bandage them, but it will make lax tendons worse. |
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Warmblood with Wings
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Location: Florida.. | teehaha - 2017-03-10 11:19 AM tweeks - 2017-03-09 8:12 AM Sage had contracted tendons....she was trying to walk on her pasterns. The vet casted her legs and she fully recovered. Is this the filly from awhile back?? Glad to hear she fully recovered
yes found abandoned in pasture but she passed away from other issues I think few years later.. |
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Bibliafarm - 2017-03-11 7:37 PM teehaha - 2017-03-10 11:19 AM tweeks - 2017-03-09 8:12 AM Sage had contracted tendons....she was trying to walk on her pasterns. The vet casted her legs and she fully recovered. Is this the filly from awhile back?? Glad to hear she fully recovered
Yep thats baby Sage, she was a Mustang that got left behind, She did pass away, so sad, loved following her story, was such a special one. |
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