showjump
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As the title more information/ experiences please?
At Christmas my mare had to have a twisted front tooth removed, EDT said she had a couple of diastemas which may of been caused by the twisted tooth.
He came back to flush and check, and the worst diastema was still catching food badly. On the 23rd Jan he decided to widen it.
My mare last week wasn't eating her hay, so i bought her some haylage to try and tempt her- didn't work. I ditched haynets and that didn't work either.
EDT came out last night, and found another diastema on the opposite side, packing in the inside edge of her tooth. He said if he hadn't of seen it himself he wouldn't of believe it was possible in such a short space of time, and for it to be so bad. Hes cleaned and flushed it, says her mouth is balanced and isn't sure whats causing these.
Hes back to check her in two weeks, and im to feed bute this week to help her. Shes lost lots of weight, and is now being fed grass nuts (sloppy) along with a long list of other things to fill her up.
Does anyone else have any ideas on why these can occur or advice on next steps? Sadly she isn't the type to let me flush it or put the hose in her mouth, im giving her a water bucket instead of her drinker to try and get her to swill her mouth out more.
At Christmas my mare had to have a twisted front tooth removed, EDT said she had a couple of diastemas which may of been caused by the twisted tooth.
He came back to flush and check, and the worst diastema was still catching food badly. On the 23rd Jan he decided to widen it.
My mare last week wasn't eating her hay, so i bought her some haylage to try and tempt her- didn't work. I ditched haynets and that didn't work either.
EDT came out last night, and found another diastema on the opposite side, packing in the inside edge of her tooth. He said if he hadn't of seen it himself he wouldn't of believe it was possible in such a short space of time, and for it to be so bad. Hes cleaned and flushed it, says her mouth is balanced and isn't sure whats causing these.
Hes back to check her in two weeks, and im to feed bute this week to help her. Shes lost lots of weight, and is now being fed grass nuts (sloppy) along with a long list of other things to fill her up.
Does anyone else have any ideas on why these can occur or advice on next steps? Sadly she isn't the type to let me flush it or put the hose in her mouth, im giving her a water bucket instead of her drinker to try and get her to swill her mouth out more.
