ashlane
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i recently am dealing with a case which the whole foot wall came off, which is common in older horses that r 5 yrs+ but it happens to be a week old quarab/ anglo-arab, which ever u want to call her bred, being her dam is a quarter horse by papers but looks thoroughbred because of so much thoroughbred in her bloodlines, this filly was born feb 16th 2007, on a cold winter day outside, we did not known until 3 hours later, she was cleaned off. she didn't drink or get up. soon as we found her we put her in the truck and took her to the menonites where i train horses. she suffers from frostbite badly, she has had every shot already for foals that she needs. her back legs were swelled up, at a week old she had lost the foot wall on her back right foot, were worried she gonna lost the other one. what we have read up n seeked vet advice, they say its natures way of reliveing it from the swelling and not hurting her white line and the rest of it being the foot wall came off. they said to keep it dry,clean and warm to make it grow faster. plus to make sure there no proud flesh otherwise the foot will come back deformed. we are lucky we havn't had any infection set into her. the filly is very good about this all happening to her. she still looks like a healthy foal and tries to jump around like she not in pain. if anyone has seen this b4 could you please give me a heads up on what could become of her after, so i know of her chances if she'll only be a broodmare later or be hacked abit.
shes losing all the scabs where she had bad frostbite. we had put her foot instead a plastic bottle, with a coushion in it, so she can put weight on that hoof. we have her other foot wrapped to keep it clean. were changing the bandages twice a day. shes seems happy and isn't in too much pain. she does try to run around in the stall and jump.