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    triplev123
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    Quote Originally Posted by dizzy View Post
    JDT what was your vets opinion? Have you/your vet considered remedial farriery?

    I'm not sure if it's appropriate in this case but would involve glue on extensions to the foals hooves to change the base of support, and may avoid the need for surgery.

    I'm far from an expert on the topic but can ask my farrier who looks after many a bent legged TB foal each season if you like?

    If you want some more insite google "dalric cuff"
    [VVV] Had a VERY bad result with the glue on shoe technique. Terrible. Might well have been just a one off with us and maybe it wasn't done properly but it was a shocker outcome. The resultant foal now a 3yo still has front legs like those found on a Piano Stool. I'd be extremely reluctant to try it again.

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    [QUOTE=triplev123;10731][VVV]
    Just checked the records of such stuff that I keep here on my PC & we used Oxytetracycline, an old school antibitoic that according to our Vet is rarely used as a go to anymore... at least as far as fighting infection is concerned.
    What it apparently does in a large intravenous dose/doses is act as a calcium blocker which in turn allows the spasming tendons to relax. While sometimes it does takes more than 1 or 2 shots to get the desired effect it always works.
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    Engemicin (? spelling) is a commercial brand of oxytetracycline so you're both referring to the same drug. It can work incredibly well on contracted feet and fetlocks along with splinting, not quite so effective on contracted knees but still helps

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    Quote Originally Posted by triplev123 View Post
    [VVV] Had a VERY bad result with the glue on shoe technique. Terrible. Might well have been just a one off with us and maybe it wasn't done properly but it was a shocker outcome. The resultant foal now a 3yo still has front legs like those found on a Piano Stool. I'd be extremely reluctant to try it again.
    Some aren't going to improve no matter what you do, but most improve dramatically with foot build ups (easier to keep on the glue on's). It reduces the loading on the growth plate and stops the hoof wear on that side which usually helps and at least seems to stop it from getting worse. I am not a vet but work with mares & foals in large numbers

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    Yeh, that's true. Our filly should have had strips done but the Vet was dead set on glue on shoes. Disaster. It was 3 years ago now and I'm still shitty about it.

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    So the glue on-shoe is for deviations of the fetlock and surgery for the knees?

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    This looks good, some other products on their site that might come in handy.

    http://www.vetoptions.com/products/r...tive-brace.asp

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    JDT I think the brace is pretty extreme and probably unwarranted. I seriously suggest you consult a farrier who specialises in these type of defects and be guided by them in consultation with your vet, or a specialist vet. Exactly what you do depends on the fault or faults and the time frame available and the response to treatment, it's not one size fits all. As Nemera said it may be all you need is equilox applied to the medial side of the hoof, but this still needs to be monitored and reapplied as necessary

    VVV I'm sorry you had a poor experience with glue ons, in the right circumstances they can have extradinarily good results, but of course in some instances whilst all legs can be improved with treatment some defects just cant be corrected regardless. Valgus/varus knees usually have good results, rotations much less so.

    VVV there is an outstanding farrier in the Hawkesbury for bent legged foals if you have (hopefully not) the need for one.

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    triplev123
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    G'day Dizzy,
    No need to be sorry. We just chalked it up to experience, as unpleasant an outcome as it was.
    I've no doubt others have experienced better results otherwise no doubt the crew that make the shoes & associated bits and pieces would have been out of business by now. Once bitten and twice shy here though.
    Unfortunately 3 years ago we had two of them back to back, both fillies, but we have had none before nor since then. That has roughly coincided with us doing most of the work with them ourselves, which I think is a very significant factor. Not that most of the bigger operations can't look after such things as well as they're able to, rather that there's just no substitute for a smaller concern & for being there with your own mares when their foals first hit the deck or soon afterwards, for seeing them up close & doing so often & making decisions early & accordingly. On that score, it's that time of year again and foal watch approaches rapidly. Last year one of our mares, a maiden, decided to just plop down & foal around about 9:00am in the morning, we weren't there, & only for the stirling work of our friends Anne & Ellen, on who's place the mares reside, she would have been in trouble (one foot back).
    Only got 3 of them this time around, last year we had 5. That almost did my head in and my brother's as well. I wish I had $1.00 for every time I got paranoid that the foaling alarm wasn't working and wandered out into the dark with my torch 'just to check'.
    Bloody steep old learning curve. I've been meaning to knock out a piece for Pecky for his mag, a blow by blow account, warts and all, including my holding onto and then having passed out on top of a foal that was being injected in the jugular.

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    10mls of cod liver oil daily rubbed on my legs is working a treat.

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    triplev123
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    I don't want to hear about your private life Justdoit. What you choose to do with Cod Liver Oil behind closed doors is your own business.

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