Rescue

deineria · #1 07/27/10, 11:49 PM

I know you guys are mostly goat folks - but I am on this board more than anyother and thought you all might want to see my latest horse rescue. . .

Check over on the Equine Forum

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lucas-...8686926&ref=mf

Or look there on my facebook farm fan page

Or here:

http://thevegetarianhomesteader.blogspot.com/

Goat Servant · #2 07/28/10, 12:10 AM

Yes I read that. At first I didnt think she was that bad off (had a horse when I was a kid so not knowlegeable) but those feet no excuse whatsoever!

Laverne · #3 07/28/10, 12:26 AM

Unbelievable hoofs. How awful.

Wonderland · #4 07/28/10, 12:45 AM

I have never seen hooves so bad. You did a great things by rescuing her!

Shazza · #5 07/28/10, 02:09 AM

Poor baby...I cant wait for the "after" photos in 12mths time....great job resueing her.

deineria · #6 07/28/10, 02:18 AM

My farrier - as you see, in his late 50's - said he had never seen feet so bad before.

Rockytopsis · #7 07/28/10, 05:35 AM

Looking forward to seeing pictures as she progresses, bet she is really a nice looking mare when healthy.

farmmom · #8 07/28/10, 05:46 AM

I'm so glad you got her! I've seen feet like that one time before on 2 Shetland mares. I was going to take them but the people told me they had just sold them. I'm sure she'll start improving immediately. It's amazing what food and simple maintainance will do for a horse.

Minelson · #9 07/28/10, 06:46 AM

Her eyes brought tears to my eyes. God bless you for saving her.

Alice In TX/MO · #10 07/28/10, 06:55 AM

The expression and body language of the horse as she walks on trimmed feet. You can tell she's amazed! WOW! THESE FEET WORK!

Bless you. Bless you.

Backfourty,MI. · #11 07/28/10, 08:57 AM

Pretty horse other than the hoof issues, etc. Such a good thing you took him in, he'll be in such good care now & will be amazing to see how better he looks later with proper love & care!

Cannon_Farms · #12 07/28/10, 08:59 AM

I have unfortunately seen worse slippers but only in donkeys and that wound on the front because it can be a contagious infection that the name for it escapes me.
Empower from Nutrina is a great safe boosting top dress (its rice bran, beet pulp and ground corn), I use it with safechoice to rehab anything I may not have good enough sense not to look and bring home.
Go slow as if you dont they will seem to do well then crash several weeks down the road. No burmuda or rich hays like alfalfa use orchard or fescue (if a mare and pregnant then not) or rye.
Good luck. ive dont about 15 of them in this condition and they dont forget it.

deineria · #13 07/28/10, 10:12 AM

I've done a good bit of rescue in the past:

http://lucasfarmwv.com/rescues.aspx

But none like this

Now, he said he had seen feet as bad in ponies and donkeys, but never in a horse. . .

The wound on front is from a rope tied around her leg - isn't that sick?

As far as a feed plan - she is getting only a small handful of strategy pellets in order to give her oral antibiotic x times daily and free choice grass hay.
I will do this for a few weeks.
I wplan to move onto giving the hay and a scoop x 2 daily of Strategy Health Edge . . .
after about a month or so, I hope to have her worked up to be able to use the big boys - lol - like rice bran and beet bulp, which will do wonders.

Glad to know about the Nutrena. . .Empower. I hadn't used it and had bought everything seperate, but I will try that alone perhaps this time.

LFRJ · #14 07/28/10, 10:42 AM

Wow! I know absolutely nothing about horses - but I know those feet don't look right! How could anyone!

Thanks for doing this for an animal in need.

farmmom · #15 07/28/10, 11:51 AM

Just out of curiosity, how long did it take your farrier to trim these hooves? The poor thing looks so relieved now! Was the bleeding due to disease/infection or because the quicks were so long?

CaliannG · #16 07/28/10, 01:09 PM

I have seen feet this bad recently....on a goat.

Only her hooves had turned sideways instead of forward and she was basically walking on the sides of her ankles.

I *almost* got her just out of soft-heartedness and wanting to rescue her, but decided against it.

#17 07/28/10, 01:35 PM

Poor baby! THANK YOU for rescuing her!!

I like the name Phoenix Rose for her. She's going to rise out of the mire and smell pretty darn sweet by the time this is done.

Cannon_Farms · #18 07/28/10, 05:46 PM

Do you know about safe choice? Im not a huge fan of Strategy when in the horses I have had done better off the safe choice but everyone has things that work better for them.
Safe choice is a 14% protein but derived from a good source, 7% fat and I think 10% fiber but the starch content is very low which greatly reduces the risk of colic and founder and made with more digestible in general. Im not saying Strategy is a bad food but its not my food of choice..

FYI fellow goat people, im about to see if it can produce a good quality milk and production

deineria · #19 07/28/10, 10:13 PM

It took our farrier about 2 1/2 hours - he took a few short breaks of 5 minutes here and there, that is all.

The bleeding is from hoof damage that resulted in abscesses. There were many in each hoof.

I really like Safe Choice and Nutrena Complete. I like that Nutrena Complete's first ingredient is forage based.
This Strategy is the Healthy Edge which is new and contains the Amplify nuggets and is 8% fat, 12.5% protein and 18% fiber, which is why I'm giving it a try. I prefer Safe Choice to regular Strategy, too.