11/23/12, 06:24 PM
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She who waits....
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: East of Bryan, Texas
Posts: 6,796
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It is more likely just extreme overgrowth. Foundering isn't something you really see in goats.
Try to get her hooves trimmed down as much as you possibly can. Likely, old hoof wall has rolled over, and her toes will be splayed from overgrowth between them.
I don't use nippers. I find that hoof rot shears work SO much better.  You will probably need to use a sharp knife to get between the toes.
Terribly overgrown hooves often have the heels growing unevenly. Try to get them completely even and flat.
You will be amazed at how well she walks after a good trimming!
Check to see if she is down in the pasterns. If she is, tell her owner to get some Bo-Se into her.
Good luck!
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Caliann
"First, Show me in the Bible where it says you can save someone's soul by annoying the hell out of them." -- Chuck
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anyway, i need recomendations for going about trimming a badly overgrown possibly foundered (im guessing old founder) goat. My friend got her about a week ago(against my advice) and asked us to take a look. On wed. this week. He said that he thought she was still tender where her hooves were overgrown and she was trimmed. She has clearly been using her knees for a while with built up callouses. She does go from A to B on hoof and then drops down. It looks like she probably had elf hooves and the farmer just nipped the front off leaving the hoof still completely covering draws the bottom of her hoof. It seemed thick and he had nothing at his place to trim her with so he is bringing her by our house tomorrow. I have horse hoof nippers etc. I've trimmed my goats but never hoof problems/lamenes/extensive overgrowth. Any suggestions of how to approach this? She is a friendly pretty boer goat but I think my friend was taken advantage of. Farmer(cattle dairy mainly) said she was 4months pregnant too but she sure doesn't look pregnant to me but I could be wrong.
