Hey everyone,
First off, Jester does have stone bruising. He has two on his front right hoof. One is a really big one and one is smaller. When Fred ( our farrier) trimmed him, he said his hooves were in prety bad condition. Not beachase of deseases, but beacause of the way he was trimmed before. Because Jester had years and years of incorrect trimmings, it offset the balance of his hooves and totally messed him up. I am not going to go into detail right now beacause I have to make this fast, but if you would like to know just let me know. But I soaked the hoof with the stone bruises on it in espom salts for 15 minutes and then wrapped it up in cotton pads, guaze, vet wrap, and duct tape forming a boot. I will be doing this every time I'm out there until he is better again. One all of his problems are clears up in his hooves ( which is going to take several months) his lameness issues should be gone! I'm very excited about that. It pains my heart to see him limping and having know idea how to help him. But now I do and I will be taking care of it every time I'm out there!
Also, the lease of Ducktown has been extended a month:)
Steph
Jester at DT barn getting groomed
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Hi everyone,
I have been doing some research concerning Jesters soreness. He had seemed to be getting worse, but now he is getting better. I'm going to have him treated by Brooke soon (we are currently working out a date). But I have been researching stuff about hooves. If you spend time around horses, even for a month or two, you will become very familiar with the very famous quote "no hooves, no horse no kidding". So the root of all problems (most of the time) is with the hooves. So my sister (who is very knowledgeable in this area) and i have been looking at various things. And there was one condition that Jester showed all the symptoms for. It's called stone bruising. As the name states, it's bruising of the frog and sole because of rough terrain containing stones and rocks. TB's are notorious for their thin soles, making them extremely prone to bruising. So he has stone bruising and split frog (which is caused by thrush). His hooves are in pretty good condition. I treat them every time I'm out there. Now that I know what he has I can treat him effectively. Ever since I knew him he has had a split frog, it has gotten better over time. The farrier will be out Saturday and hopefully he will confirm my thoughts. I already have a plan and once I get the ok I will start. Hopefully this is the root cause of his lameness and it will clear up within a few weeks:)
If you have any questions please ask.
Steph
I have been doing some research concerning Jesters soreness. He had seemed to be getting worse, but now he is getting better. I'm going to have him treated by Brooke soon (we are currently working out a date). But I have been researching stuff about hooves. If you spend time around horses, even for a month or two, you will become very familiar with the very famous quote "no hooves, no horse no kidding". So the root of all problems (most of the time) is with the hooves. So my sister (who is very knowledgeable in this area) and i have been looking at various things. And there was one condition that Jester showed all the symptoms for. It's called stone bruising. As the name states, it's bruising of the frog and sole because of rough terrain containing stones and rocks. TB's are notorious for their thin soles, making them extremely prone to bruising. So he has stone bruising and split frog (which is caused by thrush). His hooves are in pretty good condition. I treat them every time I'm out there. Now that I know what he has I can treat him effectively. Ever since I knew him he has had a split frog, it has gotten better over time. The farrier will be out Saturday and hopefully he will confirm my thoughts. I already have a plan and once I get the ok I will start. Hopefully this is the root cause of his lameness and it will clear up within a few weeks:)
If you have any questions please ask.
Steph
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Hi everyone,
The lease of ducktown will be ending this month:(. It has been really good for Jester. He has built up a lot of muscle and has been enjoying life so much more. He will be going back to the main barn at the rescue in a week or so. The winter that we had was the coldest it's been in years, so with all of the grass it has kept weight on Jester. He looks really good right now. He still has to build more muscle along his topline but it is going to be hard to do that. Because an ill-fitting saddle was used on him for so long, it had compressed those muscles so they can't develop. That and his older age. But it has filled out some and hopefully will continue too. I will try to upload some pictures of him out there soon!
Steph
The lease of ducktown will be ending this month:(. It has been really good for Jester. He has built up a lot of muscle and has been enjoying life so much more. He will be going back to the main barn at the rescue in a week or so. The winter that we had was the coldest it's been in years, so with all of the grass it has kept weight on Jester. He looks really good right now. He still has to build more muscle along his topline but it is going to be hard to do that. Because an ill-fitting saddle was used on him for so long, it had compressed those muscles so they can't develop. That and his older age. But it has filled out some and hopefully will continue too. I will try to upload some pictures of him out there soon!
Steph
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