Posted by Bert Brinson on June 11, 2001 at 23:46:41:
In Reply to: 21 year old mare posted by Quintin Wiseman on June 09, 2001 at 21:17:18:
Quintin, I would greatly appreciate some more details on this case. I recently had a foundered 15 yo mare that I worked on. She had been on a weekend trail ride, when on Sunday they noticed she was severely dehydrated and was lame. Luckily there was a vet there who recognized the warning signs and started treatment. She returned home and the lameness subsided but returned a week later. Owners called a vet and had xrays taken, slight rotation on xray. Vet suggested keg shoes to elevate sole from ground contact. I was called (first time customer), mare had exceptionally long toes(50 degrees), so I removed excess and set the mare at about 53 degrees and put shoes on. Mare seemed better but then took a turn for the worse,came back and packed feet with equithane sole pack,vet took more xrays and revealed more rotation and air trapped in foot (never knew about that). Customers contacted previous owners and horse was moved back to them. Don't know what more I could have done at the time but am always looking for better ways of doing things. Thanks for any input.