Posted by Alexandra Wikner on July 13, 2003 at 16:12:21:
My filly is three months old now. She was pretty much bent in her knees when born, and had an outward twisted fetlock on her left hindleg.
This is the mares fifth foal and ALL of them have been bent in the knees at birth, but they ALL have straightes up within a month by themself, and so did my filly too, and hade perfectly straight front knees. However, a few weeks ago she started to look bent in her kness (in Sweden were I live we called it "hanging in the knees). My farrier and I agreed to keep a close eye on her, and now a week on the condition had worsened some, mostly at her left front knee.
(her outwards twisted fetlock has been straightened out witch corrective filing of the outside of the hoof and i perfectly fine now)
My farrier actuallt donīt have so many solutions with bent knees, so if it still worsen - what can be done? (If anything).
The filly os an arab, was pretty big for her breed already at birth, and has been growing pretty fast and is still bigger then "average".
I can link to pictures if they would ease an advice.