parrot mouth
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just a thought My husband has had fairly good success working with Parrot mouthed youngsters by putting in braces while they are still fairly young foals, which he has been doing for years. The basic thought on the process is to slow the growth on the upper jaw to allow the lower jaw a chance to catch up. As with all things, success varies with a number of factors. Too, the determination to install them depends on such issues as severity of the overbite, intended use of the foal, esthetics, etc. If it is a concern, checking with the local equine veterinarian may give the Parrot mouthed horse an additional option to the more frequent dentals and the feed adjustments. Yes, there are those horses that just nothing can help. It is actually pretty interesting to watch the foals' mouths change as they get older with the braces achieving results. Carole Sweet.in sunny Central California, but only for a moment, when those big black clouds missed us!
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This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 10/30/2000 2:32:13 PM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I understand the disappointment in finding this flaw. If it's just developing your neighbor may want to have a vet in and find out if it's a true parrot mouth or if something else is going on. Pamela for sure.. as a lot of horses retain caps as they lose baby teeth and get in permanent teeth. He could also have some bad hooks on the molars that are causing his jaw to grow unevenly. Might be as easily corrected by a good floating Good luck ! Lou Check out our website A HREF=http://hometown.aol.com/dbldayfarm/index.html;DoubleDay Farm - Paint Miniature Horses/A
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This message is from: Karen McCarthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Re. Parrot Mouth ,severe overbite ( Monkey Mouth = severe underbite): My friend Judy has a TB x Westpahalian gelding, that she bred. He is now in his middle teens, and he has had this condition his whole life. He inherited it from his TB dam. She manages the problem by bringing out the horse dentist 3 x a year, and she feeds him reg. hay/grain w/ no problem. He does take twice as long to clean up his feed though. The deformity is quite severe, and with his huge long head, he looks kinda goofy, but he's a great guy, and a very good driving horse, part of a very sucessful pair of grey's. I have groomed for her at CDE's several times, and when I have to head him at a show in presentation, I have to very aware of him or he drools great gobs of horse slime all over me and his partner, and even the prezzo judge once, who insisted on checking his bit! Karen Carson City, NV _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
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This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 10/30/00 6:22:50 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: have never had a horse with this flaw, so am not really well schooled in the effects etc. Is it genetic??? How will it effect the horse etc. I've never had a horse with this flaw either, but have seen it and heard of it. One of the best racing TB's here in the Northwest has it, and passes it on. But they breed him anyway, cause he puts fast horses on the ground. There was just some discussion of this in one of the horse magazines. You really need to be on top of floating teeth, etc., but I came away from the article thinking it was quite manageable, if not very desirable. I'll look up the article later today for you. One thing is that the horse will do a lot better on hay and you cannot count on him getting nourishment from grazing. He will take longer to eat (not such a bad thing in a fjord!) and when he ages he may need to be fed pelleted feed. But as far as being a riding horse, with good management of his oral issues, he'll be just fine. I understand the disappointment in finding this flaw. If it's just developing your neighbor may want to have a vet in and find out if it's a true parrot mouth or if something else is going on. Pamela
Parrot mouth
This message is from: Janne Myrdal [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi there, just a quick qestion to my living equine encyclopedia ( another name for the great digest) A neighbor of mine just discovered that his 2 year old stallion prospect is developing parrot mouth. I went over last weekend to check it out, and yes there seem to be some degree of it. He is looking for info on this , both genetically and otherwise, so if anyone has any info, and or sights to look up, could you let me know. I have never had a horse with this flaw, so am not really well schooled in the effects etc. Is it genetic??? How will it effect the horse etc. He will soon be gelded I belive, but it is a tragic turn for him as he had great hopes for this animal , as well as great investment into him. Thanks Janne in foggy and wet ND, where some of our corn looks to be un-harvested for awhile still. Uffda, we have never had such a slow harvest due to weather. It is just drgging on.
