This message is from: "Skeels, Mark A (MED)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi Steve: The vet did 2 injections, day 1 and 2 but didn't do a 3rd day. I think the problem with the injections not working were 2 fold. The first being the foal was in splints, which were restricting him from straightening out his hoof and lower joint, the splints because I screwed up when I originally splinted him, I left them on for 6 days, it rained and he got wet under the splint and some awful soars, real bad, around the back of the hoof, on the joint, all around, looked like raw meat. Never leave them on that long again. Things are looking better, we have been changing splints and medicating sores every day for 3 weeks now. Sores are almost healed up. Now he is walking upright on hoof properly, but when we take the splints off, it seems if the ground is un even, he may roll over on his knuckle, it is like the tendons on the top side aren't tight enough or they are stretched too much. Maybe a week or so more of splinting. We took one splint off for a day, he was walking fine for a couple hours but by next morning there didn't seem to be enough strength to keep from rolling. He stands upright and walks upright with the splints on, the hoof's are proper so I think we don't have to worry about the contracted problem. Just seems we have to strengthen the area. Thanks for reply, Mark Skeels -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 10:46 PM To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Subject: Re: New foal and contracted tendeon update This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > May have waited to long for the injections, which we gave at the 2 > week > mark as he didn't seem to be improving, Did you try just one injection? Sometimes you have to do it once a day for 3 days in a row. > vet is talking cutting tendons, that doesn't sound to sound to me, for the horse that is Actually you cut a ligament. Just a small one that will free up the tendon. No big deal really. Steve White, D.V.M. Waterloo, Nebraska
