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In a message dated 7/6/01 8:11:36 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
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Our filly, Lena has an indentation the length of her hoof. It hasn't
split or separated. The vet suggested putting gelatin in her grain and
using hoof flex to keep
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Dear Pat
My fjord has at some time in the past suffered damage to the coronary band
which has caused the hoof to have a small hairline crack the length of it,
recently however due to bad shoeing this crack has started to open up and
split. I have been
This message is from: M.Bijster [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mary wrote: . Lack of
exercise on good ol' natural ground can lead to a
myriad of hoof problems, not the least of which are
slow hoof growth and decreased wall thickness. If
you don't use it, you lose it maybe?
That is very well said, Mary
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I'm certainly not expert on feet, but my Fjords, and
most Fjords that I have
been around seem to have thin walls or thin soles or
both. I have seen a few
Fjords with
This message is from: Jean Ernest [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gosh, I beg to differ on this! MY two mares, Stella (II) and her
granddaughter, Anvil's Adel have absolutely wonderful feet, thick tough
horn, good shape, Adel's are so trough that my farrier has commented on how
hard it was to cut through
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I'm certainly not expert on feet, but my Fjords, and most Fjords that I have
been around seem to have thin walls or thin soles or both. I have seen a few
Fjords with a good, thick wall, but the majority of the ones I've had any
experience with tend to be
This message is from: Alison Bakken [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Cindy,
What are you feeding for a mineral? It sounds to me like there is
something missing in the feed. I would guess a mineral or an amino
acid.
Good luck.
Alison Bakken
Alberta
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Cindy Vallecillo wrote:
He was doing so well and now he is backsliding.
The one thing that is weird is, his barn mate, a warmblood mare, is having
the same problem with her feet (the same farrier does both their feet). The
only thing they
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Cindy,
I agree with Jean. Feeding straight bran is bad. I would get them on a
multi. vit/min pellet and add your hoof supplement to that.
How much time do they spend in a stall? Sometimes the ammonia from the
urine will cause hoof problems in stalled
This message is from: Ruth Bushnell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This message is from: Cindy Vallecillo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a situation that I need some advise on.
My fjord has week feet, thin hoof walls to be exact. The farrier who has
cared for his feet for five years told me before I bought him
This message is from: Jean Ernest [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What about selenium? Too much ( as in a selenium salt block + selenium
supplements) can cause problems. ALSO, Too little..as in selenium
deficiency. What is the selenium content of local feeds, etc?
Jean in Fairbanks, Alaska, Sulnnsy but
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Cindy Vallecillo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My fjord has week feet, thin hoof walls to be exact. The farrier
who has cared for his feet for five years told me before I bought
him that part of the problem was lack of exercise.
This
This message is from: Jean Gayle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cindy, you probably have a calcium deficiency for one thing. Bran and
barley have little calcium, as does local grass and timothy has less than
alfalfa. Also dry ground requires greasing of hooves. How is the selenium
there? We have had a dry
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