Do y’all realize,
Post #5 is gumtree’s foal… at age day old - two years.
Post #11 is the OP’s foal
The “last” picture has to be the hind legs because there’s a tail at the top and clear hocks! Casper, we are talking about the three photos on post11, so OP’s foal.
Anyway, glad he’s doing better. We’d love to see some pictures. And, for your own records you should be taking them.
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The second picture when compared to the first are the ones that have me confused. (and yes Casper, we are discussing the three photos from post #11 by the OP not comparing the OP’s foal to Gumtree’s foal).
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This is how the pics appear to me…The first is a front on shot of the front legs, the second pic is also the front legs from the right side and slightly behind, and the third again is the front legs, taken from the left side and slightly in front.
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The pair in the second photo are fronts and the visible white is the hind limb of the same foal? If so, contracted tendons are not the only issue here.
A distressing situation for sure. Best of luck OP.
I as well saw the “tail” in that photo but having now realized the severity of the anomaly I see that the “tail” is rather an optical illusion based on our expectations of what most contracted foals present. This is quite severe. There seems to have been some intervention by a vet or farrier as the hooves show.
I think many of us have not seen this severity of contracture being treated at home.
Yes, we are all talking about the pics in post #11.
The middle of those 3 pics could indeed be mistaken for the hind legs pointing to the left, until you realize that 1) the tail is from another horse (assuming the dam) and the feet to the left of the pic ARE the hind legs pointing right. The foal is that contracted 
And no, this is not likely to be successfully treated at home, not unless someone very well versed in this can come help you get set up again like things were at the clinic.
What changed between the clinic and home?
I agree that more oxy/tet at this point isn’t likely to benefit him, and likely to start causing issues.
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Yes. I’m so confused. I’m not really looking at the middle picture. The 3rd picture clearly is the hind leg with clear hocks, butt, and tail. But, it does not have the white socks that you can see in the first picture.
OP, please post newer pictures so we can see it better, and of course how he’s progressing!
That’s because the 3rd picture is the front legs. There are no hind legs visible in that picture. Yes, the contraction is that bad
That picture is not of hind legs parked out behind, with the butt cheeks showing.
It is of the front legs pushed in front, with the chest cleavage showing.
When you look at the 3rd picture, think the muscles dividing along the colt’s chest, not hindquarters, with severely contracted limbs.
ASAP major veterinary consult at a very good facility.
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Ooooooh. Wow. I thought that cleavage was a tail and a butt! Wow.
Agree with everyone. The foal needs to be at a top notch facility.
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So did I. I still don’t understand the second photo though…
In the middle pic, the foal is facing right. It helps to look at the hooves of the legs on the right side. Then you see they are feet that are pointing right.
Yes it is obvious that the tail in the second photo is not that of a foal. I just see hocks, not knees, and hooves that appear backward to be attached to front legs. I (finally) was able to see that the third photo was of chest and fronts,of course those knees looked like hocks to me in that photo as well!
Poor guy. I hope he can be treated at a good hospital.
Got it. Thanks. Oh dear…
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“Colt up and about, but legs still slightly curved-like shallow parentheses.”
Slightly more than slightly.
I might be running bloodwork for nutritional imbalances as well as restricting exercise and splinting along with manual manipulation.
Hope you get some expert leg and growth vets on this.
You’re not really going to find the sort of nutritional imbalances you might need to be seeing with bloodwork. You’re not going to see if things are out of whack regarding calcium and phosphorous, for example, and if you did, you’d be looking at a really obviously sick foal. Testing the mare’s milk is the start, since that’s what the foal is consuming, and alter her diet if necessary. But for sure the foal needs to be on Rejuvenaide Plus, IMHO, or its equivalent.
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OP, please come back and let us know an update on this. I think we’re all really interested in what you’ve found to do, and what those legs look like!
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Hi horsegurl. How are you doing? My heart goes out to you in this situation with this foal. When something goes wrong and the foal has complications, it is a very stressful, exhausting, and often times heartbreaking and expensive situation for the owner. I hope you are doing well and I hope the little guy is doing well too! Please come back and update us if and when you are able to.
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Hi all! Thank you for your support and not being critical.
I’m calling my challenging colt “Splints”. I swear that is his barn name now. lol. He was back at clinic Monday morning. It is hard to get a good still from the videos, he is mid-step here, but I have attached one. This was day two (Wed, 17th). I will post more over weekend if I can. Hoping for continued results. He comes home Sunday, and I will continue to splint and bandage for a week or more. Sorry for any confusion on previous pics. The ones I posted were all of him. And those were relapsed–he looked good when he came home the first time, then 48 hours later, those pics!! That’s when I posted here at COTH. I hope we are on our way to better things. RIght worse than left, but getting there. He is super fancy and was bucking up a storm in these videos!!! So. Cute.
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