Well, there is always one that knows much better than the breeders, the vets, the specialists… I hope your foals are always healthy poniesinthenight… because who/what will you blame since I am sure you do everything perfectly.
There are not many breeders who go the distance like Gen does. Maybe a little bit of research about the breeder in question would go a long way…
yep, Gen, you were right… drivel!!
What a cutie, OP. Looks very promising. Ignore the idjit.
Gen, I keep checking the thread because I knew you said Dynasplints were coming at 1030. I hadn’t seen an update, and realized not everyone is on the east coast! Is 1030 your time now, so thinking of you and hoping its going really well. My fully threw a temper tantrum when hers first went on, but quickly settled. Please let us know when you have time how things are going!
In my experience it takes quite a while to tweak them just right for the individual horse. I remember poor JackieBlue sweating her butt off fiddling around making sure the splint was just right for my little guy.
Dynasplints are on. Aaspen - major temper tantrum. He was a wild man. I just tried to get out of his way (while shouting ‘pineapple’. Anyone see that video of Steve Irwin with the Late Show intern? Hysterical)
I will post a photo in a little bit.
Oh the memories!
I only had to put one on one leg as I had a foal who broke his toe off and wouldn’t bear weight due to the pain and his tendon contracted virtually overnight leaving him really clubby. He was pretty good about it and didn’t have any real freak outs but we also couldn’t get it to stay on very well. Poor Morgen was tweaking it for hours but he still kept walking out of the easy boot part.
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If you would all make sure your horses have free choice minerals, and I don’t mean blocks, I mean the type of mineral that can be bought quite cheaply at Tractor Supply for cattle, then no one would have this problem.[/QUOTE]
If only things were that simple. Your statement is wrong. And very rudely put. One can feed free choice minerals (the good kind) and still have this problem. If you truly believe what you wrote, you just haven’t enough experience.
Gen, I am jingling that your boy makes a full recovery. He is lovely.
Jingles Gen!!! Great job taking care of this lovely boy. I did the dinasplints on a premie who’s front legs had major, but different issues. I am sure you know to watch for rubs (you’ll have heat and swelling in a small area usually first.) - they can happen quickly.
Hate to sound like Debbie Downer, but there is no way either vets or nutrition guys can predict with the degree of accuracy you are asking for what the outcome will be.
I was one of those where the outcome (in terms of soundness) was not achieved in my contracted foal. She developed a cyst in her stifle, and severe arthritis where she’d been contracted.
“Normal stress on an abnormal joint” is a recipe for arthritis; long term confinement with a foal is a recipe for OCD. So just because the horse looks straight does not mean they will reach their performance potential…sometimes those issues have long-lasting effects.
I was told to put my filly down when she was 5 mos old. She was worked on by several different vets, including a team at WSU. Although they straighten her some, she was still profoundly knuckled over in a fetlock by that time.
I was also told to NEVER, EVER breed her. Well, I chose to keep her anyway, and in due course she was accidentally bred by my Teke stallion; the only time I had an “oops” breeding. That filly turned out to be very, very nice.
This mare is now on her 5th foal. She has gotten pregnant the first insemination each time and has had no problems foaling. All of her babies have had good legs, although I did spring for oxytet on one w/excellent results.
With the exception of her first baby (the Teke cross), each of her babies have gone Gold/Premium, won their inspections and finished at the top of the registry for foals. This year’s foal is the best I have every produced.
So I guess she is paying me back for saving her life…but is she riding sound? Hell no!! Not even close.
My take is that if you proceed, spend the $$ because you want to, not because you expect the foal to end up sound. He may not even if he DOES straighten in time.
I was lucky that I had a filly (if you call that “lucky”) and one with super breeding…but if she had been a gelding, despite all the $$ I spent (about $12K), he would never have been sound enough to ride.
Again, I wish you all the luck in the world, but I will tell you that no one can predict with that amount of certainty what the outcome will be when a foal is that badly compromised.
Super jingles – it’s a lovely colt.
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Poor little guy!
I know it sounds weird, but try OCD Pellets. I’m sold on the stuff! My rescue weanling I got grew too fast and her hind fetlocks started to knuckle over and she could barely walk.
I put her on the OCD Pellets and within two weeks she was happily trotting around totally sound again. At the age of 5 now taking dressage lessons with a paraolympian and just floats along. I know my girl doesn’t compares to your little guy, but it wouldn’t hurt to try them. As a first time buyer you get a free tub when you buy a tub. Email Dr. Beebee and send him the photos and he’ll tell you what he thinks. He’s quick to get back to you.
Lot’s of other success stories/testimonials on there as well.
Sending jingles![/QUOTE]
I would second this as well. I’ve had great results too with this product. All though I wouldn’t think it would be a good idea to give both this and the Rejuvenade.
BTW, for those who have used Rejuvenade – it is an oral product, right? So how do you get it down a foal who is not yet eating solid food?
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BTW, for those who have used Rejuvenade – it is an oral product, right? So how do you get it down a foal who is not yet eating solid food?[/QUOTE]
I ask this for the OCD pellets. How do you get pellets down a foal not eating solid food yet? The Rejuvenade is a paste.
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I ask this for the OCD pellets. How do you got pellets down a foal not eating solid food yet? The Rejuvenade is a paste.[/QUOTE]
I fed the MARE a double dose of the OCD pellets. I don’t know what Dr. Beebe himself would recommend. This was done on a foal who had several issues besides contraction, so oxytet was not appropriate. The vet I took her to told me he was “90% sure” she would not resolved without multiple surgeries.
Instead of the surgery and 24 hr stall rest the vet recommended, I did the double dose of OCD pellets, got the paint on toe extensions (which work MUCH better than the glue-on ones), and did highly monitored turn-out.
Like the foal would go out for 2 hrs, then in for 4 hrs. Rinse, repeat. Anytime it looked like she was over doing it, I’d put her in the stall. I could see my foaling paddock from my kitchen, so it wasn’t that hard.
By the time she was 3.5 mos old, she was completely straight. The vet was amazed and told me I could turn her out now. I didn’t tell him she’d been on 24/7 turn out for the last 2 mos. 
Now she is 4, and her legs are perfect.
How much is a dose of the Rejuvenade paste? I ask because I have a filly who is mildly contracted and it doesn’t seem to be resolving as quickly as I’d like, so I though maybe I’d try something else.
But I’m here alone, so I have to be realistic about what I can get down the foal…
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How much is a dose of the Rejuvenade paste? I ask because I have a filly who is mildly contracted and it doesn’t seem to be resolving as quickly as I’d like, so I though maybe I’d try something else.
But I’m here alone, so I have to be realistic about what I can get down the foal…[/QUOTE]
Buy a bottle of the liquid. Much more economical than the paste and very easy to get foals to take orally with a 12cc syringe. Mine love the taste and I have never had a problem dosing them by myself. It makes deworming a breeze when they are used to having something yummy syringed into their mouths daily. 
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A quick cell phone video of Prince. He is definitely more active with the toe extensions off.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10200989988266346&set=vb.104671722907692&type=2&theater[/QUOTE]
Spunky little man – he has heart, have to give him that much!
Jingles for you and the little guy!
Kyzteke - I appreciate what you’re say about certainty of long-term soundness. I did not expect a guarantee from my vet, just some sort of indication that there was an excellent chance of him being competition sound in years to come. I recognise that there is no crystal ball in these cases
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If you would all make sure your horses have free choice minerals, and I don’t mean blocks, I mean the type of mineral that can be bought quite cheaply at Tractor Supply for cattle, then no one would have this problem.[/QUOTE]
That is an incredibly ignorant statement. Get your facts straight (and then perhaps find someone to teach you some manners).
Your rudeness AND ignorance combined, is mind numbing… :eek:
Gen, thanks for the photo and video update. Wishing all the best for you both. He’s a corker! 
Just bumping this to see if there is any update on the little tyke. Still jingling for him…
Prince is doing good. There is a definite improvement with the Dynasplints. He started out wearing them 24 hrs a day. He is now 16 hrs on & 8 hrs off.
Pretty bad sores on the front of his fetlocks but the vets think that is to be expected considering he has been bandaged/splinted since he was born and he is almost 4 weeks old.
He is spunky but very patient for all of the bandage changes. He just lays there as long as my daughter is available to pet him the entire time.
What a cute guy! I’m so glad he is showing improvement. Are you able to let him out at all?
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