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by kylendiamond
Wed Nov 09, 2005 6:40 pm
Forum: Horse Care
Topic: physitis
Replies: 33
Views: 13874

Do you think that there would be a decent possibility that the problem with my mare's legs was physitis? She is now 4, I got her shortly before she turned 2. At that time, she was 15 hands, she reached maybe 15.3 by the time she was 3 and quit. She is quite toed out. When I got her, she was a bit pl...
by kylendiamond
Sat Aug 06, 2005 10:51 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Worming
Replies: 38
Views: 6618

Why use praziquantel without running a fecal? Because tapeworm eggs are very difficult to find, they don't float nicely like the others. Occasionally you will find one, but rarely, even if you know the animal has them.
by kylendiamond
Mon Aug 01, 2005 8:49 pm
Forum: Horse Care
Topic: whats the general consensus on crooked foals?
Replies: 22
Views: 8607

From personal experience, I would say that the surgical corrections do not truly correct the problem. By personal experience, I mean my own legs. I was severely toed-in, went through corrective shoeing when learning to walk. Now, my ankles are nearly straight. My entire leg is not. I am knock-kneed,...