Older horse? with bad foot

[katrinag]

I hope you can get some use out of the links I sent. How is he today? Also waht is the horses name? So I can call him by name instead of him seem so cold.

 

[luvarabhorses]

There are lots of horses that are able to make it without supplements but imo once damage has been done you need to give the horse every opportunity to heal and a good hoof vitamin does that.
Founder occurs when the ecoli in the gut goes overpopulates due to sugar so a little cinnamon for a foundered horse imo is a good idea.
My Belgian mare was severely foundered and I had no idea just what a job that was to keep her going. In the end, I had to put her down.
My foundered Arab mare was middle of the road foundered and the farrier said that if I had not told him she had ever foundered he never would have known. It was a matter of allowing her to heal herself through diet and supplements. I try to post a pic of her, Daliia by Imperial Imdal. I had to leave her in Maryland with a friend because I had too many to move and I miss her to pieces. She wasn't broke to ride until 17 years old and I had her for 8 years. She had foundered before I bought her.

 

[horsejody]

If the horse is prone to founder, along with other supplements I would recommend one called Remission. You can purchase it online at www.horse.com. It helps horses with metabolic trouble metabolize sugar properly. It helps horses that tend to founder or be overweight a great deal. It has worked miracles at our place.

 

[RockyToggRanch]

His name is Bo-Gjango. He was very thin when I purchased him, but I don't think he had previous foot issues, although the seller was anything but honest about his age. She left the country and I have not been able to contact her with questions.

Here is a picture of Gjango with his friend Harry last summer. Gjango is the balck one. He's not as thin as he was 2 yrs ago and I'd like to see him put on a few more pounds, but the vet advised not to add weight right now. Harry was terribly fat when he got here. He came from the same place.

 

[horsejody]

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If he is registered, you should be able to determine his age. With the unusual spelling of the name I would guess it was a registered name.

 

[RockyToggRanch]

I was told that he's not registered. Is there a way to find out?

 

[katrinag]

Also food for thought a GOOD equine dentist can give you a pretty close age.
http://equisearch.com/horses_care/health/dentistry/eqdentist338/
If he is older he might be having troubles with his food intake and that can be a cause for founder.

 

[horsejody]

I would check with the breed registries of any breed that you think he might be. I would also check with the sport horse registry.

 

[RockyToggRanch]

I was thinking about finding a dentist. I wondered if that could be why he's so fussy about his hay. He had his teeth floated in the spring by the vet.

He's a TWH, I tried to google info when I got him, but came up empty handed.

 

[katrinag]

I have found with vets, they really do not spend the time with you and the horse as they should. Yes they are schooled but since that is not there only job to do they seem to rush or not care as much.

Howeve I have found with a TRUE equine dentist that they take the time to talk to you about there teeth and eating habbits. Since this is they only line of work they do they seem to offer great advice and knowledge. Not so much he said she said stuff.

Also with him being older you might need them to come out 2x a year.