Where does he look off?(horse)

[froggiesheins]

THATS why all the rain and greeness. Beautiful! I still lean towards navicular...toe pointing is a sign....Your best bet at this point is to get the farrier out to use the hoof testers on him and go from there.... Good luck petchickenlover..

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He despises stalls, if in one he usually tries to escape. I was told he had navicular, believing that they had him vetchecked, but when i asked again she said "I think it's navicular" so it made me wonder. He sometimes stands with the right leg (with the sock) in front of him. I'm in Western WA around the Oly area.

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I think there's a slight heat, but sometimes it feels like the other one is just cold.

 

[petchickenlover]

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Thanks! I'll ask the farrier when she's out

 

[itsy]

The boyfriend would like me to write: If one foot is hotter than the other consistently, you know for sure that it's a foot problem. He'd like me to say again: The horse should be on a low/no carb diet and needs to drop weight in order to be more comfortable. It'll reduce the odds of cushings and laminitis - which could lead to founder. Too bad we're not closer! He'd like to take a look at the horse in person. Please let us know what your farrier says!

 

[petchickenlover]

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I'll let you know. She's not out until Feb. 14th, however... I've lowered the amount of feed he's getting so hopefully he looses a few pounds

 

[Pebbles]

both front hooves have a ring about an inch or so down from the coronet band. There is another, fainter band about an inch below that one. Bands on hoofs signify trama of some kind-could be either external or internal (feed). I'm a big fan of bare foot BUT you need a person who really understands the equine foot. Many farriers believe barefoot trimming is just a hoof prepared for a shoe but not shod - NOT TRUE. My barefoot trimmer took a dirt cheap exshow horse with navicular (per x-rays and the vet) and in one year turned her around to be a serviceable mount. Only ouchy on real rocky areas. Here is her blog with pics and x-rays if your interested http://www.myhappyhooves.blogspot.com/.

All four of our horses are barefoot. We live in Arizona and trail ride in the rocky, shaley AZ hills and Mountains-they are never ouchy.

We have a gelding who periodically does what your gelding does. He is 14 years old - big quarter horse. He will go along fine and then suddenly he is ouchy-never any heat or swelling-never able to palpate a specific sore area, chiropractor and vet aren't really sure either-we all tend to lead to a chronic soft tissue old injury in his shoulder. He will act like your horse for a while then after about a month he is good to go again.

Abcesses usually clear up in a few weeks are so. If he has always been this way it is not an abcess. Good luck in your search.