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Post by cassy251875 on Dec 9, 2009 11:15:59 GMT
Hi, I have a tb filly foal. She has been kept in a large barn and was on haylage and hard feed, although quite lean and certainly not overweight. I noticed that her hind fetlock joints appeared to be swollen and warm , so i dropped the feed off and put her on hay presuming that perhaps she was being overfed? It has now been a couple of weeks and she constantly stands awkwardly on her o/s hind, ( a lazy stance ,like over the vertical), and last night her n/s front fetlock has got heat in it?? She is not lame at all in any pace??? Any ideas anyone?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2009 12:26:53 GMT
I would get the vet- may be joint ill.
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Post by hacklover on Dec 9, 2009 16:53:49 GMT
I would deffo get the vet to look. has the farrier trimmed her? Poss too much protein in diet.
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Post by sarahp on Dec 9, 2009 17:29:06 GMT
I second vet too, sounds like either joint ill or a developmental problem.
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Post by cassy251875 on Dec 10, 2009 9:19:30 GMT
Vet coming to have a look today, she is 9 months old i thought joint ill was something young foals were susceptible too?
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Post by sarahp on Dec 11, 2009 9:32:32 GMT
True! I have had it later but not that late. Good luck.
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