This is Ebony (Eby) who as you can see needs a bit of weight on. She also has a very sore hip - no one is quite sure when it became sore - it was sore immediately after she foaled and may have been sore up to a month or so before that. This makes it a bit difficult to figure out what might be wrong with it of course. Hopefully the vet will have an idea. For some unknown reason her tail is also falling out. I am hoping the vetadine and neem bath she is going to get this afternoon will help that before it goes completely bald.
And this is Eby's six week old baby Annie. She's a feisty wee madam despite her very crooked legs. The best treatment for foals with legs like these is to keep them confined and to get a vet to look at the options which include splints, corrective shoeing and possibly surgery. The earlier treatment is started the more likely there is to be a good outcome. Unfortunately Annie has been turned out on hills and had no treatment. The vet is coming on Monday to have a look, fingers crossed it isn't too late to do something.
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Holy sh*t Kay, how old is that poor foal? We've been giving a 2 week old 2 hourly physio 24/7 for the last three nights and she has one leg deviation not dissimilar to that foal - hers is due to compensating for contracted tendons when feeding from her dam. she's been under vet supervision/treatment since the day she was born and has just had her second 3 day course of oxytetracycline (for tendons). She is not ours, I have been helping friends nurse her. She's still got a long way to go but today was D-day and vet still happy to treat her and possibly operate next week. If we had not got her heels down, she would've been pts today. Good luck with the new baby!!!
Sorry, I re-read and see she is 6 weeks. Poor thing :o(
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