Comments - Havoc canters under saddle... - Barnmice Equestrian Social Community2024-03-29T01:36:23Zhttp://www.barnmice.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=1773158%3ABlogPost%3A716627&xn_auth=noThe depo doesn't actually see…tag:www.barnmice.com,2014-02-10:1773158:Comment:7165672014-02-10T15:02:28.399ZMagsNMehttp://www.barnmice.com/profile/ShariCoward
<p>The depo doesn't actually seem to be helping Mo, so she's had her last shot of it. She's a crazy horse, that one, but tons of fun. When I was taking her to the new facility, I got part way up the driveway and it started to slide back, so I ended up with my truck against the snow on the left side, trailer angled across but still on the road (ravine on the other side). Mo, being Miss BeenThereDoneThat, waited. I got out into snow over my knee, around to the off side, where, because it's a…</p>
<p>The depo doesn't actually seem to be helping Mo, so she's had her last shot of it. She's a crazy horse, that one, but tons of fun. When I was taking her to the new facility, I got part way up the driveway and it started to slide back, so I ended up with my truck against the snow on the left side, trailer angled across but still on the road (ravine on the other side). Mo, being Miss BeenThereDoneThat, waited. I got out into snow over my knee, around to the off side, where, because it's a 2+1, there's a ramp. So, she marches out the ramp, takes a sharp left (to avoid ravine), and I head up the driveway with her. The barn manager meets me part way with her bomb proof horse to pony her. Mo is like I do this ten times a day, no problem. Pop her in a paddock, thanks for the hay... That, is a cool horse.</p>
<p>Maggie broke the cannon that her foot was most turned in on, which was no doubt contributing as well. There's just no way to know what caused it in the end. I'll never block a horse without an x-ray now either, but we don't know if we'd have seen anything. </p>
<p>It sure colours what you do and look for. Havoc's Mom has 28 degrees rotation of her coffin bone after a freak intense acute laminitis attack at 4. I now have a foot fetish, can't stop looking at Havoc's feet. She also grew too fast as a yearling and had surgery to cut her superior check ligaments... Havoc didn't get anything resembling grain until he was at least 2. I check backs religiously because I'm paranoid. Havoc won't show at the local facility until he's probably 6 because we had a young horse blow a splint there (footing is a bit sticky)... and the list goes on...</p> Maggie's bone breaking may ha…tag:www.barnmice.com,2014-02-10:1773158:Comment:7166472014-02-10T14:26:46.651ZJackie Cochranhttp://www.barnmice.com/profile/JackieCochran
<p>Maggie's bone breaking may have had other contributing causes. I remember reading long ago in a book by Dr. Rooney that too much alfalfa with young horses can cause bone cysts when the bone grows too rapidly, thus weakening the bone enough so it can break. Too much wheat bran (check the ingredient list on your feed) can also weaken bone because the phytic acid in the wheat prevents the calcium uptake in the bones. The years of depo-provera probably did not help but I doubt that it was the…</p>
<p>Maggie's bone breaking may have had other contributing causes. I remember reading long ago in a book by Dr. Rooney that too much alfalfa with young horses can cause bone cysts when the bone grows too rapidly, thus weakening the bone enough so it can break. Too much wheat bran (check the ingredient list on your feed) can also weaken bone because the phytic acid in the wheat prevents the calcium uptake in the bones. The years of depo-provera probably did not help but I doubt that it was the only cause of the break. </p>
<p>Plus there is just bad luck, I've had plenty of that. None of this will make you feel less guilty, hey I still feel guilty about my horses decades after they died.</p>
<p>If Mo does not NEED the depo-provera I personally would not give it to her. If she NEEDS it, do the lowest dose possible!</p>