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Anyone w/ experience w/ frozen hooves on valuable calves?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ozhorse" data-source="post: 1114893" data-attributes="member: 18575"><p>Have a read of the link on Stepahead farms of the case study of the horse that lost its entire hoof. My sheep also lost their entire hooves, both claws - and had been wandering around on dry burnt ground for about two weeks some of them before we started treating them. Our rams were not as bad but we specially kept flock sheep going that had totally lost their hooves as a case study </p><p></p><p>a) for ourselves as a test model in case we had problems a bit later with expensive rams and </p><p>b) as case studies for people like yourselves because there was so little information I could easily find on what to do about lost hooves and because vets generally just said shoot them because they might hurt later. </p><p></p><p>Re-read the post and the links, the advice is for if hooves are gone, as well as if they are going to go.</p><p>Some of our sheep, and a horse on the Stepahead website - live without a pedal bone in the end of the leg. </p><p>With only one foot affected you should be able to get her through. We rehabilitated sheep that eventually lost 6 of 8 claws. They dont have pretty feet now, and they are not totally sound but they live a comfortable life in with the rest of the 3500 sheep flock. </p><p></p><p>Many vets may not have personal experience with lost hooves, and while it is right to say that it is not usually worthwhile in a commercial situation to bother, if you have other reasons, like sentimental or the animal is special in some way like yours is it may be worth keeping them going. </p><p></p><p>Most of the treatment is just ongoing bandaging and padding of the end of the leg. </p><p></p><p>If the either one or both claws are gone I would suggest wrapping it up immediately just to keep the foot clean and reduce the damage so you can preserve the option of keeping her going if you want to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ozhorse, post: 1114893, member: 18575"] Have a read of the link on Stepahead farms of the case study of the horse that lost its entire hoof. My sheep also lost their entire hooves, both claws - and had been wandering around on dry burnt ground for about two weeks some of them before we started treating them. Our rams were not as bad but we specially kept flock sheep going that had totally lost their hooves as a case study a) for ourselves as a test model in case we had problems a bit later with expensive rams and b) as case studies for people like yourselves because there was so little information I could easily find on what to do about lost hooves and because vets generally just said shoot them because they might hurt later. Re-read the post and the links, the advice is for if hooves are gone, as well as if they are going to go. Some of our sheep, and a horse on the Stepahead website - live without a pedal bone in the end of the leg. With only one foot affected you should be able to get her through. We rehabilitated sheep that eventually lost 6 of 8 claws. They dont have pretty feet now, and they are not totally sound but they live a comfortable life in with the rest of the 3500 sheep flock. Many vets may not have personal experience with lost hooves, and while it is right to say that it is not usually worthwhile in a commercial situation to bother, if you have other reasons, like sentimental or the animal is special in some way like yours is it may be worth keeping them going. Most of the treatment is just ongoing bandaging and padding of the end of the leg. If the either one or both claws are gone I would suggest wrapping it up immediately just to keep the foot clean and reduce the damage so you can preserve the option of keeping her going if you want to. [/QUOTE]
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