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<blockquote data-quote="Suzie Q" data-source="post: 1116475" data-attributes="member: 14334"><p>I have a mare in the same boat Jilleroo. It seems that she has a lump on her coronet and it has actually deformed her hoof a bit, so that doesn't look good.</p><p></p><p>I hope the rains come for you sooner rather than later.</p><p>We went to a free BBQ and Equine Information Night put on by Norco. </p><p></p><p>There was a lecture on worming and a lecture on the Hendra Virus.</p><p></p><p>However, the most interesting lecture was by the vet. He did a lecture on what he called 'horses that owners would have put down that didn't need to be' and shudder it was of photos, so no warning other than that really when the first photo was put up and yes I would have called the vet to put it down. Everything gone from the front of the leg down to bone from the hock to the hoof. Tendons, meat, skin, all gone. I have doctored bad legs in the past and even I was squirming, the girl next to me was only a teenager.</p><p></p><p>He then said that they don't need the front of the leg, it will grow back - 6 months if you don't skin graft, a couple of months if you do skin graft after the proud flesh has grown back. If the back of the leg is gone down to bone then that is no good as you have lost all the blood vessels that are needed, but the front of the leg, they will heal. </p><p></p><p>The top of the bone will slough off as it is not supposed to be exposed to the air, but don't worry that is normal.</p><p></p><p>He takes the skin graft from the chest. Grows it in the fridge then puts it on the leg. You have to mark top and bottom as if you put it on upside down the hair will grow the wrong way and they look a bit funny if they were a chestnut with 4 white socks and the hair taken from the chest is chestnut, so they have a patch in the middle of their sock.</p><p></p><p>There was then supposed to be 2 videos of the horses walking normally afterwards, however unfortunately the videos didn't work and I would have liked to have seen them in trot and canter as well.</p><p></p><p>I didn't know that they were having door prizes until they started pulling out the form we filled out for them when we went in. The first 2 were given a liquid jug about 10 litres of somethingorother. They were in opaque bags, so I am not sure what it was. I don't usually take much notice as my name never gets called out, it is usually the person next to me though.</p><p></p><p>Then the big prize came out. A laundry basket full of stuff. WOW and hubby's name was pulled out. - Yes he was sitting next to me.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s16.photobucket.com/user/SuzieQ_/media/LuckyDoorPrize_zps20a102df.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b30/SuzieQ_/LuckyDoorPrize_zps20a102df.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>2 x wormers, 2 x electrolytes, a leather halter, a plastic halter and lead rope, curry combs, little esky, saddle blanket, rapigel, rug cleaner, rug waterproofer, shampoo, 2 x vet wrap bandages, a plastic bridle and a bit lifter and that is just what I can remember!! SCORE!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Suzie Q, post: 1116475, member: 14334"] I have a mare in the same boat Jilleroo. It seems that she has a lump on her coronet and it has actually deformed her hoof a bit, so that doesn't look good. I hope the rains come for you sooner rather than later. We went to a free BBQ and Equine Information Night put on by Norco. There was a lecture on worming and a lecture on the Hendra Virus. However, the most interesting lecture was by the vet. He did a lecture on what he called 'horses that owners would have put down that didn't need to be' and shudder it was of photos, so no warning other than that really when the first photo was put up and yes I would have called the vet to put it down. Everything gone from the front of the leg down to bone from the hock to the hoof. Tendons, meat, skin, all gone. I have doctored bad legs in the past and even I was squirming, the girl next to me was only a teenager. He then said that they don't need the front of the leg, it will grow back - 6 months if you don't skin graft, a couple of months if you do skin graft after the proud flesh has grown back. If the back of the leg is gone down to bone then that is no good as you have lost all the blood vessels that are needed, but the front of the leg, they will heal. The top of the bone will slough off as it is not supposed to be exposed to the air, but don't worry that is normal. He takes the skin graft from the chest. Grows it in the fridge then puts it on the leg. You have to mark top and bottom as if you put it on upside down the hair will grow the wrong way and they look a bit funny if they were a chestnut with 4 white socks and the hair taken from the chest is chestnut, so they have a patch in the middle of their sock. There was then supposed to be 2 videos of the horses walking normally afterwards, however unfortunately the videos didn't work and I would have liked to have seen them in trot and canter as well. I didn't know that they were having door prizes until they started pulling out the form we filled out for them when we went in. The first 2 were given a liquid jug about 10 litres of somethingorother. They were in opaque bags, so I am not sure what it was. I don't usually take much notice as my name never gets called out, it is usually the person next to me though. Then the big prize came out. A laundry basket full of stuff. WOW and hubby's name was pulled out. - Yes he was sitting next to me. [url=http://s16.photobucket.com/user/SuzieQ_/media/LuckyDoorPrize_zps20a102df.jpg.html][img]http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b30/SuzieQ_/LuckyDoorPrize_zps20a102df.jpg[/img][/url] 2 x wormers, 2 x electrolytes, a leather halter, a plastic halter and lead rope, curry combs, little esky, saddle blanket, rapigel, rug cleaner, rug waterproofer, shampoo, 2 x vet wrap bandages, a plastic bridle and a bit lifter and that is just what I can remember!! SCORE!!! [/QUOTE]
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