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<blockquote data-quote="randiliana" data-source="post: 615094" data-attributes="member: 2308"><p>If he is walking on the hoof part of the time then I wouldn't do anything about it. By now (week old) he should be walking on the tippy toes at the very least if he is going to come out of it on his own. </p><p></p><p>But every now and then you come across one that only walks on the front of the fetlock. If that is the case, you will need to splint him. As said before, a piece of plastic tube will work wonders. Has to be long enough to go from the coronet band to the knee. You want it below the knee so he can still bend it. Pad it well, especially around the top and bottom and place it over the leg. Duct tape it together. You must check on it at least once a day, and after a couple days I would think about taking it off for a few hours, and forcing him to walk on the foot without the splint. The splint forces the tendons to stretch, it does not strengthen them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="randiliana, post: 615094, member: 2308"] If he is walking on the hoof part of the time then I wouldn't do anything about it. By now (week old) he should be walking on the tippy toes at the very least if he is going to come out of it on his own. But every now and then you come across one that only walks on the front of the fetlock. If that is the case, you will need to splint him. As said before, a piece of plastic tube will work wonders. Has to be long enough to go from the coronet band to the knee. You want it below the knee so he can still bend it. Pad it well, especially around the top and bottom and place it over the leg. Duct tape it together. You must check on it at least once a day, and after a couple days I would think about taking it off for a few hours, and forcing him to walk on the foot without the splint. The splint forces the tendons to stretch, it does not strengthen them. [/QUOTE]
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