My little filly foal was very down on her feels when she was born, as she was very crumpled i just keep an eye on it, hoping she'd come up.
However she didn't and by 4 weeks old we had the farrier out, he said she wasn't great but not the worse he'd seen, he trimmed her and said to monitor her, she might come up with just corrective trimming, however there would be chance she'd need supports to bring her up.
That was 2 weeks ago and although when she stood she was down on her heels the back when she walked she was on her hooves.
Past few days though i noticed her go right down and now when walking she is on her heels and when i was looking at her this morning it looked like she was starting to go on the heels at the front as well!
Called farrier who said time to get vet involved so she is booked in on thursday, will be guided by vet/farrier on how we go about correcting her.
But this is the first foal we've ever had go down on the heels, so no experiance of this. Do they come up eventually? What sort of treatment might be looking at? And is this something heredority? Neither parents have ever had foals who have done this but not really sure about all this!
Advice/Experiances please.
However she didn't and by 4 weeks old we had the farrier out, he said she wasn't great but not the worse he'd seen, he trimmed her and said to monitor her, she might come up with just corrective trimming, however there would be chance she'd need supports to bring her up.
That was 2 weeks ago and although when she stood she was down on her heels the back when she walked she was on her hooves.
Past few days though i noticed her go right down and now when walking she is on her heels and when i was looking at her this morning it looked like she was starting to go on the heels at the front as well!
Called farrier who said time to get vet involved so she is booked in on thursday, will be guided by vet/farrier on how we go about correcting her.
But this is the first foal we've ever had go down on the heels, so no experiance of this. Do they come up eventually? What sort of treatment might be looking at? And is this something heredority? Neither parents have ever had foals who have done this but not really sure about all this!
Advice/Experiances please.