Whats wrong with filly's legs???

[kaykay]

She really looks to have issues in all 4 legs. Just in case anyone new is reading--I agree with the above that with leg issues this extreme its best to get a vet opinion as soon as they are born. Some treatments work best when they are first born.

Sending good thoughts for your sweet girl

 

[albahurst]

I like to use Rejuvenaide, by Progressive Nutrition, for any limb issues in foals. I am glad your vet will be checking her out~

Keep us posted-

 

[Charlotte]

In the most recent pictures of your filly it appears that she is soft (weak) in her hind pasterns which allows the fetlock joint to drop down which in turn causes the hock and stifle to have to be too 'straight'. I would certainly do as Albahurst suggested and put the filly on Progressive's Rejuvenaid. It is a liquid supplement that you just squirt a small amount in the mouth. It is specific vitamins and minerals that can assist with ligament and tendon issues.

I have seen this a number of times in new born foals but also in older full size performance horses with damaged ligaments and tendons. There isn't much that can be done for the old horses, but the youngsters are this way for an entirely different reason and most I have followed have a good outcome.

Good luck with your beautiful filly.

Charlotte

 

[Zipper]

Have you had any news from your vet?

 

[hunnybunny]

I have a vet appt set up for tomorrow evening.....so I'll let you know what he says....

Thanks for all the advice and well wishes!

 

[hunnybunny]

Well....we went to the equine vet with my little filly, but dont know much more than we did.

Actually, I knew more about it than the vet did, thanks to you guys...LoL

He watched her walk, flexed her legs a little, checked her hooves, hocks, stifle, etc, and said he would do some research and see what he would come up with. I told him about Ohmt's filly having the same looking problem, and grew out of it. I also told him about the rejuvenaide helping.

So he said, " OK, lets try this "Foal-aide" (basically the same thing) and see if she grows out of it. I will check her again in 30 days"

Hmmmm. Then he wrote me a nice bill......

Hopefully he will come up with something.

Maybe she will grow out of it....but what if she dont.....

I am scared to wait around to see, and then be too late to intervene....

 

[Zipper]

Do you have a equine vet. close to you or ask your vet to consult with one which he could do the x-rays or tell them what you are dealing with and they would help him or contact them yourself and give your vets name and number.

We have asked our vet to do that when are horse was having growing problems with his front legs and we would of lost him if they had of consulted with each other. It was some drug where he had to take 140 pills a day. I am so glad we insisted on having this done.

I didnt take I dont know for a answer as I knew there was something wrong.

 

[albahurst]

I would certainly encourage you to find another vet- an equine specialist- if you can.

 

[hunnybunny]

I am hoping that he is going to talk to his vet/ office partner tomorrow and see what he may know about this. And if HE doesnt, maybe they will contact other vets that may have dealt with this before. I will ask him myself to get opinions from other vets when I talk to him again. I'm sure someone knows of a way to correct this, or if I should very well leave it alone and hope she grows out of it.

 

[Maxi'sMinis]

If you have flat pastures you can build dirt mounds to play on. I have added dirt mounds in all of my fields and all the horses play on them, it has greatly added to the strength in their legs and gives them the opportunity to really use their leg muscles when they have to pump up the hill. They climb them and play king of the hill and run around the mounds after each other. It is quite comical to watch. Hoping for the best for your little girl.

 

[stormy]

Your filly looks very much like a foal some friends had only theirs was a bit more severe. In that case the foal did not have the groove that holds the kneecap in place, he was worse though as he could not stand at birth. The baby required surgery to repair the problem and is now normal.....but it sure does look like a stifle issue to me. Also had a broodmare, arabian, on the farm I worked at in California...she had the same conformation in her hind legs, was a rupture of the tendon in the stifle area.