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Post by cardicorgi on Feb 26, 2008 13:14:55 GMT -5
How's he doing?
I'm late to this, but false dandelion can cause stringhalt.
I've known two horses who developed stringhalt after ingesting false dandelion in an overgrazed pasture - - one was very young, one was very old. I believe both of them recovered fully, but it took some time.
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Post by huskiesnhorses on Feb 26, 2008 13:18:35 GMT -5
How's he doing? I'm late to this, but false dandelion can cause stringhalt. I've known two horses who developed stringhalt after ingesting false dandelion in an overgrazed pasture - - one was very young, one was very young. I believe both of them recovered fully, but it took some time. Was one very young? sorry - I just could NOT resist! You know I luvs ya!
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Post by cardicorgi on Feb 26, 2008 13:53:05 GMT -5
Ha ha whoops ;D
Sorry SLA!
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Post by Rose on Feb 26, 2008 14:02:55 GMT -5
How's he doing? I'm late to this, but false dandelion can cause stringhalt. I've known two horses who developed stringhalt after ingesting false dandelion in an overgrazed pasture - - one was very young, one was very old. I believe both of them recovered fully, but it took some time. He's doing pretty good. I'll post pictures again soon. Vet says it's Fibrotic Myopathy. Says his prognosis is good. Vet wants to do a soundness check in the summer. He had me feel the fibrotic mass in his back thigh. Says it's a mild case. Had him out in the arena with my other gelding for a much needed run. The Vet also says the Selinium injection could of caused him to blow his coat or just getting proper nutrition. Anyone ever hear of such a thing? My poor guy looks like a Chemo patient.
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Post by Gingersmom-Tate on Feb 26, 2008 14:30:14 GMT -5
I've seen losing almost the entire coat with my own eyes on Tate, I bought Tate in Jan and by March her entire back was just her black hide, no hair at all. My vet assured me it was a combination of the rainrot, lice and poor body score she came with and the sudden change to a healthy diet and antifungal spray. It all grew back within about 3 weeks.
*and I felt the same way, I thought she would be a bald horse to match my boyfriend Neil's head* lol
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Post by Rose on Feb 26, 2008 15:49:19 GMT -5
Once again some pictures of Cairo. Thanks again to Megan for holding him so I could take a couple shots while the sun was out. Couldn't keep him out in it too long for fear of sunburning him. You can see he is coming along very nicely.
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Post by cardicorgi on Feb 26, 2008 16:11:49 GMT -5
He looks bright! I'll have to go read up on fibrotic myopathy. I haven't heard of selenium causing coat blow, but I am not surprised to hear that malnutrition and then the recovery from it could cause it. Plus, *most* horses around the Pdx area that I know are blowing coat as their spring coat comes in... It'll be better in no time.
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Post by Rose on Feb 26, 2008 16:17:23 GMT -5
He looks bright! I'll have to go read up on fibrotic myopathy. Cardicorgi~ He's always had that bright eye'd look. It's what attracted me to him. I almost called him "Bright Eyes" Good luck finding info on Fibrotic Myopathy. I haven't had much luck finding any good info on it. If you find anything of interest would you let me know. R
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Post by schwung on Feb 26, 2008 23:03:13 GMT -5
He looks great already!! That is very wonderful to see! Thank you again for taking him in.
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Post by jodycat on Feb 29, 2008 20:29:59 GMT -5
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Post by Rose on Apr 28, 2008 23:43:15 GMT -5
Due to unforeseen circumstances, namely a bad riding accident which put me in the hospital, Cairo has been rehomed to a great gal who wanted a horse for trail riding. My accident was on my other gelding. I will post updates as I hear them. I will post pictures of him when I visit him on Sat.
Rose
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Post by Rose on Apr 29, 2008 2:35:44 GMT -5
I do not appreciate being bad mouthed by another board member over having to re-home this horse. It was a very difficult decision and to make another person feel worse than they already do is wrong. Is this the way people are treated after saving a horse's life? So just to set the record straight I did not sell this horse. Shortly after he arrived I had some signifigant life changes and I gave him away because I could not justify keeping a horse that I could not afford. He got the best care while I had him and was healthy and loved. To be called a deadbeat and a jerk is very hurtful.
Rose
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Post by schwung on Apr 29, 2008 2:44:47 GMT -5
Did I miss something? Where is this badmouthing happening?
I think that anyone who contributed towards getting Cairo safe does deserve to know what happened to him. Concerns should be made privately however, and since I cannot see any posts at all on this thread, I assume they are?
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Post by cat67 on Apr 29, 2008 9:35:34 GMT -5
My advice would be to invite the new owner here to provide updates. I don't know more than what you've posted here, but that would be a good way to make anyone who helped this horse feel more confident about where he is now.
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Post by slew on Apr 29, 2008 10:09:52 GMT -5
Must have missed something?
anyway, yes, please let the owner know to let us know how Cairo is doing...and we would love pictures.
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