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    RE: [RC] Navicular - Maryanne Stroud Gabbani


    No offense taken. The fact is that unless you are unbelievably wealthy or lucky enough to have inherited a bunch of arable land, our horses spend way too much time in boxes. We don't have space for sufficient turnout. Bunduq hasn't been shod for about 2 years now as there was no point in it and we are waiting for the vet to come from Pennsylvania to do a couple more xrays and then discuss. Right now I'm experimenting with walks on different surfaces to see what happens. Hard ground leaves him lame for a day or two so today I will try sand (desert) but of course that also has rocks in it...everything here does. Since he's not going anywhere, we have the rest of Bunduq's life to figure it out.

    Maryanne Stroud Gabbani
    Cairo, Egypt
    maryanne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    www.ratbusters.net

     
     
     
     Dr. Bowker sees navicular disease as a people problem and that it is often a result of the horse being a "stall potato".

    I am not trying to say there is anything wrong with your management practices Maryanne, but perhaps all of the stall rest your horse was forced into because of injuries is part of the reason for the navicular spur. I'm no vet here, just throwing out some information I came across....and waiting for your thoughts... :)

    Lysane





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