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Scarlet's last foal was born with her legs bending backwards at the knees.  She was a twin, but the twin died around 100 days and Spice had too much room to move around.  She was put on stall rest for several weeks after she was born and as she grew and put stress on her legs, they strengthened enough to where we could let her out.  She's 2 years old now and her legs are just fine.

 

Rae

Tall C Arabians - Central

Jessica Spoone-Raines <jspoone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The barn I am boarding at had a pair of twins born. The bigger is a real spitfire, nicely formed and loves to run and play. The smaller is as sweet as can be but his front legs are bent to the right at the knees, they hinge correctly, its like they are too weak to support him. The owner had the vet look at him and she was told to wean him off him dam (he was about a week old) and bottle feed him, confine him to a stall so he uses them less. Well she has done that and he is doing *okay* but nothing is changing with his knees. I believe she was told he didn't receive the nutrition in utero that he needed to fully develop them and hence they are too weak to support his weight. She has him on supplements to try and get what he needs into his system and his appetite is good, he rests a lot laying down. My question is does anybody know of or has treated a foal like this before successfully? I can get pictures of his legs for anybody that would like, this lady has had so much loss in her life recently that we are trying to make sure she doesn't lose this little guy too. Everything else about him is great, especially his attitude.

Jess Spoone-Raines