Monday, February 21, 2011

Seamus has an ouchie :(

Yesterday Seamus had a bit of heat in both of his front hooves when I went out for the day and since I couldn't find any particular reason, I suspected a touch of laminitis, maybe brought on by a change of hay. I switched to a local source the last time I bought hay when we had been getting it from a dealer who buys from Ohio. The new mixed grass hay I got from the local farmer undoubtedly had bluegrass in it which is a bad grass for having lots of sugar in it. I called the farmer today and he confirmed that it was a bluegrass/orchard/timothy mix. Is Seamus sensitive to starch? I don't know yet, but for the time being his hay is getting soaked to reduce sugars.

But of course, for more fun today, Seamus had blown an abcess on the foot which I thought he looked more sore on yesterday. The vet is coming tomorrow afternoon... I needed to get him in anyways to do yearly shots and Coggins on the mares and Seamus needs his teeth floated, so this was a good a time as any to make the call. So tonight Seamus is in with a foot pack, some bute, and a tote full of soaked hay!

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