| Title: | Equine Notes Conference |
| Notice: | Topics List=4, Horses 4Sale/Wanted=150, Equip 4Sale/Wanted=151 |
| Moderator: | MTADMS::COBURN IO |
| Created: | Tue Feb 11 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 2080 |
| Total number of notes: | 22383 |
My horse often has warm feet. I was wondering if I should be
concerned about this or not? They are warmer in the evening and
luke warm in the morning but never cool. I thought that the feet were
suppose to be cool.
My blacksmith says that probably the way she is. Another friend
experienced horse person says that she is not over weight and not to
worry about founder. But I'm still leary. I've only had her for 5
months so maybe that is they way she is.
She does have little feet size 00 and is 15hh. I did have a horse
founder once and she had small feet too. I may be over concerned about
this but I would like to see what others think. Thanks in advance
Becky
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| 1678.1 | Have you asked your vet? | DECWET::JDADDAMIO | Montar con orgullo | Wed Nov 04 1992 15:13 | 3 |
Why not ask your vet about the feet the next time she or he comes out?
I don't think 00 feet are terribly small for a 15 h horse.
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| 1678.2 | maybe you just have cold hands ;-) | CARTUN::MISTOVICH | Wed Nov 04 1992 17:13 | 5 | |
I find that the apparent temperature of any horse's feet varies depending
on the outside temperature and your own temperature.
If I have any question about the temperature of a horse's feet, I will
check one or two others for comparison.
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| 1678.3 | DELNI::KEIRAN | Thu Nov 05 1992 07:38 | 10 | ||
I find with my horses when their feet are warm, especially in one
area that they are sore for some reason. My filly's left front
inside was very warm last week, and when the blacksmith came he
dug a quarter crack out of her heel! I knew that was coming though
because of the way she was being shod by another blacksmith, too
high on the inside.
Like a previous noter said, that could just be the horse too. You
could try to poultice her feet, and see if that draws any of the heat
out.
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| 1678.4 | Thanks | ASDG::PARSONS | Thu Nov 05 1992 15:24 | 6 | |
Thanks for the input. I will ask my vet, next time he comes.
Probably the way she is. I'm probably paranoid! I don't have another
horse in the barn to compare.
Bp
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| 1678.5 | you should check often | KAHALA::HOLMES | Fri Nov 06 1992 12:51 | 10 | |
I was told by a race trainer that you should check your
horses legs and feet every day. Then you will notice
a change.
Warm - cold is so relative if you don't check all the
time. General circulation problems may give different
feelings in different limbs.
Bill
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