Kid's front legs wont bend

[Livinwright Farm]

overcompensating for her lack of height a bit, eh?

 

[20kidsonhill]

The twins we had that came from a set of triplets came out with the front legs, bent at the knee, all the way. They would have had to army crawl around. We had to pull the doe, because of how crippled they were. They were the two bigger kids and the third of the triplets was a little runt of a thing, but normal.

I do beleive that was a year we got lazy on the Selenium shots and didn't give them unti the last week of pregnancy, after the first couple does had kidded and I wasn't impressed with the kids.

Then I went, oh crap, we didn't give selenium shots. It is amazing how quickly that stuff starts working.

 

[hdad23]

Thanks so much for the help. Both of her legs look almost like the ones in the picture that helmstead posted. We never had any problems before, so we didnt know about the BoSe injection. Her legs seem to be getting a little bit stronger each day and we are going to try and take her to the vet soon, but it doesnt look like much can be done. She's still very healthy otherwise, eating a lot, and her mom is taking very good care of her. She doesnt seem to be in any pain at all. If her legs don't get any better would it be possible to not have her put down as long as she can get around and still eat and is not in any pain?

 

[PattySh]

I am going to mention this because of what happened me me recently. I had a very old pony that was a rescue that had chronic founder. Her "family" had turned her out on unlimited pasture. It took me a year of constant every 3 week trimming to get her feet in shape. For 4 years that we had her she was very comfortable, we were able to get her feet right and keep weight on her and she even became useable as a cart horse and light riding on grass. Kids(and I) loved her. The last year she refoundered bad we struggled to keep weight on her and decided that coming fall we would put her down as winter would be too hard on her. We doted on her that final summer as she had a pretty neglected life before coming here. I mentioned to anyone local we saw our intentions as the pony was a bit thin, she was far from emaciated. We were feeding her all she could eat,plus supplements. Unexpectedly, Animal control showed up at our door late summer (luckily he was a friend of mine) and said a neighbor complained. He urged us and we euthanized the pony immediately, broke my heart as I wasn't ready AND she was comfortable. KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS in today's world before you keep an animal with such issues. It draws negative attention.

 

[hdad23]

I am going to mention this because of what happened me me recently. I had a very old pony that was a rescue that had chronic founder. Her "family" had turned her out on unlimited pasture. It took me a year of constant every 3 week trimming to get her feet in shape. For 4 years that we had her she was very comfortable, we were able to get her feet right and keep weight on her and she even became useable as a cart horse and light riding on grass. Kids(and I) loved her. The last year she refoundered bad we struggled to keep weight on her and decided that coming fall we would put her down as winter would be too hard on her. We doted on her that final summer as she had a pretty neglected life before coming here. I mentioned to anyone local we saw our intentions as the pony was a bit thin, she was far from emaciated. We were feeding her all she could eat,plus supplements. Unexpectedly, Animal control showed up at our door late summer (luckily he was a friend of mine) and said a neighbor complained. He urged us and we euthanized the pony immediately, broke my heart as I wasn't ready AND she was comfortable. KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS in today's world before you keep an animal with such issues. It draws negative attention.

Thanks for sharing your story. I'm not sure what my neighbors would do. It's just such a hard decision because she's such a beautiful baby, and everyone has become so attached to her already. It would break my heart to have her put down. We'll just give her some time and see what the vet says and then go from there.