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Discussion on 3 days old, wobbly in hind legs
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aletao
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Posted on Saturday, May 15, 2010 - 11:12 am:
Maximus was born this Wednesday (May 12) after a relatively difficult birth (poor presentation, but all worked out within 30 minutes or so). He is a very long legged colt. While in the stall, he seems to have full control of his legs. When I turned him and Mama out while cleaning their stall, I noticed him to be "wobbly" on the hind legs. It seems that the hocks will not stay in alignment with the rest of his hind end. I put them back in their stall after the stall was cleaned.
Question 1: Am I doing the right thing by limiting exercise?
Question 2: If limited exercise is needed, will a 20-30 minute jaunt once or twice a day hurt things?
Thanks for your help. It's Saturday, and I'd really rather not call my vet until he's back in the office unless I need to.
Aleta
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DrO
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Posted on Sunday, May 16, 2010 - 11:32 am:
Hello Aleta,
It is within the range of normal for some amount of laxity to be present in a newborn and whether your foals has so much that full turn out is contraindicated is a judgement call that will require examining the foal. If you are uncertain whether the degree of laxity is normal or not you should continue to limit exercise to a stall or small paddock until the foal can be looked at and a judgement made.
DrO
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Member:
aletao
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Posted on Sunday, May 16, 2010 - 1:00 pm:
Thanks. He's out in a small paddock now, and seems a little stronger. Will consult the vet tomorrow.
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DrO
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Posted on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 7:46 am:
Improvement suggests you are doing the right thing.
DrO
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morg1
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Posted on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 9:55 pm:
I had a colt born May 8th that had a little laxity in his hocks like you described. It only lasted 2 or 3 days. I also named him Maximus. 
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aletao
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Posted on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 11:01 pm:
What a coincidence. We named our Maximus such because he was so danged big. At least those hind legs seemed to go on forever while Mama was trying her best to deliver him.
I think that my Max's second name will be Baddas, as he's a feisty little unafraid colt that likes to run around and try to kick humans.
Best of luck to you and your Maximus.
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morg1
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Posted on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 11:44 pm:
Thanks, my Maximus won't be so large mom is only 14.3 and dad is 14.2, so I thought he needed a big name to make him feel like he's something.  I just call him Max.
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