Can a horse really recuperate after being injured in real life?
If so, why does everyone say you have to shoot a horse if it's injured?
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Absolutely. It depends on the extent of an injury and where as to whether a horse need be euthanized. This instance IMO was close to being to that point.
shareVet medicine for big animals has progressed to the extent that it is not always necessary to euthanize a horse. However, that said, it is also extremely expensive and the facilities that could treat big animals are not numerous. Also, if the animal is a valuable horse for breeding purposes usually, the chances of owners putting out the money to save a severely injured horse is a significant factor. Insured horses such as show horses and race horses at the top end are more likely to be sent to such hospital facilities. Working cow ponies and backyard recreational horses are less likely to get the full treatment that say, Barbaro received when he broke his leg. In the end, even the best surgery and equine facility in the country couldn't save the Kentucky Derby winner.
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shareYES!! SOME OF IT ANYWAY!!:
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I was only trying to help you get some more exposure (and answer your question—you're welcome, by the way), and this is the gratitude I get? Remind me never to do you any more favors. But I still feel pity for you.
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Can a horse really recuperate after being injured in real life?
If so, why does everyone say you have to shoot a horse if it's injured?
rarely hoist the flag did, but exception. poor barbaro was worked on for 7 months sadly died
shareShantaar-2;
Your "exception" is described in the last paragraph of the last OP's entry - that complications from too much weight bearing on the other legs, in Barbaro's case Laminitis. Horses are basically ambulating on tiptoe, on one "nail" as it were. Are you familiar with old torture method of slivers under the nails of people? That's tantamount to what horses feel when the hoof wall separates from the internal structure, and that' s the only nail they have to support their weight. In addtion to the added weight on the remaining hooves, stress alone can cause Laminitis, and putting them in a sling can take the weight off the hooves, but causes great stress by the horse feeling trapped, as that are primarily a flight animal.
Barbaro did not die from his injuries, but was humanely euthanized when the Vets and the owners saw the painful effects of his Laminitis which was progressing beyond intervention.
Horses these days are not shot (either with a traditional bullet out a retractable bolt pistol), but are given an intravenous injection with a veterinary euthanasia solution (basically a quick barbiturate overdose).
These days horses can be recovered in a water bath, to reduce and even eliminate the reciprocal injuries upon recovery. The recovery of Ruffian, the filly that match-raced Foolish Pleasure back in the 70's and shattered her right front fetlock (ankle), is what ended her life - she apparently reshatteted her fetlock and freshly broke her elbow in the thrashing. She would not have survived a second prolonged surgery, so they euthanized her. Would that they had a water recovery unit...
Kind of late to the game...But I spent a lot of this summer at UC Davis's Large Animal Hospital, and I was AMAZED at the lengths some of their clients went to to heal their horses. There was a stallion in a sling with a broken leg that was there from May until we finally brought our critter home in September. I have no idea if he even left or survived. When people have put thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands, into a horse, they'll oftentimes go to any lengths, even to the detriment of the animal. Hell, I spent $9K to heal up a free, rescued alpaca. So it all depends on the owner and the injury to the animal, as well as what facilities are nearby.
And the previous poster is right-on; it all depends on the type of injury because equines need all four legs to support their weight, whereas other animals, like goats and cows, who support their weight on their front legs, can live with a missing hind leg. There are even vets working on prosthetics for equines. I know of one donkey who has a prosthetic leg and seems to be doing very well.
I have three horses, two Arabians and one Thoroughbred, and they're all over twenty. They were all rescued, even though at one time they were very valuable horses. Because they are 20, 23, and 33, respectively, if one of them broke a leg, I would call the vet out to euthanize immediately. My attitude is different, though, because I do rescue. I consider where funds should best be spent, and many times, giving an older or severely injured animal a dignified, peaceful death in their own pasture is better than putting it through extremely stressful (and expensive) transport and veterinary intervention. That money can be spent rescuing another horse or horses from a neglect or kill-auction situation.
May I just say; you have a lot of courage, and a lot of compassion.
One doesn't get that way in the beginning. You must have had to make many heart and head-guided decisions--that you wished dearly you didn't have to make.
Just as one person, I'm glad those under your care have you. So many are lost; at least some are recognized, known, cherished.
Thank you.