So I got the vet out to give Flynn a once over, got bloods done to check selenium, magnesium etc. Had a chat about the oats and the over the top spooking and he said every horse can have a different reaction to different things and to try him off the oats & see how he goes. I then mentioned how Flynn was extremely hard to get going & that the oats were to pep him up a little & that we'd had a decent crash at the SH on the weekend, so what was going on?
He did point out that altough the levels in Flynn's feet were spot on, he did say that the toes were way too long. He proved it by doing a flexion test and Flynn spazzing out as soon as he started prodding and poking around.
End prognosis was extremely sore shoulders, and extremely honest pony for trying to carry on like he was, when he was pretty much walking on his heels and overusing the wrong parts of his body. I was mortified, but as he pointed out, Flynn was only sitting at 5 weeks, wasn't even due for shoeing for another week and that a lot of people do it. Didn't help but we put him on bute for a week as the farrier couldn't get out earlier. Time for a mini break for the McFlynder!
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