In an effort to take my mind off the endless cycle of tending sick children, a friend sent me the following image below. Let's play a bit of a game- can anyone tell what this is?
Fire away. I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone has to say on this!
29 comments:
Ummm, a yak with frog warts.
Bill
No, silly Bill. It's clearly a donkey hoof that was touched by the noodly appendage of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Good guess though!
(Feel better soon MM!!)
Weird it almost looks like those feather things that on a foals hooves before it hardens...
It's obviously a horse/octopus hybrid. How did you get that photo? That's classified government information!
I saw that on FB and went to look at the rest of them. I have no idea what it is, but I like Funder's idea. The whole series of pics almost made me join your boys in worshiping the Porcelain Gods.
Looks like a horse hoof where a serious injury has occurred and not much has been done to deal with it (?).
Holy Hell! Talk about hangnails.
is this to make me feel better?! A hoof that looks worse than Laz? LOL!
Seriously...what is that?! I hope it's not on a horse! xo
Yikes! I like Funders Noodly Appendage comment! (0:
Is it a damaged frog that some how ended up with proud flesh like growths?
Ummm, a six horned monster? How can that poor thing walk?????
WTF??? Is that actually on a living and mobile animal?
word verf: "rawride" no doubt about it!
Well obviously the genetically engineered Roundup Ready Alfalfa in the animal's diet has catalysed a xeno-hybrid between the Flying Spaghetti Monster and the latent unguilysis cells in the frog.
Worst case of canker I've ever seen.
The research I've encountered on what incites the hoof cells to go into overdrive is quite mixed, but my experience has usually included long term dampness and high concentrations of urine and manure.
Treatment varies with the value and age of the horse and the cashflow of the owner.
The excess growth of horn has roots which intrude into the healthy horn. These areas have to be cut out right back into the corium otherwise they will regrow over time.
If the horse is older or the owner is strapped for cash and the canker is mild, regular resection of the overgrowth and treatment with chemical debriders will maintain quality of life for your horse. One problem here is that overuse of debriders can produce serious psychological issues and the affected hoof may stay firmly attached to the ground whenever your farrier or vet arrives.
At the other end of the spectrum, where the horse is valuable, money is no object and the canker is bad, your vet and farrier will both be needed to nerve block, and probably lightly anaesthetise your horse before resecting all the damaged tissue, right into the corium, then follow standard techniques for repairing serious intrusive damage to the hoof.
The most important requirement is to keep the newly developing horn, being produced from the resection into the corium, dry.
The post-operative care is not trivial, it's going to require weeks, possibly months, depending on the severity of the resection, of daily cleaning and rebandaging, so unless you have shares in the vetwrap and duct tape companies, a hospital shoe is going to be needed.
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Peter E - I was afraid that was canker.
That ties back in nicely with the euthanasia / quality of life discussion I think. How much pain from treatment can you inflict on a horse before it's not worth it? How much money can you spend before you fall behind on your other bills? What if the vet doesn't dig it all out, or the resected hoof gets infected? Sometimes euthanasia is kinder, IMO.
WHAT is it?
Wrong, sad, painful looking.
I agree it looks like canker. Poor horse, and his people, have my aympathies!
~spotz58
Whatever it is...it is ugly! Poor horse
That is just scary!! I have recently read about cankers...is that really what that is???
Feel better soon, MM!
Looks like something from a horror movie...
Holy you-know-what! And I thought Wilbur's hooves were bad... (he had elf-shoes... that were bigger than my husband's feet!)
Wow ... that's nasty
Canker, no doubt. Found on draft equines, often a reason for selling them at auction/broker lots. Time, $$$, excision and debridement, hospital shoe, conscientious daily care needed. Successful treatment is possible with diligent care.
Well, it's beyond my scope other than to say it's very sad. No foot should look like that.
Oh,,,, I don't know but it made my stomach hurt!
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It's a frog... of sorts. I think.
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