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[electrasproblem]

I have had a lot of luck with rest and turnout.  he may surprise you.

[ParkerHorseLover]

If he does not heal by himself, would the owner consider giving him away to a horse rescue that is willing to pay for the surgery rather than send him to the auction (aka killers)?

[Freedancinfilly]

yes, she has mentioned doing that in the past, she even said that if we ended up giving one of them up to rescue she would make a donation with the horse at the tiem she said maybe $300 or so. So that is a definite possibility. she is a pretty compassionate woman, but she also is not going to lose money on it, like she said 2 out of 3 isn't bad, so as long as we are making our money back on the other 3 we are doing good. but I'm going to be optimistic and say that 3 months of pasture can do wonders, its just a splint bone, and with how malnourished he was, and infested, and sick when he came in he is just taking a little longer to heal. I cannot imagine his bones are done growing yet, his brothers are all 16HH+ and he is right under 15HH about 14.3 maybe, so I know he had it ruff, you can just tell by looking at him, his orbital sockets ¿ (I think that's what they are called) are very deep for him only being 3 yrs old. I think he has a growth spurt coming, with a few months of good feed and room to run he is going to be a whole different horse, he will start to look like his brothers (who look like handsome steeds now) he is just the late bloomer. he has had the hardest time physically recovering from this.