When I was little my cousin had a horse, but it stepped on a nail and they had to put it out. What happens to a horse if it steps in a nail? Sorry that I don't have more details, I was very little!
2006-09-30 13:28:09 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Poor horse probably got laminitis from the nail piercing his hoof and subsequent infection.
Poor thing, it's very painful and usually fatal because it cannot 100% successfully be treated once it sets in, it's like a 80% chance of NOT WORKING whatever they try!
check out www.vet.upenn.edu
Barbaro is successfully being treated for laminitis...
2006-09-30 13:37:04 · answer #1 · answered by Munya Says: DUH! 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Depends onwhere the nail penetrates the hoof , if it is in the outer hoof it is painless and is like your fingernail with no sensitivity , but if it was in the center or frog of the foot it would be very painful to the horse and could easily lame the animal for life if it were left in or became infected
2006-09-30 13:36:10 · answer #2 · answered by rifraffxxx 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
.Depends on what part of the hoof it went into. If it was the center the frog it might have done nerve damage. Or if it wasn't up to date on vaccinations, it might have gotten tetanus. Or they might not have wanted to deal with nursing the horse back to health
Sometimes nursing a horse back to health is very expensive and time consuming and some people see horses as live stock not as pets.
2006-09-30 13:34:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it could seriuosly damage the horse's hoof if the horse doesn't seek medical treatment right away. if not then the horse will become lame and won;t be able to be ridden. so if your horse does step on a nail make sure the horse gets medical treatment rigght away. hoped this helped
2006-09-30 13:53:09 · answer #4 · answered by .Forever Young. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-18 06:50:30 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds nasty. if it went rite into te centre of the frog, then it would hurt alot, coz it would most likely damage thee nevre. if it just went into the wall, unlikely, then just pull it out. if it went into the sole then it mite hurt abit, but i think it was abit harsh to put it out.
2006-09-30 21:55:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call you farier if you dont have one get one!
2006-09-30 15:07:02 · answer #7 · answered by farmer boy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋