Why can't they be put in a cast like everything else?
2006-10-09 04:57:51 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
the weight they carry is alot for a broken bone. Also they tend to favor the leg and put more stress on the good 3 legs, which leads to problems like laminitis- which can be bad enough to cripple them. Laminitis causes the outer part of the hoof to dis-attach from the inside of the hoof. Logisitcs of a horse surviving a broken leg are very poor and horrifically expensive. The pain of laminitis is enough to warrant putting the horse out of it's misery.
Check out some of the stories on Barbaro, he's still not out of the woods since shattering his right hind ankle in the Preakness. And that was back in June!!!
2006-10-09 05:07:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
When man starting ridding horses, they didn't have a vet every 10 miles. more so, that was their only transportation and tractor and didn't have time to wait on a horse to heal. They did know that the horse was suffering and the only way to put it out of it's Misery was to shoot it' More times than not, they eat that horse but for some reason, Hollywood don't glimmer this on the silver screen. but, it's hard to keep a cast on a horse's leg without him pawing it off or standing on it and keep breaking the leg inside the cast. ,let alone have it straight enough to run on it again. On the other hand, People are more and more putting casts and wraps on horses, especially in the racing business. they are actually putting the horse in a full dangle harness and keeping the weight of the horse off the leg until it's mended. the success rating is becoming higher every day.
2006-10-09 05:30:46 · answer #2 · answered by dhwilson58 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is not so complication-unfastened to place a horse down anymore only using fact of an harm. A horse can recover from a broken leg based at this style of break and how under pressure the pony is. A horse must be boxed (ie stored in the stable) 24/7 till the leg has healed. this is annoying for the pony and time eating for the owner. there are a number of strategies to heal a broken leg on a horse, all are costly and the pony would in no way be ridden back each and every so often. With my horses, if that they had a intense harm yet ought to get well, whether they could not be ridden back, i might do all i ought to to assist them get extra valuable.
2016-10-19 02:10:19 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most horses are shot anymore, they are more likely to be injected with meds that put the horse to sleep (its more humane that way). Also not all horses are put down because of a broken leg, it is up to the horse's owners as to whether the horse is put down. Most owners do however chose to put horses down because it does cost lots of money in vet bills to fix a broken leg. Another factor may also be the extent of damage to the leg, there are some instances where the leg can not be repaired thus leaving no other choice than to put the horse down.
2006-10-09 08:54:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Horses are no longer shot when a leg is broken, a broken leg is not always a death sentence for a horse, and we have had a few that come into the equine rescue my daughter volunteers for that had broken leg, (most off the racetrack). These horses where rehabilitated, and are now living in new forever homes as riding horse, and some as pasture buddies. If a horse has to be put down it is humanly euthanized, no longer are the day when they shoot them.
2006-10-09 05:34:44 · answer #5 · answered by pinkpiggies336 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because of a horses circulatory system they need to distribute weight evenly. They CAN cast horses just like in the case of Barbaro although it is very expensive and the odds that the horse will survive are slim.
If a horse has a broken leg, putting the majority of his weight on the healthy leg will almost always cause complications.
There are MANY horses that have survived broken legs.
Check out this website for happy stories regarding horses that have broken their legs and survived!!!
http://www.geocities.com/aolsen_2000/EquineBrokenLegs.htm
2006-10-09 05:10:09 · answer #6 · answered by msnite1969 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No all horses are disposed of due to a leg injury. In earlier days, a horse with a broken leg was a huge burden. You could not farm with it, you could not ride it, nor use it to pull a buggy. Today, most horses with broken legs are given top notch vet service. A horses leg is thin and is very hard to mend correctly. If the broken leg does not mend correctly, the horse will be in tremendous pain. A horse in pain is bad.
2006-10-09 05:05:21 · answer #7 · answered by Dalmatian Rescue 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
not all horses who break their legs are shot. if the injury can be fixed then the vet will do everyhitng possible. money is also a factor. if the owner cannot afford the vet bill a long with medicine and care for the horse then it will be put down. only horse that are in terrible pain away form a vet with no hope of survival will be shot. but if you can get a vet there in time he can inject the horse and put it to sleep.
2006-10-09 07:11:40 · answer #8 · answered by pintogirl713 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually it's because it would take the horses, so long to heal and so much money to get the cast and everything, and some people don't have that kind of money or if they race them they don't have that much time to wait for them to heal. And plus sometimes the break can be so servere that even if they did heal, they probably wouldn't be racing material...Or maybe the break couldn't heal completely and the horse could be in misery for a long time...
2006-10-09 09:07:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its to put the horse ouut of its misery. You know, so it won't live in pain. Plus t have a horses leg casted, you would have to pay a lot of money.So the owner would rather it be put out of its misery so it doesn't suffer anymore. There is an easier way to put it out of its misery, but that also costs money. hope this helped
2006-10-09 05:25:17 · answer #10 · answered by .Forever Young. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋