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There are many things that can set in motion the process of laminitis. Any shock to the horse's system can result in founder. Some mares will founder after giving birth. An overly hot horse allowed to drink too much cold water can also be a cause. The more common causes are overeating on too rich food. Spring grass is much too rich for some horses. Other times too much grain or sweet feed. Any person that knows about horses has heard stories of unlocked feed rooms that are a magnet to hungry horses. Prevention is always the best way to go. Keep feed locked away, limit your horse on green lush pastures, cool your horse down before allowing him too much water. Some horses are more prone to this condition, ponies are usually the most vulnerable, so use good sense and you can reduce the risk of founder.
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What actually causes flounder in a horses hooves?
founder is when the horse has been in a muddy place for a while and it causes them to get laminitis which is also called foundering. Founder can also be caused by stress or a illness.
What is Founder that has to do with a horse?
Founder is the rotation of the horse's coffin bone (the bone inside the foot) downward to the sole of the foot. There are several causes, but usually due to excessive protein IE overfeeding). I once had a mare absorb her colt (fetus) and this caused her to founder.
Will peanut hay founder a horse?
Any hay can founder a horse, it is not what the horse eats but how much it eats. Some feed can founder a horse faster than others. Peanut hay is one of those.
What actually causes a horses' hooves to flounder?
It is not flounder it is founder. This is caused by overfeeding the horse. A horse stands a lot and has to bear its weight on its feet all day long. Overfeeding a horse rich foods cause founder.
What causes foul founder?
A nuclear bomb1
What are the signs of flounder in a horse?
Horses don't get flounder, they get founder.
What ration of soybeans and sweet feed are do you feed to keep horse from foundering?
If I were really concerned with keeping my horse from foundering I wouldn't feed a 'sweet feed'. There are too many excellent commercial pelleted feeds on the market. A good complete pellet and lots of good Bermuda hay is a safe and nutritious diet for most horses. Older horses can benefit from 'senior' feeds and the addition of rice bran to their diet. Now days, much research is put into the commercial feed blends. Best bet..if you're unsure..ask your vet who knows your horse :) Jo The truth of the matter is, what your horse eats doesn't cause founder. What causes founder is improper hoof shape. When a heel is made too high, either by trimming or special shoeing, the coffin bone is not parralell to the ground anymore, but rather pointed down, and when the horse eats something too sweet or other things that many believe causes founder, it is the straw that breaks the camel's back. You can read more on what really causes founder, how to fix it, and how to keep your horse from foundering in the related link.
What is a flouder in the horse world?
The word you want is FOUNDER (No L in it). Founder is when the sensitive laminae of the hoof begins or completely seperate. Mild founder will lay a horse up for awhile, but severe founder can take a year or more to heal (if it ever does) Many times the cause is illness, high fever and sometimes injury. A lot of horses will founder after colic. Flounder is a FISH
What part of speech is the word founder?
Founder can be either a verb or a noun. Founder as a verb is to sink, as a ship founders, or to stumble or go lame, as a horse founders. Founder as a noun is a person who establishes or begins something, as the founder of a university or the founder of a nation.
How do horses get founder?
Horses get founder by overeating for a long time (or being sevearly overweight), a sign of founder are if there neck looks like it is falling (fallen crest) if you think your horse has foundered go to the vet immediatly
What type of horse sickness is a founder?
This is an ailment of the feet. A horse can get it if it eats too much. This is a common ailment basically because horse owners are really not aware of it.
A pony that eats too much grass or grain may develop?
Colic or founder. Depending on the symptoms. In horse isles case the answer is founder.
