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Dec. 1, 2010, 10:28 PM
#1
 Horse with 'dew claw', ever seen this?
It's a uterus, not a clown car. - Sayyedati
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Dec. 1, 2010, 10:29 PM
#2
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Dec. 1, 2010, 10:35 PM
#3
looks like a wayward ergot.
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Dec. 1, 2010, 11:15 PM
#4
Been there, done that.
Check 'em out:
http://s800.photobucket.com/albums/y...nhorse1B-W.jpg
http://s800.photobucket.com/albums/y...nhorse2B-W.jpg
From William Bateson, _Materials for the Study of Variation_, 1894.
It would be interesting to see if this horse has phelanges extending from the metacarpal (splint bone). From these pics, you can see where the bones underlying this "dew claw" would be. See especially Leg B in the second picture.
 The armchair saddler
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Dec. 1, 2010, 11:22 PM
#5
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Dec. 2, 2010, 03:02 AM
#6
 Originally Posted by Slewdledo
they are ergots which all horses have and they are extremely overgrown
you need a farrier as in a qualifed farrier to trim them off
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Dec. 2, 2010, 06:42 AM
#7
Originally Posted by goeslikestink
they are ergots which all horses have and they are extremely overgrown
you need a farrier as in a qualifed farrier to trim them off
Ergots don't grow out of the side of the leg. That is way cool!
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Dec. 2, 2010, 06:45 AM
#8
we call the chestnuts and they are overgrown, I make a nasty habit of picking our pon pone's off so they don't get that long but at this point I'd have the farrier hack it off.
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Dec. 2, 2010, 06:46 AM
#9
That is WACKY. Have any x-rays been done of it? Did I miss that?
bar.ka think u al.l. susp.ect
free bar.ka and tidy rabbit
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Dec. 2, 2010, 06:48 AM
#10
Originally Posted by barnbum81
we call the chestnuts and they are overgrown, I make a nasty habit of picking our pon pone's off so they don't get that long but at this point I'd have the farrier hack it off.
Way too low- but that's why I'd love to see some x-rays. If it's just a surface anomaly then I guess it'd be a weird surplus chestnut. I'd love to see if it has the bone attachment as pictured in MVP's link.
bar.ka think u al.l. susp.ect
free bar.ka and tidy rabbit
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Dec. 2, 2010, 06:51 AM
#11
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Dec. 2, 2010, 06:53 AM
#12
Originally Posted by barnbum81
too low really? weird, I want to touch it, not in a weird way  but to feel the texture of it and such, it really looks like some old pony chestnuts I've seen that people didn't know what to do with. Looks like they did x-rays due to an injury, interested to hear what exactly the vet said. Isn't weird stuff interesting
Sure is. Mr. RF has all these medical textbooks... want to know how I entertain myself when I get drunk?
bar.ka think u al.l. susp.ect
free bar.ka and tidy rabbit
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Dec. 2, 2010, 07:03 AM
#13
Looks like it may be an atavistic extra digit.
Got rads?
If you are starting a colt and he acts up, roll up a newspaper and hit yourself over the head, saying "bad trainer, bad trainer!"--Bluey
...just settin' on the Group W bench.
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Dec. 2, 2010, 07:23 AM
#14
That is really interesting... never seen that before.
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Dec. 2, 2010, 08:45 AM
#15
I've seen a few. Not a big deal to remove.
If you are starting a colt and he acts up, roll up a newspaper and hit yourself over the head, saying "bad trainer, bad trainer!"--Bluey
...just settin' on the Group W bench.
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Dec. 2, 2010, 08:50 AM
#16
Neat! I was doing some poking around last year looking for info on polydactyl horses, after seeing a mention of Julius Caesar's "toed" stallion. I wonder if this horse actually is?
2007 paper with some neat x-rays
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2872722/
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Dec. 2, 2010, 09:07 AM
#17
Originally Posted by midkniggit
Neat! I was doing some poking around last year looking for info on polydactyl horses, after seeing a mention of Julius Caesar's "toed" stallion. I wonder if this horse actually is?
2007 paper with some neat x-rays
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2872722/
Now, THOSE are cool pix 
Proud and achy member of the Eventing Grannies clique.
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Dec. 2, 2010, 09:14 AM
#18
That's just freaky as all hell. I've never seen anything like that before. I guess it makes sense. You see polydactyls in every other species--why NOT a horse? In the paper above, I would have been half tempted to let the colt keep his extra toe--if only to weird out unsuspecting farm guests.
Slightly off topic, but I've always thought Mule Footed Pigs were pretty interesting. Pigs typically have a split hoof, like a cow or a goat, but this breed has been developed so it has one solid hoof. I'm curious as to what their bone structure looks like underneath.
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Dec. 2, 2010, 09:17 AM
#19
Yes, I've seen two horses with this extra toe. I presumed it to be a vestigal toe that has decided it is not vestigal any more. They can be removed surgically. Or would make a great sideshow at a circus, depending on their size.
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Dec. 2, 2010, 10:53 AM
#20
I've seen this on a pony recently. It appears to be just a blemish. X-rays are clean.
It grossed me out though....I must say.
Chase's Mom; RIP Dezi 1/99-2/09
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