I received a call from my dad the other night that Maggie was limping on her left front foot. I was headed down to see them and figured I would check it out then. When I got there it seemed she had a lot of muck and rocks stuck in her hoof. I cleaned that out and told Dad to keep a close eye on her. (I knew he would anyway) She seemed to recover from that and was back to herself in a few days. A week later Dad called again and said that she was hurting again. He said this time he cleaned her hooves and didn't find much and she was still limping. I started to arrange for her to be moved closer to me. I figured then I could have my farrier check it out. He is the best ever. I will dedicate another post to him later. I had everything worked out until my sister called and said she didn't think Maggie could handle trailer ride to the new place. (about 1 1/2 hours) I went to see her the next day and I think she may have laminitis. I cleaned out her hooves and soaked her feet in Epsom salts. I locked her in a stall with new pine shavings and apologized to her as she was glaring at me. Maggie loves her stall but she loves the ability to come in her stall, poop, then leave.
I arranged for a farrier closer to here and a vet to come out tomorrow. We will see how that goes.
Meanwhile, I will continue to receive glares from Maggie every time I go into the barn.
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