http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/09/26/big-hoof-buck/ Behind the Scenes at King's Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:55:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/09/26/big-hoof-buck/#comment-267446 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:37:49 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/09/26/big-hoof-buck/#comment-267446 Wow! poor thing probebly got like deer founder or something crazy like that i know a girl who had a horse that foundered and his hooves were simmaler Wow! poor thing probebly got like deer founder or something crazy like that i know a girl who had a horse that foundered and his hooves were simmaler

]]> http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/09/26/big-hoof-buck/#comment-238767 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:08:21 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/09/26/big-hoof-buck/#comment-238767 how the heck did that thing walk?? how the heck did that thing walk??

]]> http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/09/26/big-hoof-buck/#comment-189124 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:36:58 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/09/26/big-hoof-buck/#comment-189124 hooves on any animal are just like finger nails. They contantly grow but under natural circumstances they will be kept at a normal length (ie: a wild deer's hooves would be kept short by constantly walking around). If the ground is not hard or the animal is not very active, they will grow faster then they wear away. As has happened with this animal. They will curl like that because of the pressure. The same thing has happened to this horse: http://www.animalsheltering.org/images/graphics/asmMJ00_feature5.jpg hooves on any animal are just like finger nails. They contantly grow but under natural circumstances they will be kept at a normal length (ie: a wild deer’s hooves would be kept short by constantly walking around). If the ground is not hard or the animal is not very active, they will grow faster then they wear away. As has happened with this animal. They will curl like that because of the pressure. The same thing has happened to this horse:
http://www.animalsheltering.org/images/graphics/asmMJ00_feature5.jpg

]]> http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/09/26/big-hoof-buck/#comment-173463 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:46:13 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/09/26/big-hoof-buck/#comment-173463 We have a young buck with the very same hooves that we see in our area about 1-2 times per week. He seems to be in good physical shape except for the hooves. We've noticed he now has to swing his back legs from side to side to walk and it causes an abnormal hip movement. If it were possible to sedate him, could this problem be corrected by trimming the hooves down to as normal as possible? Or will they just continue to grow back? Maybe an equine hoof specialist has an idea. By the way, we've seen this buck raise up on his back legs to eat from a tree. We have a young buck with the very same hooves that we see in our area about 1-2 times per week. He seems to be in good physical shape except for the hooves. We’ve noticed he now has to swing his back legs from side to side to walk and it causes an abnormal hip movement. If it were possible to sedate him, could this problem be corrected by trimming the hooves down to as normal as possible? Or will they just continue to grow back? Maybe an equine hoof specialist has an idea. By the way, we’ve seen this buck raise up on his back legs to eat from a tree.

]]> http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/09/26/big-hoof-buck/#comment-152161 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:17:47 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/09/26/big-hoof-buck/#comment-152161 WOW thats amazing! WOW thats amazing!

]]> http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/09/26/big-hoof-buck/#comment-151612 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:27:24 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/09/26/big-hoof-buck/#comment-151612 I too provide natural equine hoof care services and agree with Chuck Feney. This is exactly what a foundered equine hoof looks like and is caused by an overload of carbohydrates in the diet among other causes but this is the primary cause I too provide natural equine hoof care services and agree with Chuck Feney. This is exactly what a foundered equine hoof looks like and is caused by an overload of carbohydrates in the diet among other causes but this is the primary cause

]]> http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/09/26/big-hoof-buck/#comment-147896 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:48:23 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/09/26/big-hoof-buck/#comment-147896 This is a severe case of founder. This is also seen in horses but starts as laminitis, a detachment of wall to dermal layer and results in the rotatation of bone. It is caused from inflammation from the feed it consumed. Poor baby. This is a severe case of founder. This is also seen in horses but starts as laminitis, a detachment of wall to dermal layer and results in the rotatation of bone. It is caused from inflammation from the feed it consumed. Poor baby.

]]> http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/09/26/big-hoof-buck/#comment-140647 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:04:48 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/09/26/big-hoof-buck/#comment-140647 Y'all dont seem to understand this is NOT genetic but man made by baiting/feeding or captivity. Its not cool or neat; its cruel and caused by people...most likely lazy hunters who bait. Those who find them with one foot like this its just that the other 'normal' hooves have been lucky enough to wear down. I enjoy hunting but on foot and not over bait. Y’all dont seem to understand this is NOT genetic but man made by baiting/feeding or captivity. Its not cool or neat; its cruel and caused by people…most likely lazy hunters who bait. Those who find them with one foot like this its just that the other ‘normal’ hooves have been lucky enough to wear down. I enjoy hunting but on foot and not over bait.

]]> http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/09/26/big-hoof-buck/#comment-80621 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 23:48:11 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/09/26/big-hoof-buck/#comment-80621 well at least the buck is no longer in pain that must have been excruciatingly painful to walk let alone run with those deformed hooves well at least the buck is no longer in pain that must have been excruciatingly painful to walk let alone run with those deformed hooves

]]> http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/09/26/big-hoof-buck/#comment-75461 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 20:33:55 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/09/26/big-hoof-buck/#comment-75461 I have a white tail doe that comes around my property and her hoofs are also curled and pretty long. I found out from the Game Commissioner that it's very painful and eventually the deer will not be able to walk and just die of starvation. It is caused by people feeding them corn and not allowing them to browse and move around - they just hang out in the developments here in Pa. They will eventually have to be put down. I have a white tail doe that comes around my property and her hoofs are also curled and pretty long. I found out from the Game Commissioner that it’s very painful and eventually the deer will not be able to walk and just die of starvation. It is caused by people feeding them corn and not allowing them to browse and move around - they just hang out in the developments here in Pa. They will eventually have to be put down.

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