Originally Posted by
GMMAT
Euthanize him? Why?
There are MANY, MANY ways an animal (we raised cattle, growing up) can be injured. We end up knowing what happened a VERY small percentage of the time.
There's a 2cm bone fragment trapped up there that isn't coming out on its own, and the horse is lame.
He needs surgery to remove it but I've decided against it. Weighing up the risks, the costs and the potential outcome, it's the more appropriate option unfortunately.
Agreed I may never know what caused it, but with what it's cost me so far, even without the surgery, I'm interested in checking out a couple of theories.