Originally posted by Vermontcat
I love the pics of your foal, in that light she just looks like a dark liver chestnut but it will probably change! Can you show some photos of her mane color in daylight? How is Roxanne's leg doing, any better? Are you going to have the vet look at it?
She is like a coffee bean color, but her legs look different. Maybe I am just trying to read a special color into her when she is just a good old liver. But she is not the purplish or blackish liver I am used to that you see in Arabs, more brown.

Here are a couple of close up of her legs. I will try to get some closer shots of her mane in the sun, if it ever comes back out again.





This one's a bit fuzzy, sorry.


As for Roxy, she is doing great. The swelling is gone. Her knee is nearly normal, except she has a hard knot on the top of the inside of her knee cap. I will watch this for a day or two, see if it recedes. She is not lame, no heat, and now no swelling. My rule of thumb is as long as it is healing or getting better, to keep working with it on my own, but if there is no change or it worsens within 3 days, then the vet pays a visit. I have been "blessed" (?!) with many experiences of injuries and illnesses with horses, and although I don't always know all the terms and such, I do know how biology and such works, and know enough about meds and treatments to get me through alot before I have to spend money on the vet to have him tell me what I already know.
I certainly don't recommend anyone else going this route without someone to help eyeball the situation, but it works for me quite well.