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[which_chick]

The IRH has front feet that measure 4.5" across and 4.25" long. They are wider than they are long. The back feet are 4.125" wide and 4.375" long, which is a more normal shape for feet. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to select which of the following sizes of easyboot (tm) will fit on the IRH's feet. (Please select both a front size and a hind size.)



The relevant portion of the size chart for easyboots is shown below:

Size	Width	Length
#Pony	3 3/16"- 3 3/8"	3 3/8"- 3 5/8"
#000:	3 3/8"- 3 13/16"	3 5/8"- 4 3/16"
#00:	3 13/16"- 4 3/8"	4 3/16"- 4 5/8"
#0:	4 3/8"- 4 9/16"	4 5/8"- 4 15/16"
#1:	4 9/16"- 4 7/8"	4 15/16"- 5 1/8"

The damn things cost forty dollars each, so if you guess wrong, you're out eighty bucks. Huzzah! Isn't this more fun than whatever the hell they made us do to learn chart-reading in school? This here is real-world chart-reading, with financial incentives to avoid fucking up. Also, you might need this additional piece of information: If your horse's foot measurements do not fit into one Easyboot size, select the larger of the two sizes.

Comments

[brni.livejournal.com]

hmm.

do they make easyboots for iguanas?

[which-chick.livejournal.com]

I don't think the fine folks at EasyCare make any hoof coverings for reptiles. (Reptiles do not have hooves, for one thing.) They serve the equine market. Are you wearing out the feet (not hooves) of your iguana because you have it racking up too much mileage over abrasive surfaces like paved road? Are you experiencing sole bruises on your iguana's feet (not hooves) because you ask it to cover gravelled surfaces, such as dirt roads, at speed? If so, what the hell are you doing with your iguana?

I guess if you had an iguana whose front or rear... feet match the listed dimensions for easyboots, you could certainly pony up the money to see how they fit on your iguana. However, I don't reckon iguanas get that big. (Komodo dragons do, but they aren't iguanas.) If that thing on your head is an iguana (What do they eat? Crickets? Tofu? Earthworms? Turnips? Hay?), perhaps you might get it a larger-sized easyboot to curl up in, presuming iguanas do that sort of thing. I personally would think they'd be more into basking, but that's just a WAG on my part.

[brni.livejournal.com]

that is, in fact, an iguana. that was when he was abt half the size he is now.

their hoov^H^H^H^H feet actually get somewhat large - they have very long toes, with extremely sharp nails, and then thin needles that protrude from the sharp nails.

i've got the lacerations to show for it. hence the need for booties.

they eat vegetables. in the wild they live on hibiscus flowers and all sorts of stuff like that. since an adequate diet of hibiscus flowers would cost a fortune in florist costs, he eats a combination of greens (collards or mustard greens) and a salad made of butternut squash, parsnips, green beans and snow peas, run thru a cuisinart.