hoof abscess

Wondering if anyone has any advice or knows if this is a suspensory related symptom or hoof related… long story short our boy (now 16) has been semi-retired as a walk hack/lawn mower since being diagnosed with chronic PSD with a small tear in the left hind 2 years ago. Had shockwave but never...

Hi. My EMS horse has been in leather pads and gels on his front feet for the last 18 months. This was because he could get footy and my farrier at the time said he has thin soles and bruises easily. He’d also had a couple of abscesses. He has had no front lameness in that 18 month period...

I’m posting a lot lately but has anyone experienced a situation where an abscess has burst through the heel bulb and damaged the coronary band but a drainage track lower down cannot be found? The farrier is confused by it but the vet said it seems to have fully drained.

So, following on from my previous post where I was struggling for a diagnosis of my horse's lameness, the vet came back out as I'd requested x-rays, and after removing the shoe and palpating, found a sore spot to the side of my pony's foot (previously missed by both the farrier and vet as hidden...

Hi everybody, so let me explain the situation: Last Wednesday after I rode my 4 yo I took off the protection and I fin the left front foreleg swollen along the flexor tendon Panicked because I thought it was the tendon I called the vet and she told me to bandage and see the next morning Next...