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Looks like my horse has an abcess, pulled a shoe on Saturday and looked a bit pottery on Monday evening, waiting for farrier to drain and confirm but in the mean time have poulticed.
He seems to be prone to them at this time of year, I guess due to the mud. Is there anything I can do to reduce his tendency to them? he needs as much turnout as possible due to spavin. While the gateway and bottom section of the field is deep the rest is fairly dry.He is fed half a scoop of veteran vitality, handful of linseed, tumeric and joint suplement and ad lib hayage.
 
It may be a bruised sole, mine has had two in his last two shoeings. Whether its teh shoeings themselves or whether its just a co-incidence but within days he'd had to have shoe off and a hole made in his sole to allow the blood to come out, then I have had to poultice and leave in for seven to ten days. The vet wont implicate himself as to if its the farriers fault and other farriers I have spoken to don't want to implicate themselves as they know him. The vet says to stay with him as he knows the horses foot inside out and the balance, and has been shoeing him prior to these two (or three) incidents for over three years without problems.

The farrier came out yesterday and again the tell tale swolen leg which indicates inflammation but this time the horse had stayed in and had not had turnout before or after the shoeing on my request and I wondered if his legs had just swelled with not walking. He went on the walker for 20 mins and when he came off the leg was down so I am hoping this shoeing has gone okay but won't know until I go up later and find him with or without a swollen leg and lame!
 
I would definitely start on full on minerals straight away, adding Hoof Pro or balancer depending on advice from progressive earth, also 100gms of micronised linseed meal [coffee mug], rather than a handful, unless you have big hands.
Have a look at Rockley Farm to see how hooves should look in a healthy horse, and in unhealthy horses.
It would help to have photos of the feet, side on, front, and sole, I am sure someone will comment on them.
 
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