Abcesses causing horse to kick out

[Machaelaj]

Hey everyone

I’ve had my farrier out today to show my guy, he’s shod on all 4 and has been sound since the day I got him.
No since of pain and no signs of heat as I check his legs and hoofs every night.

So.. farrier has taken off front and back shoes and once he took off the last back one he came back to file and tried to pick up my horses hoof again and he has kicked out violently, tried turning him around and going slowly but every time he tried my horse kicked out.

Managed to get it up for us to see a sort of abscess, not full of anything jsur a dried out hole where an abscess most likely was.

I’m not sure when he got the abscess or if he got it before I bought him.

We then left the back feet and shod the 2 front and he was perfect for those so I ruled out naughtiness.
Tried again with the back and same thing.

He is now barefoot in the back and on stall rest until his feet grow a bit more as he was prepped for another shoe.

Being a TB I am abit worried about him being barefoot.

Has anyone had any similar experience?
Photo attached of the “abscess”

 

[ycbm]

How long have you had him? Has he been newly shod on the back since you bought him? Was he vetted when you bought him?

This behaviour is very often related to pain in the hocks/suspensories/SI, I'm afraid. If he continues to do it I would be thinking about getting a vet to look at him.
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[Machaelaj]

How long have you had him? Has he been newly shod on the back since you bought him? Was he vetted when you bought him?

This behaviour is very often related to pain in the hocks/suspensories/SI, I'm afraid. If he continues to do it I would be thinking about getting a vet to look at him.
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I’ve had him since May 4th
He was reshod a few days before I collected him

 

[ycbm]

Was he vetted when you bought him?
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[Machaelaj]

Was he vetted when you bought him?
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Yes stage 2

 

[ycbm]

Yes stage 2

Has he been OK to have his feet picked out until now?
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[ycbm]

He was reshod a few days before I collected him

This is a little worrying. Few people pay to have a sold horse shod immediately before it's picked up. I have a suspicion that he has a long standing problem with picking up his back feet for the farrier. The question then would be why, and if it can be resolved, and how.
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[Machaelaj]

Has he been OK to have his feet picked out until now?
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Yes, he’s a youngster and he usually needs a bit more ask but he does it with no fuss usually

 

[Machaelaj]

This is a little worrying. Few people pay to have a sold horse shod immediately before it's picked up. I have a suspicion that he has a long standing problem with picking up his back feet for the farrier. The question then would be why, and if it can be resolved, and how.
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He threw a shoe about a week before I collected him so they asked if I wanted to wait or they just get him reshod, I said to do it as didn’t want him with 1 thrown shoe on a 1.30hr drive

 

[ycbm]

Yes, he’s a youngster and he usually needs a bit more ask but he does it with no fuss usually

He may have had bad experiences with a farrier then. I'd be tempted to try some bute (with vet approval) for the farrier to have another go, and then the following time without, but if it works then you'd need to ask a vet why pain relief worked .

Hopefully this is just behavioural and a patient farrier can resolve it. I think the abscess hole is probably a red herring. If it was that I would expect him only to be reluctant to pick up the other foot.

 

[Machaelaj]

He may have had bad experiences with a farrier then. I'd be tempted to try some bute (with vet approval) for the farrier to have another go, and then the following time without, but if it works then you'd need to ask a vet why pain relief worked .

Hopefully this is just behavioural and a patient farrier can resolve it. I think the abscess hole is probably a red herring. If it was that I would expect him only to be reluctant to pick up the other foot.

This is what I was thinking.
As he was happy with the farrier to take the shoe off, but after that he started getting very upset with him going near his back leg, after I’d called him down I was able to pick his back leg up a couple times without any trouble.

 

[McGrools]

I find that having someone give them a treacle based lick whilst they are holding foot up helps. They absolutely love them. It’s like catnip. They zone out. Just a thought to help him get used to having that foot looked at if no medical issues are found. But yes agree with ycbm a bit suspicious he was freshly shod behind when you got him.