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Our home bred yearling has been suffering with recurring abscesses in all 4 feet since October last year. The whole episode is under veterinary and farrier observation.
Each time he goes lame it seems to be a different foot, each time it is dealt with accordingly and he goes sound...until the next time. The longest he has been sound is about 9 weeks, which was just now (lame this afternoon).
Both his parents have excellent feet and always have done (owned them both since they were 3 months old too), he has regular hoof trims every 8 weeks (although is often seen more often due to the blooming abscesses!) and we check his feet daily.
Diet wise he is currently on not a lot of grass because of the rain we have had to save the summer fields a bit longer but is having ad-lib good quality haylage and a mineral lick, and has been back on a stud balancer about a week so time will tell. Apart from his feet he looks good, is growing well and has a shiny coat. When the episodes started he was on the full recommended amount of stud cubes mixed with Fast Fibre. Until the last 2 weeks the fields have actually been very dry so it's not like he was constantly stood in wet or mud.
Farrier is coming back out tomorrow to check the most recent abscess, I wanted to ask here for any suggestions as to things we may have all missed as to what is causing it. Vet and farrier are baffled and have both suggested the next step will be x-rays which will be organised as soon as our baby is born as I don't fancy a trip to the vet being nearly 40 weeks pregnant!
Any suggestions welcomed, I am just popping out to see my midwife so will be back shortly in case I've missed any information. Thank you
Each time he goes lame it seems to be a different foot, each time it is dealt with accordingly and he goes sound...until the next time. The longest he has been sound is about 9 weeks, which was just now (lame this afternoon).
Both his parents have excellent feet and always have done (owned them both since they were 3 months old too), he has regular hoof trims every 8 weeks (although is often seen more often due to the blooming abscesses!) and we check his feet daily.
Diet wise he is currently on not a lot of grass because of the rain we have had to save the summer fields a bit longer but is having ad-lib good quality haylage and a mineral lick, and has been back on a stud balancer about a week so time will tell. Apart from his feet he looks good, is growing well and has a shiny coat. When the episodes started he was on the full recommended amount of stud cubes mixed with Fast Fibre. Until the last 2 weeks the fields have actually been very dry so it's not like he was constantly stood in wet or mud.
Farrier is coming back out tomorrow to check the most recent abscess, I wanted to ask here for any suggestions as to things we may have all missed as to what is causing it. Vet and farrier are baffled and have both suggested the next step will be x-rays which will be organised as soon as our baby is born as I don't fancy a trip to the vet being nearly 40 weeks pregnant!
Any suggestions welcomed, I am just popping out to see my midwife so will be back shortly in case I've missed any information. Thank you
