Advice please-Lame after pulling shoe

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Hello,

My horse came in from field at middle of last week having thrown a front shoe. The shoe was subsequently found in the field, bent out of shape quite spectacularly!! Farrier replaced shoe on fri & she was a bit tender when trotted up after. Turned her out as usual the next day but when I trotted her up today she was nodding in trot (worse than before) so have given her a bute & decided to keep her in 2moro & see how she is. I'm reluctant to call vet as they normally say bute & box rest in my experience. Any advice appreciated :)

Ps; no heat/swelling in feet or legs & no visible puncture in sole or frog- also,She is shod with NB shoes which have no clips.

Rude comments will be ignored- Thankyou ;)
 
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If she pulled the shoe it is possible that a nail has punctured the sole somewhere. You do not need to see a hole ,this could be an abscess . I would go down the lines of tubbing and poulticing. It could also be bruising.
 
Thanks for your reply. She is not 'hopping' lame only lame in walk. Unlike last time she had an abscess where she could barely walk. definitely not discounting an abscess yet tho, however she was shod on Friday & farrier did not notice anything. Our farrier is very good, especially at finding abscesses. The lameness is worse since having shoe put back on so I wonder if its just bruised. If shes any worse today I might put a wet poultice with Epsom salts on to draw any debris downwards.

Not sure how long to expect bruising to cause pain for so might give her until end of week before calling the vet. Obviously if the theres any change I will call the vet sooner.
 
I think you should ask your farrier.
P.S. we barefoot folks don't have this problem, which is not uncommon. :)
P.P.S. Poulticing a shod hoof ...... might be a bit of a "grasping at straws" idea.
 
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