anyone had any experience with Seedy toe/white line disease?

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Just been told that my new boy has seedy toe in one of his feet, to be honest I always thought that his off fore was a bit of a funny shape but all 4 of his feet were really long and in need of shoeing! Any experiences good or bad I would be grateful to hear of your stories. thanks in advance x
 
ooohhh nooooooooo hun! What IS it with our neddies and being lame atm!!

Im sorry cant help as have never had any experience with it. Do you still have Kate coming Tues? xx
 
hiya, luckily he isn't lame at all (touches wood!!) it's just that his feet have not been looked after at all - he even had the german shoes on that he came in so farrier thinks they are about 8 months old - just been carelessly re-fitted everytime. Problem is that his off fore is almost like a hind foot so it is slightly higher than this near fore, a my farrier is ace I'm hoping it wont be too long to get it sorted and there is no infection at the moment but the foot is on a bad state! Poor Lotto couldn't hold his back feet for shoeing he was in agony with his back so roll on wed for Rossdales! Kate still coming on Tues - have you had any luck yet?? xx
 
My horse has seedy toe at the moment. My vet came and pared a hole in her toe and a sort of "gutter" around the rest of the hoof wall, and I am having to pick them out twice a day (including digging out the hole and gutter) and twice a week I am putting hydrogen peroxide around the hole, then washing it out with pevidine (I was using Virkon but it wasn't getting better, a few days of pevidine and she's looking far better). My horse only has mild seedy toe though and it's starting to grow out (I'm feeding her Formula 4 Feet to aid her hoof growth). It's a pain in the backside but it's absolutely imperative to keep the feet clean and dry at all times.
 
Seedy toe is not usually a major problem. I had a horse who had this on and off. My farrier used to fill the seedy bit with some sort of filler which was squishy when warm, but set solid when it was cold (did this after cleaning it thoroughly obviously!). Might be worth talking to your farrier
 
thanks for your help, tbh i'm not too sure about it's effects as there is no infection my farrier just showed me when he took his show off that there was a huge ridge between the hoof wall and the sole itself, but it was being covered by the shoe. He also has a deep crevice either side of the frog. Also this front foot is shaped more like a hind foot, boxy and upright, whereas the near fore is round and normal. Normally I am so good at checking things when I look for a horse but his feet were so in need of shoeing - she said he went 12 weeks - to me it looked like 4 months, so when I asked her to have him shod before I got him they just refitted the shoes badly and hardly took any toe off. My farrier is wonderful and he said he would bring some putty next time and re-evaluate in 6 weeks but he was quite concerned that the feet had been so badly neglected - why oh why do people not look after their horses!!! Oh well rant over, he's with me now and safe just got to get him to a high level in BD and stick my fingers up to the previous owners!! thanks again
 
My TB had Seedy Toe and my Farrier advised using Bactakil 55 and to keep the hoof clean. Horse was never lame and the Farrier checked him when he was out at another horse 2 weeks later and he was fine.
 
I wouldn't worry if its covered by the shoe as the main concern is dirt getting in and nasties breeding in the cavity. A good hoof supplement may help the foot grow quicker to fill the cavity in.

My barefoot horse had seedy toe and white line disease. The cavity was dug out and packed with sudocreme and cotton wool. Weekly the cotton wool was removed the cavity dug out and the feet soaked in a borax solution. Sudocreme was then applied to the whole foot and cavity repacked with cotton wool. within 3 weeks the cavity had pretty much grown out and barely needed packng with cotton wool - so it can heal itself up pretty fast if given the right conditions. He was also on a special supplement that really accelerated the hoof growth and quality of horn grown. He was never lame with either the white line disease or the seedy toe and I doubt most farriers would have noticed or been as vigilent as mine was.
 
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