Equi
Well-Known Member
Ah horses! Monday evening horse was fine, nothing out of the ordinary.
Tuesday afternoon - horse has three legs. Now horse is ever so slightly dramatic when it comes to his feet and when i inspected him i found a red line on his hind heel which i assumed may have come from standing on a stone or another horse accidentally walking too close to him. Contact vet and show him the picture of heel and he gives me a days bute and says to rest and will reassess in the morning. Horse wouldn't eat the bute, so not much i can do about that. Morning comes and horse is still sore as to be expected but is walking much much better and able to turn out..walking about 98% normal in the field. I felt a few more days pain relief was needed though so asked vet to come just to have a look (thinking it was a very expensive way to get some danilon but this is correct procedure) vet has a hoke and bam! Abscess squirts into his eyeball
Abscess was in the toe region (barefoot) so nothing to do with the heel, but it had been worst on Tuesday because a teeny pebble had been pressing on it, which i had gotten out when i was looking for a reason for him to be lame which is probably why he felt a little better on the wednesday. Glad i had the vet out though!
Im now left with the choice of getting biotin into him and hope it hardens his hooves up some more or getting shoes back on (hes shod in front) he had white feet and always had very crumbly soft soles. Hes currently fed Stamm 30 and hi-fi molasses free chaff.
Vet of course sells some biotin supplement (hestevard brand) but i know you can buy just pure biotin too, or is there another highly recommended brand? Reluctant to shoe as he has a touch of arthritis and finds it difficult to hold his legs up for long and i dont like the fact he would need hammered onto what may be sore joints. Hoof boots may be a choice but it won't be until funds can be built back up as i have just had to replace the trailer floor too!
Thaaaaaaaaaaaaanks.
Tuesday afternoon - horse has three legs. Now horse is ever so slightly dramatic when it comes to his feet and when i inspected him i found a red line on his hind heel which i assumed may have come from standing on a stone or another horse accidentally walking too close to him. Contact vet and show him the picture of heel and he gives me a days bute and says to rest and will reassess in the morning. Horse wouldn't eat the bute, so not much i can do about that. Morning comes and horse is still sore as to be expected but is walking much much better and able to turn out..walking about 98% normal in the field. I felt a few more days pain relief was needed though so asked vet to come just to have a look (thinking it was a very expensive way to get some danilon but this is correct procedure) vet has a hoke and bam! Abscess squirts into his eyeball
Abscess was in the toe region (barefoot) so nothing to do with the heel, but it had been worst on Tuesday because a teeny pebble had been pressing on it, which i had gotten out when i was looking for a reason for him to be lame which is probably why he felt a little better on the wednesday. Glad i had the vet out though!
Im now left with the choice of getting biotin into him and hope it hardens his hooves up some more or getting shoes back on (hes shod in front) he had white feet and always had very crumbly soft soles. Hes currently fed Stamm 30 and hi-fi molasses free chaff.
Vet of course sells some biotin supplement (hestevard brand) but i know you can buy just pure biotin too, or is there another highly recommended brand? Reluctant to shoe as he has a touch of arthritis and finds it difficult to hold his legs up for long and i dont like the fact he would need hammered onto what may be sore joints. Hoof boots may be a choice but it won't be until funds can be built back up as i have just had to replace the trailer floor too!
Thaaaaaaaaaaaaanks.