Pollatron
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My horse has had 3 absesses in 3 different feet in the space of 2 years and each of these times it has happened just after I took her on holiday to my sisters stable 12 miles away from where she usually lives.
She has never had any problems with them in the past and has been born and bred on the farm where she usually stays. She is unshod and her feet are in fairly good condition although she does get a recurring vertical crack on her NF. She is highland X and gets fat on thin air so she gets a little sugarbeet, coursemix, formula4feet and seaweed supplement but only once daily in winter or a little after excercise. She lives out 24/7. I also spray iodine on the crack regularly too on advice from farrier.
The ground at my sisters is fairly similar (in fact less boggy!) and she keeps another 4 horses none of whom have ever had an abscess while there and only 2 of them are shod. She usually has a more strictly controlled grass intake while there but since she is normally quite overweight I can't think that could be responsible?
Each of the 3 times she has been there she has developed an abscess within a couple of weeks, first twice I thought it must be coincidence but now we are on the third in a row I am starting to think there has to be a reason. Can anyone tell me if location can be linked to abscesses and why that might be?
I've seen a fair few comments about diet and soil type etc. Any help gratefully recieved.
She has never had any problems with them in the past and has been born and bred on the farm where she usually stays. She is unshod and her feet are in fairly good condition although she does get a recurring vertical crack on her NF. She is highland X and gets fat on thin air so she gets a little sugarbeet, coursemix, formula4feet and seaweed supplement but only once daily in winter or a little after excercise. She lives out 24/7. I also spray iodine on the crack regularly too on advice from farrier.
The ground at my sisters is fairly similar (in fact less boggy!) and she keeps another 4 horses none of whom have ever had an abscess while there and only 2 of them are shod. She usually has a more strictly controlled grass intake while there but since she is normally quite overweight I can't think that could be responsible?
Each of the 3 times she has been there she has developed an abscess within a couple of weeks, first twice I thought it must be coincidence but now we are on the third in a row I am starting to think there has to be a reason. Can anyone tell me if location can be linked to abscesses and why that might be?
I've seen a fair few comments about diet and soil type etc. Any help gratefully recieved.
