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hebs
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Has anyone had any experience of these?? Just wondering as my horse has got one never had one before. What causes it, how long does it take to come sound again?
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vicijp
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Corns are funny things. They can come and go with you hardly noticeing, or can hang around for weeks. Biggest cause is bad farriery.
Chex
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Chex almost had one (according to the vet, said it would have turned into a corn if left any longer). He was hopping lame, and wasn't sound for about 3 weeks. There was no obvious problem with the shoe, so not sure what caused it.
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hebs
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Great so looking at several more weeks off work. Would it make you change farriers?
Maggie2
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I did! One of mine, whose feet we weren't happy with after they kept sending us anotrher farrier, got a corn for first time in her 15 years. Having gone into causes on Internet that was the deciding factor.
Chex
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I didn't change farriers. I got another farrier to look at the shoe, and he said there was no reason why it should have caused a corn, no raised bits or anything. So I out it down to bad luck and carried on lol
Laur
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My horse had a corn in November. He has really bad feet and has bar shoes to support his heels. His feet are improving loads from when I had him last year but he went lame in november and he was lame for about 3 weeks on and off so we got the vet out and he thought he had strained something and prescribed bute but this didnt solve the problem as he was lame again after he finished the course of bute.
We called the vet again and he took the shoe off and dug out his foot by the seat of corn and he had a nasty hole in his foot where the heel had grown over itself causing a 'corn' which was then infected. The vet was surprised he had a corn with the bar shoes as the support the heel at the back. After poulticing for a week he was sound so he had the shoe put back on.
HOWEVER, about a week later he came in hopping lame and we had the vet out again and he found that the infection had cleared from the bottom of his foot but had travelled up his foot and was coming out of the bulbs of his heel. It is common for this to happen after the corn. Fortunately this time we were able to poultice over his shoe as the affected area was above his shoe at the back. He was then turned out after the infection cleared up with a poultice boot on over his shoe to keep it clean.
Another thing to beware of if your horse has recently had a corn is to stuff cotton wool or hoof putty into the hole to prevent any muck going into the hole where the corn was as my horse went lame last week because he had grit in the hole in his foot. After 7 days of poulticing with the shoe off he is now sound again!
So corns are a real pain - it takes quite a lot of maintaining to keep them infection free. I scrub the soles of my horses feet with peroxide to kill the germs. They can be caused by poor farrierery but some horses are just prone to them. Desert Orchid was prone to corns and suffered with them on and off throughout his racing career - so any horse can get them!
We called the vet again and he took the shoe off and dug out his foot by the seat of corn and he had a nasty hole in his foot where the heel had grown over itself causing a 'corn' which was then infected. The vet was surprised he had a corn with the bar shoes as the support the heel at the back. After poulticing for a week he was sound so he had the shoe put back on.
HOWEVER, about a week later he came in hopping lame and we had the vet out again and he found that the infection had cleared from the bottom of his foot but had travelled up his foot and was coming out of the bulbs of his heel. It is common for this to happen after the corn. Fortunately this time we were able to poultice over his shoe as the affected area was above his shoe at the back. He was then turned out after the infection cleared up with a poultice boot on over his shoe to keep it clean.
Another thing to beware of if your horse has recently had a corn is to stuff cotton wool or hoof putty into the hole to prevent any muck going into the hole where the corn was as my horse went lame last week because he had grit in the hole in his foot. After 7 days of poulticing with the shoe off he is now sound again!
So corns are a real pain - it takes quite a lot of maintaining to keep them infection free. I scrub the soles of my horses feet with peroxide to kill the germs. They can be caused by poor farrierery but some horses are just prone to them. Desert Orchid was prone to corns and suffered with them on and off throughout his racing career - so any horse can get them!
H
hebs
Guest
Thanks Laur.
My ned has been on box rest for two weeks turned out yesterday and tacked him up went up the really stony track to the menage and he was really struggling to get up there and he was slightly lame coming out of box. What do you recommend I do?? Im thinking of bringing him in this afternoon and then in tomorrow until I can call the vets. Hes been off work for a month now. Im really desparing. Added to that recently moved yards yo is really strict (used to be a headteacher) and am hating it. When ned was turned out he stood at gate for most of day not bothering with the others. Does that mean hes not happy either???
My ned has been on box rest for two weeks turned out yesterday and tacked him up went up the really stony track to the menage and he was really struggling to get up there and he was slightly lame coming out of box. What do you recommend I do?? Im thinking of bringing him in this afternoon and then in tomorrow until I can call the vets. Hes been off work for a month now. Im really desparing. Added to that recently moved yards yo is really strict (used to be a headteacher) and am hating it. When ned was turned out he stood at gate for most of day not bothering with the others. Does that mean hes not happy either???