Could hock boots do this?

[mattilda]

Sorry no pics, he gets nervous if I point a camera at him!!
My old lad has arthritis in his hocks and knocks them when getting up in his stable. I have been putting hock boots on at night. He trashed his first pair which were Woof. I then bought a pair of Shires and within a few days he had what looked like a rub. It now looks like he has been burned almost. Raw skin and flaky. I have left the boots off and been putting Fuciderm cream on which is clearing the problem up.
He never went lame and didn't seem bothered by it.
Do you think it was a coincidence or the boots? Anyone heard or seen anything like it? They were both neoprene material and very similar in design and fit.

 

[deecee]

Are they magnetic?

 

[mattilda]

No just bog standard hock boots to protect his hocks.
These are the ones
www.theequinewarehouse.com/the_horse/boots_bandages/shires_hock_boots/

 

[Nailed]

be carful using fuciderm willynilly its a steriod based cream and can cause abnormal skin growths..

Also, yes its likly that the hock boots have rubed him. Are they necessary or could you get away with stable bandaging but using a larger fibergee, so the fibergee goes over the hock?

Lou x

 

[mattilda]

Ooooh never knew that about Fuciderm, will desist immediately and stick to good old Germoline!!
It doesn't look like a rub more like a burn. He was fine in the Woof ones which I used for over a month, they are almost identical to the Shires.
Looks like I will be bandaging from now on though.
Grrrr my horses seem determined to create maximum aggro for me!!

 

[sugarpuff]

Neoprene can get quite hot and sweaty, especially it its been on all night, maybe had an allergic reaction to all that heat/ sweat etc?
Bandages sound like a good idea.

 

[Peacelily]

the best sort of hock boots are similar to the traditional knee boots that have a tight strap at the top and then a looser one at the bottom to keep them in place...clarendon have a range currently...

http://www.totally-tack.co.uk/acatalog/Clarendon_Boots.html

and if the skin is just a bit raw and flakey tbh I wouldn't bandage it - just keep it clean with a bit of cream on and it'll be fine. Unless it's a gaping wound or needs a pressure bandage over it....but if the skin is irritated then leaving it open will let it heal better. Bandaging over a hock (and knee similarly) gives more chance for injury from bandaging incorrectly and creating pressure sores (not saying that you will - but have seen plenty of perfectly well experienced people that don't quite get it right and end up with horrrrrrrrrific problems over a very small wound purely 'cos they bandaged it)

I'd find a new knee boot and use it when skins recovered, in the mean time very deep beds and/or temporary rubbing matting to protect his hocks.

 

[Silverspring]

Sounds like it was the boots

I have heard rave reviews about these hock boots, they act like a bandage and apparently don't rub or slip

http://www.kmeliteproducts.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=band006

 

[Nailed]

My suggested bandage idea was not to do with protecting the damaged skin, it was to do with providing another method of stopping the horse scuffing its hocks.

Again, noone suggested bandageing over the actual hock joint, the idea was to use a larged than normal peice of fibergee, and set it so the fibergee was over the hock, the bandage would then be fitted as a normal stable bandage.