could it be a corn?

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My pony was a little bit footsore today, he was sound 90% of the time but he felt footy on the stony paths more than usual. He wasnt sore in a particular foot either it seemed to be in both front feet.

He was shod on Wednesday after his feet had got very overgrown and the foot was growing over the shoe. I have had a lot of problems getting my farrier out recently hence why shoeing was overdue, i couldnt get any other farriers to come out to shoe him either (they get very booked up).

I am not very impressed with my farrier TBH as i think he puts the shoe on way too close to his frog, sometimes i cant get the hoofpick between shoe and frog! He also seems to do alot more of fitting foot to shoe rather that fitting shoe to foot. I am ringing around farriers at the moment in the hope of getting a different farrier.

i've tried searching for pics and descriptions of corns but im not having much luck, does anyone know where i could find a pic of a corn?

Do you think this is why he is a bit sore?
There doesnt seem to be any visable signs of anything inside or outside his feet, he has no heat or swelling in his feet or legs and no strong pulse.

any thoughts?
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if he's still like it monday i think i'll get the vet to look at him.
 
Traditional.. i have never dealt with any corns so i don't really know thats why i was wondering if any one could tell me from there experiences.

The only other thing im thinking is an abscess is brewing. I'll find out if its an abcess if he's hopping lame tomorrow...
 
Podge got one once, and it showed as a small round darker coloured area on his sole. They are often due to poor shoeing, thought his isn't the only cause.
 
my boy had an abcsess,he had no heat or swelling,he was lame ish so kept him in for a couple of days as told to by vet then put him out,he was fine and ran up the field but when i went to get him in he couldnt walk at all,vet straight down and found it so been in nearlly 3 weeks !!
 
He may just be a bit foot sore if has had a lot of foot cut away. Keep an eye on him though as laminitus could also be a possiblity.
 
not showing any other symptoms of laminitis but i will keep a close eye on him. just been looking at stuff on navicular and getting myself worried now..
 
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not showing any other symptoms of laminitis but i will keep a close eye on him. just been looking at stuff on navicular and getting myself worried now..

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Yes we do worry about our horses but if it was a corn he would be very lame and swelling could start to appear up the leg.
It just sounds that he is a bit foot sore which can be due to the fact that your farrier does sounds rubbish,i would keep him on soft surface if you can and avoid roads and stone areas
 
I don't think a corn would appear that quickly plus the farrier should have noticed when he was shod if the was signs of corn - no matter how bad he is!

It sounds like he maybe foot sore due to being very long and then having alot cut off. If this is the case he should come right with in a few days.

The other possiblilty is Nail Bind, although this normally does show up straight away or at least with in the next 24 - 48 hours and normally once the offending nail is removed horse is sound straight away.

Laminitis can be induced by having the horse shod if there are signs of it grumbling away already then the concunsion of the foot being pulled around and banged away at can trigger a full blown attack, and that is not the farrier's fault (or yours) I didn't believe this untill it happened to me twice!

...... Just a few possibilties without delving into the navicular path. I'm sure it is nothing too sinister but if there's no improvement in a day or two it'd be reasonable to ring the farrier and talk it through with him and perhaps ask him to come back.
 
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