Dreading the third thing....

[Annagain]

Bad things always come in threes don't they?

10 days ago, Arch had a tooth out (it was broken so at least not an age related problem).

Friday, he came in lame and with a really warm hoof. I've been poulticing all weekend and he's less lame but no sign of pus. My farrier came this morning and found a puncture wound in his sole. He's made it a bit bigger and there is gunk draining out and even within 5 minutes of that, he was looking a lot sounder so hopefully he's on the road to recovery now but I'm dreading the third thing - not to mention poulticing for the rest of the week. Arch is a total drama queen so the first minute of any job is spent with him waving his leg around until he gets over himself and behaves. My back is aching already from all the bending over and hanging on to a flailing leg.

The only good thing is that so far, both things have been quite straightforward, He's not showing any signs of problems from the tooth (final check up tomorrow) and we have at least found the problem in is foot.

 

[Mrs G]

Well I can sympathize completely - Im in almost the exact same situation Annagain but minus the tooth. My poor boy came in from a hack out last weekend with a huge stone stuck in a hoof, he's been lame since and I was hoping it was just badly bruised but yesterday morning an abscess appeared in his heel and I was able to squeeze out A LOT of pus (proper 'pimple-popper' vibes!) but the resulting sore, soggy looking exit wound is going to take a lot of care to keep clean. And like you, my back pain (which was already a problem) has seriously flared up with the bending over to deal with the aforementioned hoof. Trying to be positive- if there are only three things going awry in your life you're doing ok in my opinion and if you dont look for the 3rd - thats only two things so you're even better off!

 

[HeyMich]

There's a handy Czech ritual in these situations - go into the garden a break a stick - it tempts the bad luck fairy to foxtrot oscar. I'd choose a fairly large stick if I were you...

 

[Annagain]

Well I can sympathize completely - Im in almost the exact same situation Annagain but minus the tooth. My poor boy came in from a hack out last weekend with a huge stone stuck in a hoof, he's been lame since and I was hoping it was just badly bruised but yesterday morning an abscess appeared in his heel and I was able to squeeze out A LOT of pus (proper 'pimple-popper' vibes!) but the resulting sore, soggy looking exit wound is going to take a lot of care to keep clean. And like you, my back pain (which was already a problem) has seriously flared up with the bending over to deal with the aforementioned hoof. Trying to be positive- if there are only three things going awry in your life you're doing ok in my opinion and if you dont look for the 3rd - thats only two things so you're even better off!

That's just things with Archie!

Although, other than Wiggy's saddle woes, the rest of my life is pretty ok at the moment so you're right. My farrier has said for me to use a dry poultice (other than dampening it with iodine) and I only need to change it every other day so at least my back will get a bit of a rest and hopefully he won't be so Victor Meldrew if he's not being fiddled with so often....as long as he keeps it on .

Hope your boy's abcess resolves itself without too much drama.

 

[Annagain]

There's a handy Czech ritual in these situations - go into the garden a break a stick - it tempts the bad luck fairy to foxtrot oscar. I'd choose a fairly large stick if I were you...

I'm off to find me a tree trunk to break .