Michen
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Shoes came off youngster about 8/9 weeks ago now. Contracted heels, awful frogs. Walked out of shoes and was pretty rock crunching up until about 2/3 weeks ago where he got footy on the roads and stones (doing lots of long reining hacking). So started booting in front with scoot boots and pads but still a bit footy tbh on stones only so have kept off anything other than grass, though the scoots do have very soft flexible soles which I know has been an issue for other horses.
He is now so footy on stones to get from field to stable I am actually really concerned, he's crippled on them. He's totally fine on grass despite hard ground, mostly fine on concrete except where it's got little stones on it too. He got trimmed yesterday (and is no worse or better today) and unfortunately before I could say anything the farrier trimmed his frog.. more than I'd have liked... but I'm not actually too upset about that as I've also been battling thrush and I do think that it's easier when you can make sure you can really get in there. Farrier did comment how flat footed he is.
He is not overweight but could easily become so. His feet are cool, he has no pulses. He's on a handful of straw chaff and Equimins advanced complete pellets (for the last few weeks), and salt. He's stabled 12 hours on soaked hay and in a field overnight. The thrush has been persistent but I'm about to receive a cleantrax solution which I'm going to try.
I am just really worried as to why, even with the thrush, he's suddenly SO footy. The thrush isn't a new thing so I can't understand why it would be that. His feet aren't overly worn down (they needed a light trim). He doesn't have any lami symptoms. Could it still be grass? I'm going to keep him in for a couple of days and see if it helps but it seems strange when the feet are cool with no pulses.
Am considering purchasing a muzzle.
Any suggestions welcome. I'm really tempted to try front shoes on him frankly but I would rather get his feet in better condition first before he's shod potentially for a large proportion of his life.
He is now so footy on stones to get from field to stable I am actually really concerned, he's crippled on them. He's totally fine on grass despite hard ground, mostly fine on concrete except where it's got little stones on it too. He got trimmed yesterday (and is no worse or better today) and unfortunately before I could say anything the farrier trimmed his frog.. more than I'd have liked... but I'm not actually too upset about that as I've also been battling thrush and I do think that it's easier when you can make sure you can really get in there. Farrier did comment how flat footed he is.
He is not overweight but could easily become so. His feet are cool, he has no pulses. He's on a handful of straw chaff and Equimins advanced complete pellets (for the last few weeks), and salt. He's stabled 12 hours on soaked hay and in a field overnight. The thrush has been persistent but I'm about to receive a cleantrax solution which I'm going to try.
I am just really worried as to why, even with the thrush, he's suddenly SO footy. The thrush isn't a new thing so I can't understand why it would be that. His feet aren't overly worn down (they needed a light trim). He doesn't have any lami symptoms. Could it still be grass? I'm going to keep him in for a couple of days and see if it helps but it seems strange when the feet are cool with no pulses.
Am considering purchasing a muzzle.
Any suggestions welcome. I'm really tempted to try front shoes on him frankly but I would rather get his feet in better condition first before he's shod potentially for a large proportion of his life.