First time canker dealings!

[Horse Gifts Central]

so I bought my first horse around 2 months ago, he was shod when he came so when I got the farrier out again to re-shoe I didn't know what he was going to be like. Unfortunately I soon found out he wasn't very good and ended up having his shoes off for a week and a half and then went lame. Anyway I had the vet out and she diagnosed him with canker, gave me cyclone blue spray and bute for 3/4 days and said it should clear up and he should be fine. but I'm not on the 4th day and he only looks a little bit better and was wondering how long it takes to clear up/heal and not make him lame? thanks x

 

[ester]

I always thought canker was a lot more complicated to clear up than with blue spray, ie definitely a vet job even if just at the frog stage.

http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/hors...dealing-with-canker-in-the-horses-hoof-146687
http://www.equipodiatry.com/canker1.htm

eta sorry I read vet as farrier, I would be considering a second opinion for a biopsy tbh.

 

[MotherOfChickens]

Canker is quite serious and requires more than spraying with blue spray-is this an equine vet? Thrush might effectively be treated like this (although I'd argue this) and can also make them sore but canker afaik needs more aggressive treatment. What did your farrier say?



http://www.thehorse.com/articles/28652/equine-canker

http://www.equipodiatry.com/canker1.htm

 

[little_critter]

Agree - a farrier near us spent probably a year working very closely with a local vet trying to deal with a case of canker.
The horse was being kept at the vets and had frequent visits from the farrier to pare out the canker tissue and clean up the hoof.
It takes more than a bit of spray to get on top of it.

 

[Horse Gifts Central]

yes she was an equine vet. My farriers coming out on Saturday to put his other shoe back on so will get him to have a look at it. And will look at those links thankyou she didn't say it definitely was canker she just said it looks like that's what it is. As I said the blue spray was what my vet gave me I'm only going off what she has said and have no idea if it 'takes more than a bit of spray' (which is being out on twice a day.

 

[flaxen]

Blue spray wont get rid of it if it is true canker. Its a nightmare to treat and requires aggressive treatment and all diseased tissue needs debriding away, this sometimes needs to be done under general anaesthesia. Any trace left behind and it just continues to reoccur. Sometimes the hoof wall and sole need debriding away. Professor knottenbelt has a short talk about it on the eponatv. Its worth watching. http://epona.tv/canker

 

[ester]

I wonder if vet said it looked like canker but is first treating as thrush to eliminate it before taking biopsies etc, that would make more sense.

 

[Horse Gifts Central]

possibly! she did say it should clear up next week and he should be fine but any problems to ring?

 

[Gloi]

Hope it is thrush not canker. The only horse I've known with canker had to be PTS because of it.

 

[bugs bunny]

Just to let you all know that I've set up a Facebook group for equine canker. I myself dealt with canker for 14 months and it was a rollercoaster ride. The group is there to support people dealing with equine canker and to swap information on treatment methods to beat this horrible disease.

Please take a look and join

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1059527797468834/