genuine question about barefoot/absess situation...

Ellemoo said:
Well this has given me a serious case of the worries! :p The black spot near my thumb is one of the areas that the vet scraped at with her knife while looking for an absess, as is the pale-ish patch between the frog and the outer edge of the hoof on half of her foot which is at the bottom of the picture if that makes sense?
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Fair enough - as long as you know what the black spot is.

I wouldn't worry. Forum views on hooves from pics are notoriously unreliable. I ask for pics so I have a vague idea of what's going on - some things are obvious from pics...but many are not.

If you got ten of the best hoof care experts around a table - each one of them would have a different view and swear they had the right answer
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FWIW your mare's hoof showed no surprises to me or anything that couldn't be sorted with a little time and a few tweaks. I see much, much worse hooves walking around for years.

But you need to look at the diet, and I would get her some boots for work when she is ready.
 
P.s. If I posted pics of my Arab's hooves on here, I would get lynched. But he is sound...so I am happy :p
 
Its a case of stupid owner assumes farrier is doing what foot requires and sinse i dont know what the hell im looking at i wouldnt think to question or ask for explanation. Until she came hopping down the field saturday afternoon i didnt think i had any reason to think her feet had so many problems! Feel rather stupid and also majorly like ive let poor pony down with my lack of knowledge on the situation :(
 
well I think your farrier has done what the foot requires atm, when frank was deshod (about 6 weeks ago) we left all of the previous 6 weeks growth on and just let him wear it off with some gentle road walking, this also gave an insight as to how he was landing, where he would trim his own foot to etc. In addition I am sure it kept him more comfortable in the first instance than if we had trimmed him straight away and he is now in front boots to stop him trimming them too much himself!

Ponies like to make us worry ;) you've picked up on it and it will be resolvable so don't beat yourself up :p
 
Please don't feel.bad. they r not bad feet, as Oberon.said. far far worse feet out there! All.easy to.fix with a few trims, time, good diet, Mayb boots and pads if needed.

Where abouts r u based? X
 
Ps, also.like Oberon.said, my horses feet awful, as she sound and I.end up.helping everyone else first!!
I have done a year long course as well as an animal.science.degree and.knew nothing about this 5 yrs ago!
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Pleae don't, all really really easy to fix (part of frustration I suppose), but nothing wrong with Bern cautious and doing it gradually as long as horse happy. Sort out lami/abcess first that would b priorty imo. Then Just ask ur farrier to explain what he is going to do and y. Or if u prefer an equine podiatrist if u want to stay barefoot, google one in area. U could try epauk. They have a list of practicing trimmer that keep up professional development and knowledge. But there are other schools are trimmers too :-)
Please don't worry I'm sure that was the last intention from.either of us. X
 
Ellemoo said:
Im in Kent :) Im going to lose sleep over this now :(
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Honestly, don't lose sleep over it, those don't look bad feet at all, and some of the worst looking feet I've seen carry the soundest horses, so stop worrying!

You are doing everything right by controlling the diet and supporting the foot while you suspect she may have laminitis, the trim to be honest is the least of your worries for now.

I'm the same as Ester, my mare wears the hoof that she needs with very little input from anyone else, once pony is sound and comfy I find that roadwork brings the heels to where they should be naturally. The horse knows what he needs better than anyone else. :)
 
Oberon and Waltzing Matilda- please do not feel bad and wish youd kept quiet! I posted this thread asking for opinions/suggestions and that is what i got (and very helpful and in depth advice it was too!) I am very very grateful for all replies ive been given, and hopefully i can now start to put in place all the things i need to make her feet healthier!
I only felt so rubbish because it was a bit of a shock just HOW little i knew about her feet and i feel like my lack of knowledge has let Monroe down :( not a nice feeling because she means the world to me and i always want to do the best for her!
Thank you again to all of you for advice, ill post an update tommorow when the vet has seen her again- and im going to try get my farrier to come and give his opinon on the feet aswell :)
 
Little update, farrier came out today to look at her feet. Had a good look at her poulticed foot and cut away a little area to reveal..... a 'pin prick' sized black dot :o Slightly bemused at the size of the offending absess after the way Monroe hobbled in on saturday acting like she had lost the leg :rolleyes: Anyhow, pony seems much happier and is fully weight bearing on the foot today (said foot is now dry poulticed to keep the dirt out for a couple of days while the foot dries out) Farrier assured me that there are no signs of Laminitus which is a huge relief :)

So basically- happy pony and happy owner :D:D
 
Glad for you, had the same with my barefoot boy today, had me in a total panic as I thought he had laminitis, vet came and he also had a small abscess, I thought it was going to be much worse as he could hardly walk on it!
 
pines of rome said:
Glad for you, had the same with my barefoot boy today, had me in a total panic as I thought he had laminitis, vet came and he also had a small abscess, I thought it was going to be much worse as he could hardly walk on it!
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I think they like to dramatise things like this just to give us a bit of a scare ;)
Hope your boy heals quickly :)
 
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