emilykerr747
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Hi everyone, has anyone experienced anything like this?
I noticed my 5 year old TB went moderately lame on his right front 2 weeks having his shoes taken off for winter. Heat was present in the foot.
He already doesn’t have the best feet and came to me 6 months ago with thin soles, under run heels and flat feet. It’s been difficult for the farrier to fix as his hooves are very slow growing.
After we noticed the lameness we initially thought it was an abscess as the lameness got worse over the couple of days before the vet came out, however the vet couldn’t find any pocket. The vet suspected potentially concussive laminitis or some sort of deep bruising by the way he was walking although he couldn’t see a bruise on the sole. He was given a course of Bute to complete before a re-visit. It was noted that he was uncomfortable walking on rough concrete surface during the vet assessment.
About 10 days later he then went very lame on his back foot and the farrier confirmed it was an abscess which was drained. 5 days later the vet came to re-visit in regards to the front lameness and he was still moderately lame after coming off the course of bute. A few days later the vet took X-rays which showed nothing to explain the lameness. All bone angles were good and looked healthy however it was noted that he had very thin soles which the farrier had already pointed out. At this point the lameness had improved to only slightly lame.
The vet recommended putting his shoes back on to see if it improved. A few days later the farrier came and put his shoes back on again. After this he was sound fully again with only very mild heat in his feet until 4 days later where he had now come up lame again. The heat is noted in the right front in the cornet band area. The cornet band is not raised or looks normal. There is a digital pulse present.
It’s noted that the lameness episodes have been happening for one month now and he was kept on box rest for the majority of this time. The vet seemed to think that putting his shoes back on would resolve the issue but he is still having these episodes. Another thing to note is that the vet is very certain that the issue is in the hoof and not anywhere else on the leg.
The only thing I can think which could be triggering these episodes is the haylage he’s been having. The lameness episodes started when he was moved fields into one with less grass and was given haylage to substitute.
My plan is to move him onto feed for laminitics and hay to see if there’s any improvement but how on earth do you feed a poor dooer laminitic? If anything we have struggled to keep weight on him this winter and he drops weight very easily!
Sorry for the huge ramble but I’d really appreciate hearing anyone’s suggestions or experiences because I feel pretty stumped right now!
I noticed my 5 year old TB went moderately lame on his right front 2 weeks having his shoes taken off for winter. Heat was present in the foot.
He already doesn’t have the best feet and came to me 6 months ago with thin soles, under run heels and flat feet. It’s been difficult for the farrier to fix as his hooves are very slow growing.
After we noticed the lameness we initially thought it was an abscess as the lameness got worse over the couple of days before the vet came out, however the vet couldn’t find any pocket. The vet suspected potentially concussive laminitis or some sort of deep bruising by the way he was walking although he couldn’t see a bruise on the sole. He was given a course of Bute to complete before a re-visit. It was noted that he was uncomfortable walking on rough concrete surface during the vet assessment.
About 10 days later he then went very lame on his back foot and the farrier confirmed it was an abscess which was drained. 5 days later the vet came to re-visit in regards to the front lameness and he was still moderately lame after coming off the course of bute. A few days later the vet took X-rays which showed nothing to explain the lameness. All bone angles were good and looked healthy however it was noted that he had very thin soles which the farrier had already pointed out. At this point the lameness had improved to only slightly lame.
The vet recommended putting his shoes back on to see if it improved. A few days later the farrier came and put his shoes back on again. After this he was sound fully again with only very mild heat in his feet until 4 days later where he had now come up lame again. The heat is noted in the right front in the cornet band area. The cornet band is not raised or looks normal. There is a digital pulse present.
It’s noted that the lameness episodes have been happening for one month now and he was kept on box rest for the majority of this time. The vet seemed to think that putting his shoes back on would resolve the issue but he is still having these episodes. Another thing to note is that the vet is very certain that the issue is in the hoof and not anywhere else on the leg.
The only thing I can think which could be triggering these episodes is the haylage he’s been having. The lameness episodes started when he was moved fields into one with less grass and was given haylage to substitute.
My plan is to move him onto feed for laminitics and hay to see if there’s any improvement but how on earth do you feed a poor dooer laminitic? If anything we have struggled to keep weight on him this winter and he drops weight very easily!
Sorry for the huge ramble but I’d really appreciate hearing anyone’s suggestions or experiences because I feel pretty stumped right now!
