Help - horses sole/pedal bone

[samzy_82]

Hello,

Do any of you have experience with dropped pedal bones?

I have a horse who has 1mm between the sole and the bone (x-ray determined he is toe down). He also has an abcess, i poulticed the abcess, went to change the poultice and there's a cream colour what looks like jelly lump. Could the lintex have drawn the pedal bone through the sole or do you think it is a sac of infection that i will need to puncture?

Also is the pedal bone hard bone or a funny consistency?

Thankyou in advance

p.s. i didnt re-oultice it, ive just bandaged it heavily and put a hoof boot on (vets orders about the hoof boot)

 

[Sparkles]

I'd be putting imprints on.

And getting the vet out also as I wouldn't have a clue. I freaked out with our old HW with lami that that happened to also. I thought his bone was bulging through one morning....but it was just new white hoof.

 

[cptrayes]

What are you feeding him?

My own horse with very thin soles, but not as thin as yours, could not tolerate sugar of any kind, especially not in grass. I had to remove him from grazing completely before he would grow soles thick enough to walk on.

 

[Nari]

I'm afraid I'd have got the vet out straight away if I wasn't sure! If there's the slightest chance it's bone then he needs immediate treatment. I really hope it's just sole.