Hoof abscess bursting out of odd place?

[soloequestrian]

Mare showed lame on Monday but no obvious track up foot. Vet advised bute. Today she has a weepy patch that looks like an abscess exit hole but it's not near her coronet - it's right in the back of her heels, so if you took a line from where the heel bulbs join at the back and follow it forwards to her pastern, it's just at that 'deep' point. Just wondering if anyone else has seen one burst here?
For context she is still slightly sore but got cross a few minutes ago when I brought someone else in out of the normal routine, so she trotted down a slope behind us (she really didn't need to) so I'm confident she's not actually suffering. I would just ring the vet again but typically it's Saturday night so it seems daft to do that when the horse is well.

 

[silv]

I had a horse who’s abscess burst out exactly where you describe, if I was you I would carry on with the poultice until you get nothing more out. Keep her turned out as exercise is the best thing. I wouldn’t give Bute either as it will slow down the process.

 

[soloequestrian]

Oh thanks, that's good to hear! I've not seen one there before!

 

[ycbm]

That's normal, most of mine have come out there at the join between the pastern and the hoof bulb. I would squirt hydrogen peroxide in as hard as you can twice a day for at least a week, you don't want the top sealing up.

 

[Blazingsaddles]

Abscesses will tract up to soft tissue if no exit point on the hoof sole has been made. The coronet band is the closest exit.?

 

[Peregrine Falcon]

My pony had an abscess that under run his sole due to a serious injury. It burst out the back of his heel. I am not normally squeamish but seeing the vets finger disappear right inside my pony was disturbing!

He trod on a nail in the field, missed navicular bursa by 2mm. He spent 10 days in horsespital.

 

[HobleytheTB]

Mine had some infection come out on the hoof wall, pretty much half way between the coronet band and the bottom! Neither the vet nor the farrier believed me that it had just burst out and that the hole wasn't already there from an old coronet band injury! Always nice to be unique I suppose.

 

[soloequestrian]

Thanks to those who answered my PMs - I'm so technically incompetent that I can't find them now to say thanks via that connection

 

[silv]

Thanks to those who answered my PMs - I'm so technically incompetent that I can't find them now to say thanks via that connection

Ha ha no problem, computers can be infuriating things. Keep us updated how you get on.