Hoof Injury advice sought, with PIC DO NOT look if Squeamish!

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My TB was shod on Wednesday and came in very lame that night, minus the shoe, which had been removed cleanly.

The next morning the Farrier replaced the shoe, but we found that he seemed a bit sore, as he stamped his foot down, which is not like him.

That evening, I found him pointing his leg out and licking his coronet band and was very lame in the mud, but was okish on the hard surface.

On inspection I found the injury, in the pic below ....

Spoke to Vet who advised, clean it up with Hibiscrub and smoother it with Antiseptic cream .... all I had was Betadine (Hibiscrub had disappeared
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I have continued that treatment and he is not lame and have kept him in, out of the mud and ridden him instead.

I have also cut off a piece of hoof, which was pointing towards the front of the foot, as I was concerned that it would be caught on something and pull the flap back and make it worse.

Now the question is, do you think it needs any alternative treatment, as it looks quite horrific in the pic, worse than in real life
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Any advice greatfully received
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just keep it clean, it may well scar across his coronet band in which case you may need farrier to put extra clip on shoe in future if hoof grows in 2 bits ( i had a pny who had this due to an old coronet band injury - he never had any problems). it may heal up fine, though obviously it will take time for new hoof to grow down. just keep an eye on it, they often look worse than they actually are. as long as he's not lame, i'd keep gently exercising.
 
my horse sliced into his coronet band and had to have six weeks box rest and it had to be kept wrapped up so it all knitted back together. I think i would vetwrap that so its back together especially when you work him
 
Warm salt water is great- can you soak it in a bucket at all? Sure you know that anyway... But helps to draw any crap out....
 
Thank you all for your replies
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Bean88 - I think I will have a chat to the Farrier on Monday, just to see what he has to say, as he may be able to pop and see TB on his way through, just to check that it may need further Farrier treatment at a later date
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Elle1085 - I hope I don’t have to go for long term box rest, as it means that Motor has to stay in too
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Cellie - goodness knows how I will keep it clean, as he always stands in his own droppings, unlike Motor, who would not dream of it
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Chops - I cleaned it off in Saline solution tonight, with Hibiscus (I found it!) as I thought that may be a good idea …. Great minds think alike ….. Will tub him tomorrow I think
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No I have not got any tetracycline spray ..... I will put an overreach boot on when he goes out, but I think I will have to keep him in for a while, to keep it clean ...... bu**er
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Get your vet back in to really trim off all dead tissue and yes he will be very lame and sore - you should'nt have to do it yourself - is your blacksmith really blind - imagine the pain your boy had to go through as he slapped that shoe back on.

Soak a large poultice in a strong iodine mix and then wrap around all of his foot, then vet wrap and lots of waterproof tape to create a cocoon around foot - you need to get all of the secondary infection out over next few days - so keep repeating the poultice, see if you can get some Bute for the pain and ask your vet if any anti-biotics are required. Don't be surprised to get a foot adcess if the infection drains downwards weeks afterwards.

Once it is clean and dry, you will need to help the correct growth in the foot - if you are very brave, take the shoe off and let the foot grow to its natural position, this means using a bit of Cornucresine - hope that I have spelt it right - with a toothbrush all around the coronet band every other day, it will take months to grow back but there is nothing else you can do . A food supplement like Farrier's Formula will do no harm either but you can also add limestone flour to the feed plus gelatin to do the same thing!

Poor chap - looks well nasty.
 
Ouch ! Jamie bouncing back some healing vibes
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He recommends babies nappies , circles cut out of plastic feed sacks and miles and miles of duck tape ...
 
That could become rather infected leading to abscess formation or just pussy n nasty!
If you have iodine solution, put a splosh (nice accurate terms!) into a bucket of luke warm water, that will help clean it out nicely! but might be more difficult to keep his foot in that than hibiscrub but would clean it out a bit better!
Might also be worth clipping (using scissors) the hair aroudn the area, to prevent them causing or increasing the chance of further infection!
But I agree with above about you shouldn't be cutting bits of the hoof away (the little bit wont do any damage, but not big chunks!) That is for the vet really to do!

and over reach boots when turned out now as it does look alot like he has over reached and just trodden on himself!

GOOD LUCK! and hope he gets better!
 
My boy did an over reach in similar place - look almost identical but a bit higher up and didnt involve the hoof more the heel. Mine lives out 24/7 and I tried the whole nappy, duct tape, bags, vet wrap and nothing stayed on. I ended up keeping him in on rubber matting and a concrete yard with the wound unbandaged after a very good clean with hibiscrub and antiseptic spray on top. He was utterly fed up poor boy as he wont lie down on rubber matting but after a week of cleaning and bandaging originally it looked a lot worse and I needed to change tactics.

Within a day of leaving it clean and unbandaged and letting air get to it, it hardened off and started healing. After 4 days of being in it was dry and closed so turned him out during the day, bought him in at night, washed it off to get rid of mud, antiseptic spray. Did this for 3 nights and then left him out 24/7 as usual.

I think sometimes you need to get air to it and let wounds dry out and harden - the constant washing, bandaging especially with plastic doesnt help the healing process. Obviously it has to be really clean before it hardens off and thats why I had no bedding just rubber matting and concrete and virtually picked up any droppings as quickly as I could. I used to lead him out to a grass verge so he could wee but he did resort to doing it on the concrete floor (poor poor boy) and again I would wash out regulalry - it was hard work and am lucky that they are at home so could keep nipping out.

Better to put the hard work in religously now rather have to deal with weeks of box rest ....
 
Has the vet actually been out to look at the injury.

If not i would personally want the vet to have a look.

Hope he's on the road to recovery and is all better soon
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