Hoof issue

Birker2020

Birker2020

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We visited Lari yesterday and the crack on his hoof has got much worse. He's trimmed around every seven or eight weeks but I've noticed a couple of flares which i don't think has helped.

It's not my usual farrier, it's just a trimmer or farrier that trims them all at the same time. As he's on retirement I don't really have much say on who is used.

Is he likely to go lame when it snaps off which it invariably will? It's worrying because it's on his bad leg although it's still down and cool.
 

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It will probably look worse when it's done B, because there's a big abscess hole growing out there, but it rarely causes a problem to take off anything so obviously hanging free. I would be cross in your shoes that the farrier or the yard owner had not done this without you having to ask. If only needs a good big pair of nippers on it.
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nagblagger said:
Why can't you use your farrier? Genuine question.
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I don't think my farrier would have visited just for one, I seem to remember asking him last March before he went to retirement.

Its an extra £15 to have the horse brought in and held and he's already costing me £350/£360 a month on retirement. And its easier for the y.o if they're all done at the same time. But I think the flares need addressing.
 
Birker2020 said:
I don't think my farrier would have visited just for one, I seem to remember asking him last March before he went to retirement.

Its an extra £15 to have the horse brought in and held and he's already costing me £350/£360 a month on retirement. And its easier for the y.o if they're all done at the same time. But I think the flares need addressing.
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The flares wouldn't be an issue for me as long as they don't start to break off. They may well be something he needs to stabilise his joints, and he's not doing anything strenuous. But that flap should be removed asap, it could tear some living tissue as it rips off otherwise.

I hope it will help you for me to be honest B - if he was mine, I wouldn't put him through another winter after the problems he had this year.
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Birker2020 said:
I don't think my farrier would have visited just for one, I seem to remember asking him last March before he went to retirement.

Its an extra £15 to have the horse brought in and held and he's already costing me £350/£360 a month on retirement. And its easier for the y.o if they're all done at the same time. But I think the flares need addressing.
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Leave the flares. That is growth to compensate for all the skeletal issues he has. They don't do harm. However, get that flap nipped off before it does rip the hoof and opens up a new tract for bacteria and another abscess.
 
ycbm said:
The flares wouldn't be an issue for me as long as they don't start to break off. They may well be something he needs to stabilise his joints, and he's not doing anything strenuous. But that flap should be removed asap, it could tear some living tissue as it rips off otherwise.

I hope it will help you for me to be honest B - if he was mine, I wouldn't put him through another winter after the problems he had this year.
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Is an abscess a reason to have a horse shot??
 
ycbm said:
The flares wouldn't be an issue for me as long as they don't start to break off. They may well be something he needs to stabilise his joints, and he's not doing anything strenuous. But that flap should be removed asap, it could tear some living tissue as it rips off otherwise.

I hope it will help you for me to be honest B - if he was mine, I wouldn't put him through another winter after the problems he had this year.
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We don't think we will, I appreciate what you are saying.... no offence as its been on my mind for months noelw but we felt we wanted to wait and see what the spring/ summer brought us.

But in his defence

A) it was a very unprecedented and appalling winter which caused no end of problems for all the herd with mud fever, rain scald and hoof abscesses as it did with a lot of horses up and down the country. I think that is a fair comment

B) it was his first winter out 24/7 so a huge change for him after being a molly coddled competition horse most of his life. The y.o said most horses that have lived the life he had and not been exposed to a life outside 24/7 struggle their 1st year.

C) He has put on weight well since the new summer grazing has opened which rather makes me think its not a pain thing that caused his weight loss.
 
AmyMay said:
I don’t think so, but must have. Apols.
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It's OK, he's had three or four due to them being out on grass all day long with the river bursting it's banks and 23 horses walking through the same gateway and living out 24/7.

So have a large majority of the herd. He's had rain scald and lost the hair on his tummy due o the rain, but so have three or four others. Others hooves are breaking up at the moment, the farrier is due today.

He also lost weight which was very concerning but that may have been my fault for instructing the y.o not to put too many rugs on him or keep them to a minimum as he tears them with his teeth as he gets too hot.

Of course there's a world away from being in at night on a livery yard where perhaps he could getaway with light rug in the day (which he did when he was with me 50g turned out when most were in 100g or even 200g with necks) whereas on retirement he needs thicker rugs at night as they are not housed indoors, just on a sheltered hardstanding . So it may have been my fault.

Of course YCBM is only echoing what I have been thinking but after our last few visits I am very pleased with his improvement.
 
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