Hoof problems, seedy toe??? (pics)

Dilute the milton down { think its 1/5th milton the rest water} then pick out the feet and any holes that seedy toe have caused then just spray on, or squirt on.
 
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Can you see how the hoof is convex? My mare grew some convex hoof for a while, I cut the sugar in her diet right down and it started to grow straight again.

Also, don't forget that low grade laminitis (that never develops further) can go undetected, especially if the horse is shod.
 
"Just a note of caution on the lami front, you say he has not suffered with it, but you also say that when you got him he was without shoes, crippled and footsore... I think you may well have to change your belief that he didn't have a bout of lami"



I didnt read it that the pony came sore and crippled but rather didnt cope on the present owners ground without shoes and therefor became footsore and crippled???
 
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merlinsquest said:
"Just a note of caution on the lami front, you say he has not suffered with it, but you also say that when you got him he was without shoes, crippled and footsore... I think you may well have to change your belief that he didn't have a bout of lami"



I didnt read it that the pony came sore and crippled but rather didnt cope on the present owners ground without shoes and therefor became footsore and crippled???
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Not to side track a thread, but he was crippled and in pain, the ground is not the cause of that.
 
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He came to us without shoes and he was horrendously crippled and footsore on our ground. We had to put hoof boots on just to get him out the field and with his hooves being in such bad condition just now id have to wait until late spring i think. He came to us in winter and the ground was horrendously hard, i just know he wouldnt cope atm...but yes in my head im thinking it as an option if need be.
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Queenbee said:
Not to side track a thread, but he was crippled and in pain, the ground is not the cause of that.
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I have to agree with QB. Healthy hooves would cope with hard ground, even rutted frozen ground. He couldn't cope on hard ground = his hooves are not healthy at all.

I have no doubt that you can improve his hooves with the correct diet and exercise, but it is a long job as he will need to grow a whole new hoof capsule. It would be interesting to see photos of the soles of his hooves. Does he have healthy frogs, bars and concave soles?
 
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