Hoof warm after frog infection/abcess

[geegee84]

my gelding had a puncture wound begining of september, not much abcess but a huge frog infection.

this has all gome but meant the farrier clipped away his heel bulbs and his frog has come off. he has a new one growing in ok tho.

when the vet signed him off three weeks ago she said he was sound.

however until now its still warm. what could the reason for this be. it does vary some tims warmer than others.

could it be that without the frog and heel that his foot is more sensitive and this is why?

any ideas would be great!

thanks

 

[moorman]

Without seeing the foot it is very hard to judge, but you will often get heat due to blood coming to an area that is healing itself and trying to create more replacement tissue. The same as when protective skin is being produced. don't forget the frog that is now exposed is having to callous over due to it being
‘in use’ before it is meant to be.
It is always a good idea to hose your horses feet and see if one foot dries before the others anyway, that will usually show you if there is more heat in one rather than the others.