horse always going lame!

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hi all,
im finding that my gelding seems to be going lame every other month!
the other month i had the farrier and he said that he looked as though he had a infection in each front hoofs.
he then told me that they had burst and just to keep an eye on them.
now today i had him again to put shoes on and then he said he had another one in the back hoof! but had not come right through. but to call him and not the vet if he becomes lame.
which was kind of him.

i went down this evening to put them away and i found that he was lame on the front left foot.
i really do not know what is going on as he doesnt get alot of exercise at all,so it cannot be due to work related.

anyone help please..

thanks

regards donax
 
I hope you are joking?

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i had the farrier and he said that he looked as though he had a infection in each front hoofs.
he then told me that they had burst and just to keep an eye on them.
now today i had him again to put shoes on and then he said he had another one in the back hoof! but had not come right through. but to call him and not the vet if he becomes lame.
which was kind of him.

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'Burst' infections in both front feet yet no poulticing or treatment and now another diagnosed even though horse is not lame?
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If your horse is persistently lame you need to get a vet.
 
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one minute hes fine then next min hes lame..

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Exactly a vet required, an infection can't burst!!! an absess can but needs treatment. Suprised farrier hasnt taken it more seriously. As said above vet needed urgently however irregular lameness is
 
I felt like this in the winter with my tb he got several lamnesses in a row due to bruised soles, absesses! Blimin tb feet so flat they skim accross all the bad ground! seems better now though thank god!
 
Hi Dezzie,

How frustrating and upsetting for you, and painful for your horse.

As lzt says, it's normal to poultice the foot, after the farrier has cut into the infected part, in order to release the pus, and encourage further drainage by poulticing. As your horse is suffering from infections in several feet, it may be worth looking as his feet in general - eg, are they cracked, so making it easier for infection to enter? Laminitis (God forbid!) can also cause recurrent infections, so I agree with everyone else's advice, and get the vet involved asap.

I hope all works out fine,
Every best wish, BS
 
hi .. thanks.

my horse has never had anything wrong at all in the past hes had very good feet never had any probs at all.

just recently he has become lame in the fronts he has had abcesses in them but only the farrier has picked up on that as they had already burst. he didnt advise me to poultice .he just said that they had gone.

he trimmed his feet yesterday and the fronts were fine.
but then he found one in the back hoof.he just said keep an eye on it and if he becomes lame on it then to call him out and he will dig it out..still nothing about a poultice to help draw it.

but in earlier post i went down to put them away and he was limping on the fronts..

is there a pain killer i can give him preferably not bute.

i will see what he is like this morning and i think i will poultice the back hoof to be safe.

thanks regards dona
 
With all due respect poulticing his back foot is not going to help establish or treat the lameness in his forefeet which would be concerning me a lot more- particularly as he is lame on both.

The old saying 'no foot, no horse' couldn't be more true- I think it important that you get your vet to see the horse.

Bilateral lameness up front (even intermittant) can be a symptom of problems far more serious than abcesses. I would want to be ruling out laminitis for starters, not to mention various degenerative conditions affecting feet. The chances of abcesses in both feet simultaneously would be quite slim I think too, esp as you say your horse has never had foot problems before.

It's not my intention to scaremonger and fingers crossed it is something and nothing but given it has gone on for a long time aren't you better off getting the vet now to establish what it is you are dealing with rather than leaving it and potentially finding out down the line that you had left something too late to be treated effectively?

Good luck with it anyway, I hope it turns out to be something innocuous.
 
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