Slightlyconfused
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My lami stands like that when an abcess is due to burst.
Hot tub and hot poultice.....I use tee tree it helps draw it out.
Hot tub and hot poultice.....I use tee tree it helps draw it out.
Digging a deep abcess when no one can locate it exactly I would agrue was more cruel than leaving it well well wrapped.
His poultice looked suspicious but nothing shouting out as burst, unless just oozing..
I've stuck a dry one on after tubbing and cleaning to reassess..
Horse no worse but managed to canter away from JH and her fly spray enthusiastically..
My farrier is due anytime now and I'll be back with the horse tonight..
(the things we do for our friends, lol)
I'm not a vet but it looks like an abscess brewing.My horse is prone to them and he goes from sound to broken leg lame in hours..
Sounds exactly like my mare 2 years ago.
My vet dug, found nothing. My farrier too. So we started looking at other possible things. After months of thinking she was totally screwed my barefoot podiatrist saw her and said no way, abscess.
He was/is of the opinion that unless you know catergorically where the abscess is, digging is totally counterproductive as you could well just be creating a bigger crater to fill with gunk etc.
Tubbed and poulticed for 5 days and the ****** blew out of 3 places.
Now I have a totally sound horse that one vet even told me to "give 3 weeks and put it down if it doesn't come right"...
How do you get the horse to keep the hoof in a bucket for 20 minutes?? Mine would just kick it over.
Abscess. I'd put money on it!