Keratex hoof products??

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just lost our first shoe as feet are VERY soft and starting to crack :(
anyone used the hoof hardener? its expensive, but is it worth it? have used kevin bacons and effol, but no difference really.
Also the daily hoof gel, its miles cheaper and says it keeps out excess water, which may be useful haha :P xx
 
I wouldn't use anything on my horses' feet that I wouldn't use on my own skin. I wouldn't use formaldehyde on my skin, so I wouldn't put it on my horses' hooves either. A lot of people are having problems with this wet weather, but the weather is wet in winter too. So it must be something else - grass springs to mind. So if the problem is dietary, then so is the solution ;).
 
i was thinking of using keratex too as my horse keeps losing one shoe, farrier only came out last tuesday lost one already!! i also got told to put over reach boots on him, tried today but he wasn't happy with them on, made him a bit stressy!!!:rolleyes:
 
Formaldehyde is for dead things I think, my horses feet are very much alive! Diet is probably worth looking at first!
 
Why would you put formaldehyde on your horses' feet? Sorry but I wouldn't do it.

If you want some good products, have a look at Red Horse products. They are excellent and their field paste is superb - I can't rate it enough!
 
oh dear! never heard of that formal...somein or other!!
defo wont be using...especially for that price!! haha
might stick to my KB's and biotin haha xx
 
LittleMouse said:
oh dear! never heard of that formal...somein or other!!
defo wont be using...especially for that price!! haha
might stick to my KB's and biotin haha xx
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Formaldehyde is used to preserve dead things - Damien Hirst pickles his works of art(usually half a cow or something) in it......
 
Ditto the others. Hoof health starts from within, what you feed shows on the outside of the horse. Look into diet and improve that to start with. Low sugar, starch and no cereal and molasses. All those things make the feet weaker. A healthy hoof shouldn't need ointments on them. What are u feeding?
 
When I did my beauty course , I was always told the best way to have strong nails is from the cuticle. Thus you must have a good diet , you can help by nail hardeners etc but once removed your nail is the same.

Good diet and good supplements as well as a good farrier etc all make the difference .

The best hoof helps that I know of is keratex and Kevin Bacon, these are over and above the initial good diet.

also cornucrescine is a long used product and solar oil is not actually for horse but could help if used round the coronet to of easy penetrating oil
 
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Ditto the others. Hoof health starts from within, what you feed shows on the outside of the horse. Look into diet and improve that to start with. Low sugar, starch and no cereal and molasses. All those things make the feet weaker. A healthy hoof shouldn't need ointments on them. What are u feeding?
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he is fed a small feed of fast fibre. just enough to have a vit&min and garlic supplement, and just started biotin (hes a fatty)!! haha xx
 
I used it during the summer months when my horse was hacking to shows and back most weekends on top of normal exercise and it did a good job. Her hooves didn't fall off either!
 
LittleMouse said:
he is fed a small feed of fast fibre. just enough to have a vit&min and garlic supplement, and just started biotin (hes a fatty)!! haha xx
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Assuming he is on a mixed grass pasture rather than cow grass / green / lush / ryegrass stuff: I would feed up to a kg of Fast Fibre plus 50gms micronised linseed and 15-20gms [or as recommended] good mineral and vitamin supplement, check out Equimins Advance which has biotin in it. a healthy horse should manage its own biotin production.
http://www.equimins-online.com/all-products/2-equimins-advance-concentrate-powder.html
If he needs to lose weight keep him stabled in the morning with a small haynet, it is much healthier if he can lose weight, or more walking, uphill if possible.
 
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Couldn't agree more, the hoof hardener is fantastic stuff with great science behind it. It has a tiny tiny amount of formalin in it to harden and actually *increase* density and of course it is safe to use, you'd find much harsher stuff in your kitchen cupboard!! It's been used in dairy cow foot baths for donkeys years, and it's in everything from shampoo and make-up to eyelash glue, carrier bags, laminate flooring, cavity wall insulation, nail polish, you name it. So if you want to avoid formaldehyde you better move to the moon :-) :-)
 
It is only applied twice a week, i think the formaldehyde is used as a preservative so it doesn't go off. agree with LStarr it is in a lot of products we use all the time.
 
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