Longest abscess experiences please

Two months with one that had everyone fooled, even the vet. Nothing showed on X-ray, vet said to turn out and see what happens. Farrier came in to take rest of shoes off and to tidy lame foot, when rasped pus exploded out of the foot. A deep abscess that under ran the whole sole.

Another on and off over 6 months. Had foot Xrayed and the abscess was sitting just below the coronary band.

Poultice the life out of the foot, this time of year in mud etc is the hardest time to repair an abscess unless you can either stable or keep foot protected.
 
Thank you everyone he still very sore but in better form today. It does help knowing that it is more common than i thought and everybody seems to have come out the other side. I will keep you all posted when he turns a corner. x
 
Hope your horse is better soon! My horse had a strange niggling abscess that came and went for about 7 weeks, he would go hopping lame then be a bit better, then be very lame again. The vet dug a huge hole on his foot and found a tiny bit of black goo, but said that there was almost certainly other issues going on due to the nature of the abscess, I just waited it out and poulticed, he didn't have any other problems, just a very strange, long term abscess !
 
Checked with vet yesterday and wasn't two months it was 11 weeks and he ended up writing a paper about it, fingers crossed yours doesn't last half that long! X
 
4 weeks and 1 black smith and 3 vets later abscess found in the frog but it appears to be dried up rather than a lot of goo. Although still needed opened to put him back on four legs. Thank you so much for all your reassuring messages. One relieved owner.x
 
elijahasgal said:
My old lad the vets and farriers thought he had a touch of arthritus, as he was only slightly lame as he turned.
A YEAR later, Idiot boy jumped into the yard (I had taken his shoes off for winter) onto slightly rough stone. As it turned out the Abscesses that blew on BOTH front feet were a blessing, as that slight lameness and wince on turns was gone...... and he is a wuss for pain.
I actually find he swells higher up on the inside of his legs, just below his knees when there is a problem brewing.....
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Could I please ask for some more information on the swelling up the legs. My boy had an absess and I don't think it's gone completely. He is less lame but still lame on the lunge. He has a swelling up his leg. Not a soft swelling. It's quite hard and no heat.
 
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