Plugging an abscess hole

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What is everyone using these days to plug holes after an abscess has been dug out.

my mare has a giant hole, where the previous vet misdiagnosed her (very sore point). the abscess mostly found its own way out via the coronet band but there was still something in the hoof so on Monday my vet dug until he managed to find it! she's currently in a woofwear medicine boot but I'm dreading using this all winter!

Farrier said that keretex hoof putty should be enough but how am I going to get over the fear of it getting reinfected now that we're starting to get mud :(
 
It kind of depends how big/deep the hole is and where it’s located.
I’ve always used keretex putty with good success, but not on anything I’d class as ‘giant’.

I’d say it would be worth trying the putty. Keep the foot covered until the tissue underneath is hardened and not sensitive.

I wonder, if it’s really quite a hole, if one of the injectable gel pads might be worth thinking about in due course
 
My farrier gave me some black gunk to plug the hole with, no idea what it was but she said would Def do the job and it wouldn't let anything in even if turned straight out into mud !! Will see if I can find the name of it ...
 
ihatework said:
It kind of depends how big/deep the hole is and where it’s located.
I’ve always used keretex putty with good success, but not on anything I’d class as ‘giant’.

I’d say it would be worth trying the putty. Keep the foot covered until the tissue underneath is hardened and not sensitive.

I wonder, if it’s really quite a hole, if one of the injectable gel pads might be worth thinking about in due course
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oh its really big! she had stood on a stone a while ago and it created a hole in the white line, which turned into an abscess! first vet said the hole was a red herring and that he thought she had navicular! she then went sound, and the abscess burst out of the coronet band, but went lame again on Monday and it appears that not all of it came out, so he had to dig really high up to find the left over pus!

She finishes her antibiotics today, so I'll leave it a few days to see if she stays sound, otherwise the vet said he might have to come and drill a hole in her hoof wall to release anything that's stuck :'(

hopefully it will be gone now, and I will start with the putty and see how I get on! but will be keeping the poultice boot on for a while longer then
 
Possibly not useful as I can’t give you the name of it but……………when our mare had a nasty deep hole in her sole post abscess our vet came and put some black stuff that hardened and was there until the sole grew back and eventually exfoliated off.

It was a bit of a process that required vet coming out 3 days in a row and the horse being boxed for those 3 days. Day one in a sterile environment the wound was given a full flush even though the abscess had already resolved and then bandaged up. Day 2, sterile environment again, lots of sterile forceps and special packets of things to be mixed up and black stuff applied. Horses hoof held up for quite a while to allow stuff to harden and back in the box. Day 3 check it had hardened. Bandages removed. Day 4 we could turn the horse out.

Worlds most expensive process as the sterile treatments needed to be set up in a specific manner, checked by vet tech. Day one and day two needed a vet and vet tech visit together.

However, whilst expensive it was a set and forget. Which is what I wanted. Horse back in work a week later.
 
Bonnie Allie said:
Possibly not useful as I can’t give you the name of it but……………when our mare had a nasty deep hole in her sole post abscess our vet came and put some black stuff that hardened and was there until the sole grew back and eventually exfoliated off.

It was a bit of a process that required vet coming out 3 days in a row and the horse being boxed for those 3 days. Day one in a sterile environment the wound was given a full flush even though the abscess had already resolved and then bandaged up. Day 2, sterile environment again, lots of sterile forceps and special packets of things to be mixed up and black stuff applied. Horses hoof held up for quite a while to allow stuff to harden and back in the box. Day 3 check it had hardened. Bandages removed. Day 4 we could turn the horse out.

Worlds most expensive process as the sterile treatments needed to be set up in a specific manner, checked by vet tech. Day one and day two needed a vet and vet tech visit together.

However, whilst expensive it was a set and forget. Which is what I wanted. Horse back in work a week later.
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oh goodness that does sound like a process! but I don't think you can put a price on not having to worry about it reinfecting!

my mare has finished her bute and antibiotics now and is still looking sound, so will see how she's doing towards the end of the week and maybe I'll speak to the vet again about the plugging then!
 
Very old fashioned but I’d poultice with sugardine (sugar and iodine) it draws and hardens. Once fully dry and hard, in the past we have done hoof putty and put a pad one. This allowed me to turn out and crack on with riding whilst there was still a hole.
 
I’d always use sugardine first as dry poultice but then hoof putty to seal it from the wet once I’m done poulticing
 
Ive managed to plug the hole today

Used a bit of red horse hoof stuff in the narrowest part of the hole then keretex hoof putting in the wider part. Ive put tape over it and a hoof boot on. So fingers xd it stays put as her medial boot has started rubbing her heel
 
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