Post abscess cavities - fillers?

[only_me]

Need some ideas please!
Billy has 3 quite deep holes in his hoof which I’m currently hardening up. I tried the keratin hoof putty but that fell out by the evening. Then did my usual cotton wool & tar but it’s also out this morning

Can anyone recommend something to stuff in hole?

 

[Orangehorse]

Red Barn products? How about putty and tar on top?

 

[ester]

artimud?

 

[only_me]

Hmm putty and tar might work together!

Does artimud harden? The main hole was a crack so has been parred away so nothing soft will stick I think. Currently is stuffed with salt and cotton wool lol

 

[ester]

I think so but I've not actually used it myself. hoof putty has sufficed here!

 

[Finlib]

The old remedy is iodine and sugar mixed together then soak cotton wool in it and plug the hole push well down with a hoof pick.
my grandad used to use it It's called sugardine a nd is making a come back I have used it successfully it hardens and the iodine stops any recurring infection sealing the air out but not hardening rock solid.
lots of the old remedies are making a comeback .My vet and Farrier approved.

 

[eggs]

My vet also recommends sugardine

 

[ester]

I use sugardine before I move onto hoof putty to fill as it can be very drying longer term.

 

[TPO]

Red horse worked best for "normal" abscesses once they were clean but I had a horse who chronically abscesses and the vets dug quite a out of his hoof so used sugardine initially in that situation.

I'm just using field paste for a solar abscess hole just now but have used hoof putty and artimud with good success too

 

[HorsesRule2009]

Could try cotton wool soaked in tea tree, we used a shoeing nail to help push the cotton wool right into the whole (it's amazing just how much fits in there!)