Poultice boot

[AdorableAlice]

Has anyone used this type of boot https://www.woofwear.com/medical-hoof-boot

I have a horse with a big hole and am currently wrapping with dry dressing/ nappy/vet wrap and gaffer tape. Paddocks are wet now and he cannot stay in. I am wondering if the woofwear boot would keep him drier.

Many thanks

 

[meleeka]

I tried one but it didn't fit my horse. I think it might be ok for a horse with skinny pasterns.

 

[Tiddlypom]

I haven’t seen the woof wear boot in action, so can’t comment on that.

How wet are your fields? Can you rig up a vet strider/horse crocz with a load of gaffer tape or maybe thick plastic wrapper, like this but more so? That’s fine for normal muddy turnout but probably not for waterlogged fields.

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

My friend used one on her Arab it worked well for him but no idea what size it was but they have a size chart so I would measure and maybe go a bit bigger to accommodate the dressing on the hoof.

I've always just used half a feed sack and loads of duct tape always stayed on much cheaper than those boots.

 

[HobleytheTB]

I've used one over the top of a regular poultice so I could turn horse out. They are TIGHT though, so definitely measure properly. I have a TB and a cob and used on both and I've always found them to fit round the pattern ok. However they don't tend to survive more than a couple of nights (depends how sensible your horse is and the condition of the fields I guess). And they do slip in mud much more than a shod or barefoot hoof would.

 

[Ceifer]

I haven’t seen the woof wear boot in action, so can’t comment on that.

How wet are your fields? Can you rig up a vet strider/horse crocz with a load of gaffer tape or maybe thick plastic wrapper, like this but more so? That’s fine for normal muddy turnout but probably not for waterlogged fields.

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This looks genius. What is the boot you’ve used please?

I purchased a WW boot but obviously didn’t measure correctly as I couldn’t get the damn thing on.

In the end I used an old style poultice boot.

Poultice
Vet wrap
Tube grip bandage over the foot and up the fetlock.
Poultice boot
Then a stretch flex wrap boots that I gaffa taped the top of the poultice boot to.

The whole thing was a rigmarole but the horse wouldn’t box rest and I was desperate. It did work nicely although it looked god awful.

 

[Tiddlypom]

This looks genius. What is the boot you’ve used please?

It’s now called a vet strider, used to be called a horsecrocz.

Vet-Strider (was Horsecrocz) - Orange

Over hoof dressing which can be re-used time and time again. Ideal for a range of uses, temporary protection from lost shoes, to hoof abscesses, bruising etc.

hyperdrug.co.uk

Put it on over the usual abscess dressing of nappy, vet wrap, duct tape. There’s quite a bit of adjustability in the fitting re which tabs you loop the cable tie through. I remove it by cutting the cable tie every 24 hours, replacing the nappy etc as necessary and refit with a new cable tie. I’ve never had one rub, but you need to keep an eye on the heel bulbs, as that is where the pressure is.

 

[buzzles]

My mare has very bad abcess and is able to go out every day with her woofwer poultice boot. I either use animalintex and some vet wrap under it but then moved to nappy under it as it burst out coronary band too. Hoof is pretty dry when she comes in and then fresh poultice over night. Make sure size is correct though as can slip if too big or rub if too small, but definitely been great for her to get out everyday with it on

 

[awelshandawarmblood]

I used them religiously for a month in Feb in waterlogged fields for my lad - he was out 24/7 and he never lost one. They are tight and you have to go up a size or two for the poultice. I also put an over reach over the top. I had a few in rotation to take home, wash and dry daily. Brilliant boots!

 

[EventingMum]

I have used them and they work for wet poultices but for dry poultices they tend to make the foot sweat so aren't good for when you are trying to keep the foot dry and clean. In rain and on wet grass they tend to get moisture gathering inside too.

 

[SpotsandBays]

It’s now called a vet strider, used to be called a horsecrocz.

Vet-Strider (was Horsecrocz) - Orange

Over hoof dressing which can be re-used time and time again. Ideal for a range of uses, temporary protection from lost shoes, to hoof abscesses, bruising etc.

hyperdrug.co.uk

Put it on over the usual abscess dressing of nappy, vet wrap, duct tape. There’s quite a bit of adjustability in the fitting re which tabs you loop the cable tie through. I remove it by cutting the cable tie every 24 hours, replacing the nappy etc as necessary and refit with a new cable tie. I’ve never had one rub, but you need to keep an eye on the heel bulbs, as that is where the pressure is.

I’ve used the strider with great success too, however was inside not outside use. Maybe putting a feed bag over the top before popping the strider over would help to prevent the rest getting too soggy

 

[meleeka]

I used the strider for a while and it enabled my horse to still be turned out. I used a sandwich bag and duck tape over her poultice.

 

[AdorableAlice]

I have used them and they work for wet poultices but for dry poultices they tend to make the foot sweat so aren't good for when you are trying to keep the foot dry and clean. In rain and on wet grass they tend to get moisture gathering inside too.

Thank you, it won't work for my lad, who is in a dry dressing with sugar and iodine paste. The last thing I want his his foot/heel bulbs sweating. I have a a crox/strider but we are too wet for that (they are great bits of kit though). I will stick with nappy vet wrap and squares of gaffer tape but will change the dressing more often to keep drier. I dare not bandage up the pastern with plastic, he is an old lad and his skin isn't great at the best of times. He is on antibiotics and improving nicely, just hope he doesn't get another in a different foot.

 

[suestowford]

I do what pinkyboots described upthread, but if I'm short of duck tape I'll put a hoofboot on over the top of it all to hold it all together. If I have to use a hoofboot I'll put the pair to it on the opposite foot otherwise the pony is unlevel.

 

[blitznbobs]

I have one of almost every size … brilliant things imo

 

[ihatework]

I found the zips broke very easily, expensive and not robust!

 

[HufflyPuffly]

I used one on a baby Skylla and she chewed it off . Fantastic idea, but not that robust for something with destructive tendencies…

 

[Surbie]

The poultice boot isn't/wasn't made in sizes big enough for my horse so he had HorseCrocz. Worked well for turnout in a wet field with haylage bags over the poultice and under the cable ties, until a mare in season was turned out next to him. It flicked off on the 3rd prancy 'look I'm a boy' canter.