purple bruise on hoof

[buddy's mummy]

hello...
Buds has a purple bruise it looks like in back hoof up by coronet band??

He is barefoot at present....but why is bruise up high on hoof?

 

[amandap]

hello...
Buds has a purple bruise it looks like in back hoof up by coronet band??

He is barefoot at present....but why is bruise up high on hoof?

Bruising tends to be at the site of a bleed/stress and grows down with the wall. The cause probably happened in the coronary band area is my guess.

 

[buddy's mummy]

it was strange, it was there suddenly overnight..I inspect his feet and apply keratex hood hardner daily.

 

[buddy's mummy]

no lameness

 

[cptrayes]

Someone trod on him is the commonest reason for a bruise there. Ignore it unless he's lame.

 

[buddy's mummy]

ahh may have been one of the cows then!!

 

[cptrayes]

ahh may have been one of the cows then!!

That would do it. Presumably the cows are barefoot hence no damage to the coronet band. Knocking on something like a big stone will do it too. It's pretty common, you just can't see bruising on dark feet.

 

[buddy's mummy]

 

[daughter's groom]

Our 19 y o gelding with a non-specific metabolic disorder gets repeated and multiple bruising like this if he is ridden for more than the occasional walk out. Barefoot expert says it is caused by the metabolism problem