Pus in the foot

[ROMANY 1959]

Have there been lots more of this this year??

Three on my yard had it so far, thought I had escaped the poultice routine,,, noooooo! Mare came in just about putting toe down on hind foot , heat on inside quarter, so farrier came took shoe off and parred it a bit and there is something brewing there, so hot tub it and put nice bed for her, she standing there feeling sorry. Do tubbing again later and lets hope something comes to a head, at least big boy had physio and he sound now.

 

[TwoStroke]

Can't say I've noticed it, no. Neither of my two ever get abcesses, though. Neither of them have particularly tight white lines at present, so all I can think is that it's down to diet .

 

[CBFan]

Can't say I've noticed it, no. Neither of my two ever get abcesses, though. Neither of them have particularly tight white lines at present, so all I can think is that it's down to diet .

^^ This... and when I say diet, I mean grass... amongst other things.

Common practice is to blame the weather though... how that affects hoof quality I'm not sure

 

[monkeybum13]

There does seem to be an increase in prevalence this year and I'm guessing the rock hard, then sopping wet, then rock hard ground etc may have something to do with it.

 

[lyndsayberesford]

mine had his first abscess last week but he has been on box rest so dont know whether its just a build up of toxins from all the drugs he has had

 

[dark rider]

My farrier says there is a lot more abcesses this year and he puts it down to wet then dry weather spreading then shrinking the hooves, which allows dirt to get in.
It certainly looks like it from my experiance

 

[mightymammoth]

There have been loads at my yard this summer, mines had two in the same hind. I have since overhauled diet and taken back shoes off and weve been ok since * frantically looks for wood to touch*

 

[mightymammoth]

I thought the weather can have a negative affect though as in standing in the wet all the times slightly softens the sole making it more easily piecrced? I could very well be wrong though?

 

[CBFan]

My farrier says there is a lot more abcesses this year and he puts it down to wet then dry weather spreading then shrinking the hooves, which allows dirt to get in.
It certainly looks like it from my experiance

Or it could be that the warm wet weather has caused the grass to grow in a stupid fashion which has put the equine metabolic system under stress resulting in crappy feet and thus abscesses occuring.

I know of several people who have treated re-occuring abscesses with diet change never to have them occur again so it is definitely worth considering if this is an ongoing problem.

My horse has been exposed to the same weather conditions as every other horse in this country yet his feet are not cracking, abscessing and falling apart... food for thought.