seedy toe question

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Farrier said to hose off legs and scrub with bleach on bringing in at night. Field, though is VERY muddy around gate area (loose welly boot territory). The mud's already pulled off a front shoe, so I'm thinking, boots .... nah ...... mud'll pull those off too, and should I be leaving it to the fresh air, anyway?
Damn mud!!!!!!!!!

Any thoughts, as not had one troubled with this before?
Thanks in anticipation, ANY advice/thoughts much appreciated, as this one is new to me?
 
I personally wouldn't put boots on. It is the warm, moist environment that encourages the anaerobic bacteria to grow, boots would just encourage those conditions.

So, as farrier said really, wash feet and then treat with hydrogen peroxide. I used to use a big syringe to squirt it in. Apparently, it gets in and bubbles away, doing it's worst to the bacteria.

Hope you have success in arresting it's development.
 
We bought a mare with seedy toe that was very advanced, the farrier cut out pretty much the front of her hoof and then treated it with a spray. Im pretty sure he told us to use purple spray on it every now and then but not to worry about the mud (she lived out). Each time he visited he cut a bit more away until it was all out and then she has just regrown a prefect hoof. He told us that as she was shod and the seedy toe was so advanced the farrier who shod her prior to us buying her obviously couldn't be bothered to treat it. It looked awful though with this gaping hole in her hoof!
 
My boy had it and it kept causing a crack above the toe clip on his front hoof,we tried to get rid of it for a hell of a long time,in the end the farrier cut the hoof wall away disinfected then packed it,it went and has never come back
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My arab has it a the moment too but my farrier said its a losing battle trying to treat it in the poor weather we are having and to wait until better weather as we wont be able to get rid of it before then as its impossible to keep it clean at the min! I would just do the washing and peroxide as yours said until the weather picks up enough to do more :-)
 
Anti bac is brilliant. its a swan product. I can find you a link to the product if you like or is you cant find it online. Its worked brilliantly on Donkeys (who are of course notorious for it.

The seedy toe needs excavating and is anerobic which means it thrives without oxygen so boots would not be a good idea. best to keep it open and perhaps birng in at night to dry the feet if you can. Otherwise maybe some hardstanding to give the horse a place to dry feet off
 
Thanks everyone, this problem has been well under my radar up until now. Just spoke on the phone to farrier. He said, she's damaged her coronet at some point in her life and the crack will always be there, it's fine, no bacteria infection at mo, but there is a propensity for it which is why he did cut out a big piece of her toe today so I could get the bleach in there, (as the crack was wider on the toe bit) and keep it clean
A few questions
1. Should I be minimising turnout, given the muddy field?
2. Should I begin with a hoof supplement?
3. Isn't there some type of resin that can be put over the whole area to prevent bacteria entering?
4. Is barefoot preferable for this or are shoes actually preventing the crack widening?

Oh , TB feet incidentally
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Our Tb/Id had it and ended up having part of her hoof cut away, this was in August. We had to scrub clean and spray with iodine and it did help it go a bit. Never went fullly and Farrier said it can sometimes be an after effect from laminitis. She had that when she was 4 before we got her. When Farrier had been he used to pack cotton wool in the area soaked in some solution he used and that def helped too.

Its fresh air that goes a long way to kill it off and I do seem to remember Farrier telling us to keep her in if we could but that wasnt possible in August, she was too much of an outdoor girl and would have got too stressy. May be easier for you to do - restricting turnout at this time of year. Hoof Supplement - she had Farriers Formula.
 
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Its worked brilliantly on Donkeys (who are of course notorious for it.



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It's been fantastic on my girls feet hasn't it?

Echo all thefarriers advice
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