Moggy in Manolos
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Do any of you guys have any good suggestions on a treatment that you have applied to seedy toe and it has helped?
Advice greatly appreciated
Thanks
Advice greatly appreciated
Thanks
seedy toe treatments?
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only_me
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hydrogen peroxide! u can get it from the chemists. you poor it on the sole, allow it to fizzle and bubble etc. then wash it off with the hose! lol
Moggy in Manolos
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thankyou. does seedy toe clear quite quickly with a good treatment? or does it take a long time?
only_me
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it should clear up with repeated treatments once a day in about a week to two! lol cant remember how long it took wit my old pony as he had it in 2002!
Moggy in Manolos
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thankyou, thats reassuring, i shall go at it with vigour and hope to clear it up for her soon, cheers
Moggy in Manolos
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Anyone else got any experience of this? advice much appreciated
wizgirl
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what is seedy toe????? have no idea!!!
Moggy in Manolos
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this explains about seedy toe
http://www.liphookequinehosp.co.uk/llseedytoe.htm
i was looking for stories and experience on it that owners have had
http://www.liphookequinehosp.co.uk/llseedytoe.htm
i was looking for stories and experience on it that owners have had
smokeybabes
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Scrubbing with 1 part milton to 10 parts water should also be effective. I was very lucky and farrier spotted it very early so cut it out and it grew out really quickly. But i was scrubbing it with milton solution every other day with a toothbrush.
ISHmad
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Use a product called Cleantrax, which is specifically for things like seedy toe. You put it in a water solution and soak the horse's foot for 45 minutes. Then once the foot has been removed you wrap a plastic bag or similar round the foot so that the fumes continue to work for another 45 minutes. Lots of hoof professionals use it with great results.
Hydrogen Peroxide destroys healthy tissue as well as that which is infected, so far too severe.
Hydrogen Peroxide destroys healthy tissue as well as that which is infected, so far too severe.
Sneedy
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Start treating it asap. One of my horses (now sadly deceased) had seedy toe, I didn't know what it was at the time and my farrier had a vey strange attitiude of 'leave it alone', this eventually resulted in Wil having to have a huge chunk on hoof wall removed with a 'Dremel' tool so that the bacteria were exposed and died (think they are anaerobic bactieria??), a 'bespoke' shoe was fitted and he was off for about 6 months until the horn re grew and foot was strong, it was a complete nightmare. Unfortunately he succumbed to Laminitis the following year after all the hard work. This is obviously 'worse case senario' and you sound like you're ready to fight the nasty bacteria!!!!!
Moggy in Manolos
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thanks guys for advice, much appreciated
mrsbloggett
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It really depends on how far up the seedy toe has spread.
My pony developed seedy toe following chronic low grade laminitis, which only showed on xrays. She had a dorsal wall resection on the affected hoof to remove the dead / diseased hoof wall and to expose the infected laminae to the air - as Sneedy mentioned its cause by anaerobic bacteria and needs to be exposed to the air to kill it - as far as I know antibiotics don't work on this infection.
My pony had a lot of hoof wall removed and subsequently will be off work for almost a year until the resection has grown out. If your farrier/ vet wants to go down this route of treatment I would bear ths in mind.
My pony developed seedy toe following chronic low grade laminitis, which only showed on xrays. She had a dorsal wall resection on the affected hoof to remove the dead / diseased hoof wall and to expose the infected laminae to the air - as Sneedy mentioned its cause by anaerobic bacteria and needs to be exposed to the air to kill it - as far as I know antibiotics don't work on this infection.
My pony had a lot of hoof wall removed and subsequently will be off work for almost a year until the resection has grown out. If your farrier/ vet wants to go down this route of treatment I would bear ths in mind.
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Donkeymad
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Having had ro deal with seedy toe this winter, there are two important things to remember.
1/ Don't 'plug' it at all, it needsa air to help kill ir.
2/ Don't keep picking/cleaning it out as you are at greater risk of introducing new infection.
Also, foot rot spray, such as for sheep, works very well and is what my farrier uses. Apply just once. If the infection remains, re-apply a week later.
1/ Don't 'plug' it at all, it needsa air to help kill ir.
2/ Don't keep picking/cleaning it out as you are at greater risk of introducing new infection.
Also, foot rot spray, such as for sheep, works very well and is what my farrier uses. Apply just once. If the infection remains, re-apply a week later.
slee
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Hi, Our farrier has just told us that our pony has seedy toe, he has been having a warmer than usual hoof for a week or so, and we had noticed a bulge in the hoof wall to the side of the toe area (he has not been lame, only slightly short in front sometimes). We are going to have to have quite a large area of hoof wall removed to allow the healing process to begin. I gather he will have to be on box rest for a couple of weeks, then it will take about 6-8 months for the hoof to grow down again. Reading on a NZ forum they don't take the hoof wall off, but our vet says we need to. I am really dissapointed that the farrier did not notice this sooner, and am worried about his other feet now as he has awful crumbly feet, and can only just keep shoes on between farrier visits.
ISHmad
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Use a product called Cleantrax, which is specifically for things like seedy toe. You put it in a water solution and soak the horse's foot for 45 minutes. Then once the foot has been removed you wrap a plastic bag or similar round the foot so that the fumes continue to work for another 45 minutes. Lots of hoof professionals use it with great results.
Hydrogen Peroxide destroys healthy tissue as well as that which is infected, so far too severe.
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As above, try the Cleantrax first. And get a second opinion if you are not sure or convinced about what the vet is saying. There are lots of forums about horse's feet where you should be able to get quite a lot of info from to see what other people have done/had success with. Which may or may not include having the hoof cut away. Good luck, hope you get everything sorted out.
Use a product called Cleantrax, which is specifically for things like seedy toe. You put it in a water solution and soak the horse's foot for 45 minutes. Then once the foot has been removed you wrap a plastic bag or similar round the foot so that the fumes continue to work for another 45 minutes. Lots of hoof professionals use it with great results.
Hydrogen Peroxide destroys healthy tissue as well as that which is infected, so far too severe.
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As above, try the Cleantrax first. And get a second opinion if you are not sure or convinced about what the vet is saying. There are lots of forums about horse's feet where you should be able to get quite a lot of info from to see what other people have done/had success with. Which may or may not include having the hoof cut away. Good luck, hope you get everything sorted out.