seedy toe/white line desease

[slee]

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. I would be grateful for anyones advice who has had to have large amounts of hoof wall cut away.

 

[kimky]

my friend horse had laminitis and then got a infection, he had his hoof wall cut back intill it drew blood :S and we are talking stumps he then had plastic shoes put on to create a even balance, he has had box rest since january but last week we got the all clear and hooves are coming back one is more than the other and they said by xmas he will be back in work they also said it is the worse case they have ever seen to live. so dont be alarmed!!! i would also recommend camrosa i read in a book that it heals seady toe and white line. good luck xxx
link:
http://www.camrosa.co.uk/horses.htm

 

[Donkeymad]

Hmmm. funny how vets and farriers differ. I had a mare who got an abscess at Christmas then developed Seedy Toe. At no time was she supposed to have box rest.

 

[Emma27]

My horse had White line and i sprayed the affected hoof (which the Farrier cut away) with Bactakil 55 once and got the Farrier to check his hoof again when he came for another horse and it was all gone.I should mention he was never kept on box rest, he was turned out 24/7.

 

[EllieBeast]

My horse had a 'mouse hole' sized chunk excavated from her hoof due to seedy toe, it was cautorised (sp!), the shoe was put back on, and filler put in the hole. She was treated as normal, and ridden etc throughout.

 

[ISHmad]

Might be worth trying a Cleantrax treatment first?

 

[lucymay9701]

My horse has had white line disease for years now. (she did have a break where it cleared up completely for a while but now its back.) Its never caused her any probs but just looks unsightly when cut out. Mind you she is not ridden or shod but shes never been lame with it and never had to stay in. We treat with either gentian violet (not the same as standard purple spray) or iodine bought from local feed merchants and diluted down to 1 in 4. We're managing to keep it from going worse but not fully getting rid of it at the moment. As far as I know the only probs come if it becomes infected which shouldn't happen if you're treating it.

 

[lucymay9701]

Oh forgot to say one part iodine to 4 parts water! (eg 20ml iodine to 80ml water I think!). Thats how I work it out anyway and it just gets sprayed on daily. Gentian violet is not ideal if you're on somebody elses yard as it stains the concrete etc.

 

[mrsbloggett]

My mare developed seedy toe following chronic laminitis. She had a dorsal wall resections on both front hooves, the worse foot had the hoof wall removed to about an inch below the coronary band. It is essential a horse has box rest if the resection is radial as there is nothing to protect the pedal bone and you need to dress the foot (I used stockholm tar) for a month or so following to allow the laminar tissue to harden.

Maisie had the resection in October last year and was on box rest until January / February and then was allowed out as long as she was kept out of the mud. She still isn't in work - I have to wait until the hoof has grown out, it will probably be September.

I wish you luck

 

[SueClark1]

All is not lost this is the Cure no question....£12.00 and a phone call away and sorted in a week.. no joke...

My 6 year old Highland mare developed two wide lines in front feet, I only wanted tranqualisers so the farrier could look at her, the vet advised put her down they were too far gone into the coronet band.. The mare is top quality and very ferral, you can only get two feet from her so administering any farrier treatment was out of the question, she would be off. her foals are outstanding so worth the trouble to keep and hey Highlands are so, so rare....
.My sisters top driving horse Just William developed white line disease and she was at her wits end what to do when at the New Forest show a competitor said get some Swan hoof treatment he mixes it himself swan@swan-portaforge.co.uk £12 a small bottle.. you only use a tiny drop..BINGO within a week we could see a difference..
the Highland mare, was easily treated I poured the liquid into a washing up thingy that holds the washing up liquid and it comes out the end on a sponge with a scourer I cut off the scourer it gave me enough length of arm and the thingy to reach her front feet to dab on while she ate her feed. it worked her feet are perfect and she just had another supreme champion for us. so go for it, it cures most hoof problems call them and ask... Highly recommended, let me know how you get on... and Just William was back out in the Private driving circles,, sadly since gone.. old age..i

 

[lucymay9701]

Hi again
Thinking about it I'm going to give the swan hoof treatment a go I think (this post has been helpful to me aswell!), as although the iodine is keeping it at bay it's not getting rid of it completely.

 

[lucymay9701]

Hi there
Would you mind telling me where you get the bactakil 55 from and how much it costs?
Thanks