seedy toe

[Chestnuttymare]

any suggestions to cure seedy toe. was told to skoosh with formalin 3 or 4 times a week, keep it open to the air.
any other ideas. it has just started so not terrible, just want to nip it in the bud.
thanks

 

[celesteyates]

Hey. my horse has seedy toe and has had a crack cut out in one hoof. I treat the crack and any other small ones with solpaint (not sure if thats how its spelt) that i got from the vet for about £10. Its toxic so you have to use gloves but has lasted ages and so far her cracks have not got any worse and are slowly growing out. The solpaint also helped clear up a small case of thrush very quickly by applying it to the hoof sole in the frog grooves. I also daily apply kornacresine hoof dressing to her hooves and initially use to use a toothbrush to really scrub it into the coronary band as this helps stimulate the hoof growth. Other than that i always make sure her feet are kept nice and clean each day by picking out and using a brush to remove any loose debris so that nothing is in the way of air getting to the hoof as like you mentioned the main thing my farrier has enforced is that the area must be kept dry and in contact with air. Hope this helps.

 

[Baileyhoss]

The only way to irradicate seedy toe is aggressively. It's basically hoof rot & rot doesn't heal you need to get rid of it. Your farrier has probably dug out the rotton hoof tissue, so it really is a case of keeping it clean using your antibacterial stuff, purple spray or the like.

When our yo's youngster had ST quite bad, the farrier showed me how to take care of it -

On a daily basis.
1. either with a dry clean hoof, use a hard brush, (wire preferrably), thoroughly scrub all the loose dirt etc off., or if the hoof is wet and muddy, thoroughly clean & dry, still wire brush the sole and white line area.

2. Use a shoe nail and painstakingly scrape round the white line removing any grit particles, don't be scared to scrape too hard, healthy tissue will not scrape away, if it's soft & crumbly it will need to come away anyway. Even if there is the smallest grain of sand in there, you have to dig it out.

3. flood the white line/sole with purple spray (or whatever)

4. allow to dry and turn out/stable.

It's a slow process, but if you take a photo now, you should see a difference in a couple of months. Don't let it go too long between trimmings.

PS - a headtorch really really helps - & gloves if you are using the purple stuff.

F x

 

[teabiscuit]

oi'd also pack the hole with something like animal lintex (i soak it in miltons solution first) before turning out to stop the mud getting in-mud encourages the bacteria and fungi that causes seedy toe.

then take the packing out when in at night to let the air get to it, the bugs don't like air

 

[Chestnuttymare]

thanks very much everyone .

 

[Tharg]

Can you put stockholm tar on it after removing all the rotten matter.