Shoe in foot.

[katastrophykat]

I'm currently in the horsebox on my way to a driving trial go the weekend in Edinburgh (home is north east England) and my wonderful three year old was put on box rest last night. I have a good support team looking after him, but thought I'd see what you guys thought.

I had a call last night to say he was in and dad had taken his front shoe off ( prone to gravel and therefore Abcesses so had fronts fitted 4 weeks ago) as it had twisted half off and the clench was stuck in his sole. There was blood on the clench and some came out of the sole when he removed the shoe and clench. Blood stopped quickly. He put an iodine soaked pad on it (undiluted) and bandaged round/duct taped til I could get there this morning to sort him properly.

I've tubbed/scrubbed/tubbed again with Epsom salts and v hot water (bless the lovely quiet babypony!) and polticed him and left him in, spoken to vet who has said with it being deep enough to draw blood, it is in theory deep enough to cause problems with bones, as that was my first concern, but as he is sore but not unsound to poltice, box rest etc. this is the foot Pre-scrub this morning, showing the location

And the iodine pad showing how much blood overnight

Anyone had a puncture deep enough to bleed/any experience? Would you have done any differently?

 

[AmyMay]

I'd have done the same as you. But I'd probably want to get some A/B cover too.

 

[katastrophykat]

I thought that Amymay, but vet veto'd it as it can cause the root of the issue to remain and it can fester and come up again rather than coming out the first time.

Sorry- iPhone posted before I was ready! Full story on other thread!

To add, he has never had the best toes/white lines and our fields are gravelly, gravel gets in as much as I pick feet twice a day and tracks up. he's fed Alfa a with an all round vit and min supplement, and biotin. He's abcessed twice in two years, this time last year wen the fields got wet and minging and same again this year. This time, it tracked out of the heel, and left a biggish hole, the next time he was due for a trim we decided on fronts to try to prevent the gravel getting into the line as well as to try not to make him sore on the site of the abscess hole from last time as it grows down the foot.

 

[LD&S]

I don't know a huge amount about feeding for good feet though my three are all barefoot/unshod whichever term you prefer, but I keep reading that Alfalfa can in quite a few horses contribute to poor feet. Hopefully your fella will be fine but it might be worth looking at some of the barefoot taliban posts for hints and tips regarding diet.

 

[katastrophykat]

Thank you x