Should I Poultice?

[Shadow-01]

I'll try and keep this short! Also on my phone so apologies in advance for spelling etc! My horse was shod just over a week ago. He's very thin soled and occasionally 'footy' after shoeing (has to be cold shod) and so when my farrier said he'd be sore after shoeing this time as he'd had to trim a bit shorter than usual I wasn't surprised when he seemed slightly lame afterwards. A couple of days went by and he still wasn't right (hadn't ridden him during this time of course) and so called farrier back. He came up and hoof tested him. No reaction so he told me to leave it another couple of days to see if it settled. He was reluctant to remove the shoe as he was doubtful he'd get it back on. He can't go barefoot (tried that once and didn't work!) Anyway still no improvement so got him back up this morn and asked him to take the shoe off as it obviously wasn't getting any better. He did so and hoof tested him again. This time he flinched ever so slightly. No blood/puss in the nail holes. Farrier managed to re-shoe but left the nail out which seemed to be causing the problem. I suggested hot tubbing foot for a few days to which he agreed, with some iodine in the nail hole. My question is would you poultice as well given that there didn't appear to be anything in the nail hole, or would hot tubbing alone suffice? Given his reaction to the hoof tester, I suspect there may be a slight infection. Any suggestions appreciated.

 

[putasocinit]

could it just be nail bind, which could improve with the nail removed or end up as an abscess, if you hot tub you need to poultice really and then you shouldnt have a shoe on to do that, give it a few more days you can press down using your fingers you will soon know if it is an abscess and brewing because he will sore with finger pressure, also keep him moving walking in hand that gets the abscess moving esp with a shod horse whose foot is help together with a metal shoe so natural movement is reduced anyway.