use of frog pads

[amandaco2]

how long do people use them for?


my ISH mare had an attack of lami.

xrays show no rotation and only issue with her feet is slightly thin soles and that her heels need to be trimmed down slightly to et the pedal bone correctly aligned.\
ive noticed her own frogs have shrunk alarmingly since shes had the pads on (now been on for 35 days)

vet has recomened 2 more weeks box rest with pads on then reveiw.

horse was still very lame all over, think it could be due to arthritis.
ive since been turning her out on a totally bare patch of soil in te day and she now walks out sound.(she usually gets muscle soreness on box rest as she stresses out and box walks)

 

[brighteyes]

Not usually as long as that! What does your farrier say? I bed deeply on shavings and let them pack into the feet. If she is sound now, perhaps you no longer need them?

 

[amandaco2]

thats what i was thinking.vet has said to keep them on to a total of 7-8 weeks and then review.
we think the lameness she had maybe due to arthritis onset(took her for xrays and showed nothing wrong with the feet)
she walks out totally sound and the more shes moving about the better she seems.
she does feel the stones though on the way to the little area shes got.
(shes not on any grass though the stuff at this place is lethal)
her feet are cold with no pulses.
will ask the farrier, good idea