Loudabell
Active Member
I posted a while ago about my Irish draft mare. She came to me in October and straight away developed an abscess in one hoof and 2 weeks later one in the other front hoof. To cut a long story short in 7 months neither has ever drained!
They have never behaved like text book abscesses in that they have never dried up. She is sound though, until the pressure builds and they drain again. She had a bump at the coronary band but it has grown down with the hoof and she has never crowned at the coronary band with either abscess. Both drain from the toe.
We've had tonnes of X-rays and the vet last month dremelled both hoofs and re xrayed to ensure he'd taken away all the infected abscess. We've had blood tests for Cushings and have ruled out laminitis. Although a Keratoma was suspected in one the vet has now ruled it out. Although X-rays show some very,very slight mottling of the pedal bone he does not considerit to be osteomyelitis.
The op has not worked at all. After 10 days of Baytil antibiotic and sugardine packing she is still producing puss. It seeps through the hoof wall at the top of the large gashes that have been dremelled away in each hoof. One hoof produces standard puss, the other a foam like puss!
The vets now have no idea what to try. They've suggested a referral for an MRI but my insurance won't touch it. What the hell could this be?????????
I have a horse that is presently quite happy, sound for now but with massive holes in her feet that constantly produce puss.
She has shoes on now to try to cover the holes from the bottom but has been barefoot for the 9months previous. Her old owners always had her shod. her feet are kept clean and covered with vet wrap and duct tape. Turn out for an hour a day in a dry paddock.
If this can't be fixed what do I do?
Does any one have any suggestions as to what the cause of all this can be?????
I'm desperate for ideas as the vet has ran out, so have any other vets I talk to.
They have never behaved like text book abscesses in that they have never dried up. She is sound though, until the pressure builds and they drain again. She had a bump at the coronary band but it has grown down with the hoof and she has never crowned at the coronary band with either abscess. Both drain from the toe.
We've had tonnes of X-rays and the vet last month dremelled both hoofs and re xrayed to ensure he'd taken away all the infected abscess. We've had blood tests for Cushings and have ruled out laminitis. Although a Keratoma was suspected in one the vet has now ruled it out. Although X-rays show some very,very slight mottling of the pedal bone he does not considerit to be osteomyelitis.
The op has not worked at all. After 10 days of Baytil antibiotic and sugardine packing she is still producing puss. It seeps through the hoof wall at the top of the large gashes that have been dremelled away in each hoof. One hoof produces standard puss, the other a foam like puss!
The vets now have no idea what to try. They've suggested a referral for an MRI but my insurance won't touch it. What the hell could this be?????????
I have a horse that is presently quite happy, sound for now but with massive holes in her feet that constantly produce puss.
She has shoes on now to try to cover the holes from the bottom but has been barefoot for the 9months previous. Her old owners always had her shod. her feet are kept clean and covered with vet wrap and duct tape. Turn out for an hour a day in a dry paddock.
If this can't be fixed what do I do?
Does any one have any suggestions as to what the cause of all this can be?????
I'm desperate for ideas as the vet has ran out, so have any other vets I talk to.