Julia0803
Well-Known Member
Hi All,
My boy had his back shoes off on the 2nd January.
So far he had been doing really well. We had been out hacking most week days for 1-2.5 hours and then at the weekend he is ridden by my son and does a bit less- hacking for 30-45min or in the school for 20-30min. He was doing really well on those surfaces- in the school, tarmac, grass, muddy bridle paths, concrete track. I had been avoiding flinty areas.
He is out during the day and in at night. He is fed speedy beet, linseed, a small amount of ERS pellets, pro hoof and protexin.
His feet seem to have softened this week. On Thursday we went out for a hack and on the way back he didn't feel right, very reluctant to move forward (he is quite a lazy pony normally, which sometimes makes it harder to work out the cause but definitely not being lazy this time). Get back to the yard and trot him up and he looks a little short on the back end. Wash down his legs and feet and he has damaged his frogs. One slice across the heel and several marks where he has chunks of the frog taken out.
I kept him in Thursday and Friday on a big thick deep bed in a bid to keep his feet dry. I was advised by other liveries to spray formaldehyde to his feet. I trotted him up yesterday and he looked fine. Took him in the ash school, so surface doesn't give as much as our regular school with sand and rubber (currently closed as flooded). He was fine for the first 10 min or so, then started to feel reluctant again. I turned him out for a few hours yesterday, but I am cautious as to whether that is the best thing as the fields are grim... The bottom 1/3 closest to the gate and near the shelter is just bog. Deep bog.At the top of the hill it isn't so bad. Not really much out there, and it is very waterlogged even if the top bit isn't yet a bog too.
Has anyone got any suggestions? Would you keep in or turn out as usual? He plays a lot in his field- a lot of charging around with his mates and rough play. Dont know if it matters but thought i would mention it. I know diet and movement are the most important things but is there anything you would suggest applying topically in the mean time?
Many thanks!
My boy had his back shoes off on the 2nd January.
So far he had been doing really well. We had been out hacking most week days for 1-2.5 hours and then at the weekend he is ridden by my son and does a bit less- hacking for 30-45min or in the school for 20-30min. He was doing really well on those surfaces- in the school, tarmac, grass, muddy bridle paths, concrete track. I had been avoiding flinty areas.
He is out during the day and in at night. He is fed speedy beet, linseed, a small amount of ERS pellets, pro hoof and protexin.
His feet seem to have softened this week. On Thursday we went out for a hack and on the way back he didn't feel right, very reluctant to move forward (he is quite a lazy pony normally, which sometimes makes it harder to work out the cause but definitely not being lazy this time). Get back to the yard and trot him up and he looks a little short on the back end. Wash down his legs and feet and he has damaged his frogs. One slice across the heel and several marks where he has chunks of the frog taken out.
I kept him in Thursday and Friday on a big thick deep bed in a bid to keep his feet dry. I was advised by other liveries to spray formaldehyde to his feet. I trotted him up yesterday and he looked fine. Took him in the ash school, so surface doesn't give as much as our regular school with sand and rubber (currently closed as flooded). He was fine for the first 10 min or so, then started to feel reluctant again. I turned him out for a few hours yesterday, but I am cautious as to whether that is the best thing as the fields are grim... The bottom 1/3 closest to the gate and near the shelter is just bog. Deep bog.At the top of the hill it isn't so bad. Not really much out there, and it is very waterlogged even if the top bit isn't yet a bog too.
Has anyone got any suggestions? Would you keep in or turn out as usual? He plays a lot in his field- a lot of charging around with his mates and rough play. Dont know if it matters but thought i would mention it. I know diet and movement are the most important things but is there anything you would suggest applying topically in the mean time?
Many thanks!