What would you do with this "injury"? (with pics)

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is this an over reach? I've seen no blood, she's not sore, no gunk etc and wears good quality over reach boots at all times? I noticed this after hacking yesterday and I've kept her in today.

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This slit seems to be bigger than yesterday as it now seems to extend right up to the top of the bulb of her heel/coronet band at back of foot. I'll swear it didn't extend that far yesterday, but wouldn't stake my life on it.

it's tightly sealed (in that there's no give at the edges of it and I've sprayed with terramycin foot rot spray. Should I be poulticing it?

She's seeing the farrier tomorrow anyway, but should I be calling the vet to this and should I not be riding her? She's up at the vet's on Friday for a follow up anyway but should I be asking him to see her before then.
 
I would rest her, it looks quite dry so i may use some vaseline on it but i am not sure about injuries, so i would wait for the farrier
 
My farrier is a decent farrier. This is not a farrier related problem, as in, he didn't cause it.

I trust his advice, I was just making sure there wasn't anything else I should be doing before he came.
 
if you trust your farriers opinion, which it sounds like you do, then see what he says, hector had a crack on his frog, which my farrier looked at last week, he said it wasnt a problem, and he would keep an eye on it, but not to worry, when it comes to feet think farriers are better to have out than vets in some cases
 
I would not panic to be honest as there is no blood and she is not lame. You have the farrier coming tomorrow anyway so I would trust his decision upon what you should be doing with it regarding dressing or poulticing. Poulticing is usually used to draw out infection or dirt if I am not mistaken and it does not look to be infected at this stage. I think just keeping it clean and dry and maybe using some vaseline as someone suggested may be a good idea. You have already protected it by using the foot rot spray which should be fine to kill off any germs which may be lingering.
I'm not a farrier and nor I am a vet but from appearances I would not say it is not a serious injury and honestly you should be fine.
Let us know how you get on though will you and what treatment the farrier gives or suggests as this thread may be beneficial to someone else in the future if their horse suffers a similar injury.
Good luck x
Cazx
 
Would stick abit of purple spray or stockholm tar on and stop worrying
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Cairo gets occasionally - he has very fleshy frogs and heels - never gone lame and they go. If I were to worry about every crack like this in his heels/frogs I would have gone bald ages ago.

As I know you will worry, talk to your farrier and the vet when you see him. They may tell you to not wash out her legs so much - could possibly be the cause - this is why I oil up and forget them over the winter.
 
Ooh- would put hot poultice and animalintex on that asap, would not want that getting dirty and infected, as foot infections will be absolutely horrendus.
Owen had exactly the same last year- farrier was very concerned about it and insisted that I kept it clean and alternatively hot/dry/hot/drypoulticed for a good two weeks until it had healed up...
 
Your right it doesn't look like an overreach, i would ask your farrier, when is he coming? In the mean time i would be inclined to hot poultice it just to draw anything out that could be in there, it wouldn't do any harm. A friends horse had an abcess that was similar to this but higher up the hoof.
 
Doesn't look like an over-reach injury to me I'm afraid. It just looks like she has caught it on something.

I certainly would never poultice something like this - definitely not a wet one anyway.....you don't want a breeding ground for germs.

I'd stuff some Protocon on it and do what I normally do with the horse ie. ride it, turn it out .... etc etc
 
I agree Tia, wet poulticing something like this which looks clean and dry may just make matters worse especially due to its location. Lol forgot about stockholm tar yes that would be a good waterproof barrier if the farrier agreed to keep out any dirt/mud/water out of the crack, good luck
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Oooh, isn't it interesting how you get so many different answers! There is no right or wrong, just different ways of dealing with the problem - and it makes for interesting reading!

Me personally, I wouldn't poultice or slap cream on as I feel that would provide a breeding ground for nasty bacteria. I would pour on some hydrogen peroxide (until it fizzes) and then keep her in for a day or two and keep it clean, dry and open to the air. If she then trots up sound, I wouldn't worry about it at all. If she is lame, or there is a bad smell, or any nasty looking ooze, then I would call my vet.
 
The Terramycin fizzes like that. Hoping that has done enough until farrier comes. I don't want to soften the area though as she is prone to mudfever.

I was quite shocked at how high up the foot it goes.
 
I would have done what you have done and then just ask the farrier to cast his eye over it tomorrow. I imagine she's caught it on a rock or something but don't reckon its anything too serious.
 
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