ru-fi-do
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Whilst waiting to hear from my farrier I thought I'd post some pictures of my mares frog. The cleft of her frog seemed to form a hole that looked little bit thrushy/pussy. I've been keeping it clean with saline and drying the area, she hasn't been exposed to any wet, we've had no rain for weeks, she comes in in the day for 6 hours on a clean dry straw bed with matting. She does have a tendancy to stand in her poo but i've always had a strict routine of picking her feet out whenever she comes out the stable. The only thing I can think is of she hs sweated on the rubber matting as her bulbs of her feet are close to the floor???
Yesterday I noticed parts of her frog starting to go yellow, the pictures were taken this morn, most of the frog seems nice and dry but still smells if you move the gap with your finger or hoof pick. This morn her bulbs of her foot are hot and she's got some swelling around her fetlock.
I'm hoping my farrier will be able to come today/tomorrow and trim the frog back and have a look, but can't help wondering about the start of canker? Perhaps i'm overreacting?? Would be interested on peoples thoughts.
Yesterday I noticed parts of her frog starting to go yellow, the pictures were taken this morn, most of the frog seems nice and dry but still smells if you move the gap with your finger or hoof pick. This morn her bulbs of her foot are hot and she's got some swelling around her fetlock.
I'm hoping my farrier will be able to come today/tomorrow and trim the frog back and have a look, but can't help wondering about the start of canker? Perhaps i'm overreacting?? Would be interested on peoples thoughts.