White Line Disease/Seedy Toe

[jnb]

Which vets did you use? I am sure yours are excellent however there are several "equine" vets in Shropshire I wouldn't let within 200m of my cob!
I can however recommend a superb equine vet (Shropshire based and not one of the huge equine practices) if you'd like a second opinion.

 

[rabatsa]

I have never bought a donkey that did not have wld. Once cleaned up by the farrier regular applications of sheep footrot spray has workded in every case to clear them up.

 

[Pinkvboots]

My mare had it and it diseased the pedal bone and she was lame, vet had to drill into the foot and scrape the pedal bone that was damaged then she had a surgical plate fitted, the hole had to be flushed twice a day and she was on box rest for about 3 months just to let the hole close up and to keep it clean.

 

[ester]

Bog was lame on his seedy toe foot for 6 months min until it grew out.

I was hoping you might post, in my head it wasn't as long! Noted for future.

 

[SatansLittleHelper]

Which vets did you use? I am sure yours are excellent however there are several "equine" vets in Shropshire I wouldn't let within 200m of my cob!
I can however recommend a superb equine vet (Shropshire based and not one of the huge equine practices) if you'd like a second opinion.

Also had a few issues with various vets, will PM you x

 

[Tiddlypom]

The vet didn't do xrays in the end, though I'm unclear as to why..?? Horse went to vets to be xrayed and possible nerve blocks but the diagnosis was made without.

That’s rather baffling, seeing as your friend had made the effort to take the horse into clinic so that all the diagnostic equipment was there at hand. It would have been more understandable if the vet had come on a call out without the X-ray machine.

I can imagine what my vet would have said after the initial examination, which may well have included nerve blocks to confirm that it was just foot lameness ’I think that this is a case of x, but we’ll x ray just to confirm that there is nothing else going on’.

 

[ester]

Even if he thought it was just the seedy toe if it was causing lameness it should have been xrayed.

 

[Michen]

Even if he thought it was just the seedy toe if it was causing lameness it should have been xrayed.

Definitely, as said in my post Boggle had gas pockets and the danger with seedy toe is that they are there and heading towards the pedal bone which could quickly become very serious for the horse.

 

[SatansLittleHelper]

Thanks for all of your input. I will query this all tomorrow when Rex is xayed.
My friend has said that the vet did mean 6 months of getting it right, not necessarily time off ridden work ?

 

[SatansLittleHelper]

Checked this all out with the vets today.
They had dug deep enough in the hoof to be satisfied it hadn't travelled, hence not doing the xrays. Everything else is as my friend said.

 

[Scotsbadboy]

Two applications of Clean Trax and a change in farrier. Job done.

 

[SatansLittleHelper]

Will look into the Clean Trax but am keeping my farrier..!!!

 

[FinnishLapphund]

Checked this all out with the vets today.
They had dug deep enough in the hoof to be satisfied it hadn't travelled, hence not doing the xrays. Everything else is as my friend said.

Thanks for the update. Hope the healing goes as smoothly as possible.

 

[objoyful]

Which vets did you use? I am sure yours are excellent however there are several "equine" vets in Shropshire I wouldn't let within 200m of my cob!
I can however recommend a superb equine vet (Shropshire based and not one of the huge equine practices) if you'd like a second opinion.

Hi, I know this is an old thread but just wanted to ask about th horse vet you recommend as we are looking for a decent one

 

[SatansLittleHelper]

Hi, I know this is an old thread but just wanted to ask about th horse vet you recommend as we are looking for a decent one

Hi we used Lower House Equine who have been fab with all our horses x

 

[Tiddlypom]

Hi, I know this is an old thread but just wanted to ask about th horse vet you recommend as we are looking for a decent one

Sadly that poster is no longer with us, but other local horse owners may be able to help.