Posted 2015-08-11 11:09 PM Subject: RE: Best / Fastest Way To Pull Soreness out of Hooves?
Miss Southern Sunshine
Posts: 7427 Location: South Central Florida
magic cushion will pull soreness...not sure about hardening. Maybe a dmso concoction? My farrier a fewnyears ago did Magic cuishion, then painted the hoof with pinetar and dmso...duck tape leave till it falls off.....hoof was great in 3 days. Bad stone bruse.
Posted 2015-08-12 7:21 AM Subject: RE: Best / Fastest Way To Pull Soreness out of Hooves?
Expert
Posts: 1367 Location: mi
Magic Cushion. Golf ball sized amount in the toe of hoof. wrap with vet wrap then duct tape the heck out of it. Should stay on for 24-48 hours. horse should be much better by the time they wear through the duct tape.
Posted 2015-08-12 7:23 AM Subject: RE: Best / Fastest Way To Pull Soreness out of Hooves?
Elite Veteran
Posts: 669 Location: Central Texas
Bibliafarm - 2015-08-11 11:23 PM
Turpentine will harden them pretty fast..
This. I used it every other day for about two weeks and my farrier was not happy! It really hardened the hoof and he had a little trouble driving nails.
Posted 2015-08-12 10:50 AM Subject: RE: Best / Fastest Way To Pull Soreness out of Hooves?
Saint Stacey
If you can find a vet that will give you some... iodine crystals and turpentine. You put the crystals on, pour the turpentine on and watch it turn into pretty purple smoke. It basically burns the sole. But thanks to the meth heads, it's pretty tough to get iodine crystals now. Don't get it on skin though since it does burn.
Posted 2015-08-15 10:13 AM Subject: RE: Best / Fastest Way To Pull Soreness out of Hooves?
Boot Detective
Posts: 1900
My vet told me to use 7% iodine on a horse's soles before because he was thin soled and tender footed. Just spray or paint it on the soles every other day but do NOT get it on the frog. After I did this for about 3 wks we backed off and did it about 2x/week.