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| Looking to hear what's out there for lameness supplements that can truly help and have true results.  My gelding has a abscess in the back right hoof, has thin hoof walls and a soft frog. Pulled off that shoe and dug out the abscess. Every two day I am soaking it and then rewrapping it with sugardine. Stalled up for at least two weeks and hand walking 2xs a day. I am looking for information on supplements that work to help with lameness issues in general with thought and opinions.
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Location: South Georgia | Did you read the replies from your other post? Cause of lameness has to be determined before you can give them anything. Can’t avoid seeking a diagnosis. |
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Location: Illinois | Spend the money at the vet, fix the cause of the lameness. No supplement needed, short term financial expense. Buying a supplement to mask an injury is going to be way more expensive and end up in bigger vet bills down the road. Might as well just light your money on fire and throw it out the window. A lameness exam is under $100, if you can't at least afford that you can't afford a horse |
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| He has a abscess in the back right hoof, has thin hoof walls and a soft frog. Pulled off that shoe and dug out the abscess. Every two day I am soaking it and then rewrapping it with sugardine. Stalled up for at least two weeks and hand walking 2xs a day. I am looking for information on supplements that work to help with lameness issues in general with thought and opinions. |
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| Beejay4242 - 2018-11-20 9:58 AM
He has a abscess in the back right hoof, has thin hoof walls and a soft frog. Pulled off that shoe and dug out the abscess. Every two day I am soaking it and then rewrapping it with sugardine. Stalled up for at least two weeks and hand walking 2xs a day. I am looking for information on supplements that work to help with lameness issues in general with thought and opinions.
Get some isoxuprine from your vet. It’s amazing and works extremely quick for this type of soreness. I had a gelding with an extremely deep stone bruise. Barely weight bearing. Was 90 percent sound in 2 days. Fully sound in 5. |
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Location: Oakdale, CA | thats a long time to be sore from a abcess if it was cleaned out. I would go to a vet too...........to be safe |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | got boost? - 2018-11-20 2:28 PM thats a long time to be sore from a abcess if it was cleaned out. I would go to a vet too...........to be safe
I agree being two weeks is kinda long, if the vet dug it out it should have been just a matter of days befor getting back to normal. |
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Location: North Dakota | Southtxponygirl - 2018-11-20 2:42 PM
got boost? - 2018-11-20 2:28 PM thats a long time to be sore from a abcess if it was cleaned out. I would go to a vet too...........to be safe
I agree being two weeks is kinda long, if the vet dug it out it should have been just a matter of days befor getting back to normal.
I'll kindly disagree. If the vet didn't prescribe any antibiotic, like Uniprim, I've had them drag on for weeks. As soon as I got mine on the antibiotic there was tremendous improvement within a couple days. Now if he/she has been prescribed antibiotic, it's been administered as prescribed, and the horse still isn't better, than absolutely it's time to go back to the vet. |
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | WYOTurn-n-Burn - 2018-11-20 2:59 PM Southtxponygirl - 2018-11-20 2:42 PM got boost? - 2018-11-20 2:28 PM thats a long time to be sore from a abcess if it was cleaned out. I would go to a vet too...........to be safe I agree being two weeks is kinda long, if the vet dug it out it should have been just a matter of days befor getting back to normal. I'll kindly disagree. If the vet didn't prescribe any antibiotic, like Uniprim, I've had them drag on for weeks. As soon as I got mine on the antibiotic there was tremendous improvement within a couple days. Now if he/she has been prescribed antibiotic, it's been administered as prescribed, and the horse still isn't better, than absolutely it's time to go back to the vet.
I have a few in my time that did get an abcess if it didnt blow out in a matter of days then I would haul them in and have my vet dig it out, and as soon as that happen you could see the relief after the pressure was released, they were pretty much back to normal walking/putting pressure back on that foot within a couple of days, did have one that blew out half the bottom of his hoof, now that did take at least a week and a half befor he could walk normal.. But wanting a supplement to help wiith a lameness issue, not going to happen, I would be going back to the vet to make sure the hole didnt close off and keep some of the infection in. |
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| Other than magnesium and vitamins w/selenium, supplements are merely a way to achieve expensive urine. Stick with competent veterinary care and time, excellent forage, very little concentrates, and a great farrier. |
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| Bute and ace since he's on stall rest
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Location: Texas | Clean Trax. You can get it at any of the online catalog stores, like Valley Vet. You have to soak for 45 minutes, but it works. Just get an old IV bag and tie it on his hoof. |
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