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Married to a Louie Lover
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Horse blew open a quarter crack in June and was 3 legged lame.
Farrier who specializes in fixing them comes out, cleans it up, sutures it, epoxys over the crack and sutures. I'm told the horse is clear to work, the epoxy is good for any weather conditions, shouldn't have a problem.
4 days later I send him a picture of the epoxy starting to chip over the crack. I'm told it's okay, that's normal.
This weekend I find that another chunk of epoxy has come off, the crack is exposed and swelled like moisture is in it again and it's back up near the coronary band, basically not growing out at all.
What do you do? The first farrier likes to skip around what it's going to cost. I aspire someday to be able to write blank checks but today is not the day. I'm seeking other opinions from a couple different farriers. My regular shoer does not have experience in dealing with this type of issue.
Has anyone had this problem before with quarter cracks? What have you done? |
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 The Vaccinator
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Location: Slipping down the slope of old age. Boo hoo. | My mare suddenly developed quarter cracks on both rear -- scary stuff. I took her to Dr. Jolley DVM / Hot Springs, AR. He healed her and we have had zero issues. She was with him 2 - 3 weeks -- do not recall exactly how long as she is now 12 and she was 4 or 5 when they occurred. But, Dr. Jolley's famous medication apparently did the trick. Impressed the heck out of me -- that was the end of that problem. |
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 Goat Giver
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| You must first balance the foot. It does not matter that you lace up the crack if there is too much pressure on one spot. A bar shoe can be a good thing while it is healing for stability. I am a firm believer in PHT or MagnaCu bell boots combined with THE Nitroxide for hoof issues. Radiograph the hoof to see where the underlying issue causing the crack resides. |
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| From personal experience, quarter cracks that start at the coronary band are due to an unbalanced foot. It cracked because of pressure, your farrier sutured it back, and now the hoof wants relief so it will continue to crack until it gets it. I highly suggest getting x-rays and having your vet talk to your farrier. |
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Location: Wide open spaces, Canada. | I have had good results with lacing the crack and using a z bar shoe and floating the heel for quarter cracks. Obviously not forever but until you can get the crack under control . .also Not all bondos are made equal I hate the stuff that is so hard it cracks the stuff that seems to have the most flexibility and does not crack is equillux
Edited by porky 2015-08-11 1:54 AM
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 Pork Fat is my Favorite
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Location: The Oklahoma plains. | porky - 2015-08-11 1:52 AM I have had good results with lacing the crack and using a z bar shoe and floating the heel for quarter cracks. Obviously not forever but until you can get the crack under control . .also Not all bondos are made equal I hate the stuff that is so hard it cracks the stuff that seems to have the most flexibility and does not crack is equillux
I agree w Porky.
The crack needs to be floated. And you mentioned that the epoxy he used was all weather but I have not found that to be the case. Maybe limited exposure to moisture like giving your horse a bath but not all day in the pasture with dew and rain. Just my experience.
Unfortunately you have to be very aggressive and proactive if you want to get this to heal. |
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