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 No Tune in a Bucket
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Location: Texas | Horse has been lame and the abscess finally burst this morning. What is the best after care? They got it draining without cutting away too much foot but what do we do now?
Edited by RocketPilot 2015-10-27 8:20 PM
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 Undercover Amish Mafia Member
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Location: Kansas | soak in warm water/epsom salt for 15-20 minutes |
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| I soak with Epsom salt for a few days after, to keep pulling as much out as possible. Where did it blow? Coronet band or sole? If from the top I just left it alone and let it grow out, your farrier will be able to help keep it from cracking. From the bottom I use a boot until it stops draining and then put a shoe and pad on. |
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Red Bull Agressive
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Location: North Dakota | To prevent more issues I keep my horse's affected hoof wrapped with a wet animalintex pad, a diaper, and vet wrap. This is necessary to make sure everything gets out and to keep the area clean. My horse's was AWFUL and he had so much dug out that he had to be wrapped like that with softride boots for weeks, then my farrier packed his hoof with magic cushion and a pad over that while the hoof regrew. For a hoof that didn't have to be dug out much, then you won't have as long. At least keep it protected until all signs of infection are gone. |
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 The Bling Princess
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Location: North Dakota | I will soak them daily for a few days and wrap with a sugardine mix. I'll also put them on some sort of sulpha drug like Uniprim or Tucoprim for about 5-7 days post blow out. |
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No Tune in a Bucket
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Location: Texas | Thanks. It is on the sole and they did not dig out much. We are hoping for a quick recovery. |
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Miss Southern Sunshine
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Location: South Central Florida | I do nothing once it breaks. As I understand, soaking is to soften the hoof, sole and allow the abscess to move and open. Once it is open I dont see why to soak. I have had most break at the cornet band. |
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Common Sense and then some
Location: So. California | RocketPilot - 2015-10-13 2:34 PM Thanks. It is on the sole and they did not dig out much. We are hoping for a quick recovery.
Mix some ichthammol and a small handful of epsom salt together. Place in a diaper. Duct tape the diaper to the foot. (Be careful to duct tape only the hoof, do NOT duct tape above the hoof) When the horse wears through the duct tape/diaper, you should be in the clear. Usually 2-3 days. The idea is to keep the hoof clean and allow the hole to close without sucking up more bacteria/infection. |
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Location: Texas | I pack with iodine soaked sugar. Gauze and vet wrap. I don't have time to soak so that's what I do. |
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No Tune in a Bucket
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Location: Texas | 10 days after the burst, he is still lame (sigh). Back to vet today for more x-rays. He doesn't see anything abnormal but he is sending to a couple of his friends for their opinion. This has been going on for about 3 weeks now. We are thinking the next step is a MRI. Can anyone tell me what to expect? Cost? |
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 Balance Beam and more...
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Location: 31 lengths farms | We just found one on my gelding who was coming up on and off lame for the past year. Had x-rays done in June, first vet saw nothing much, some coffin bone remodeling but not much considering the horses age and the events I've done with him. Recommended a softer style pad and a little time off, all was good for the next 4 months or so and then he came up sore again on same foot. Sent x-rays to my usually lameness vet (had the other ones done when I had taken my mare in for a follow up on her bladder as I knew I could afford x-rays there). He felt there was more going on in the coffin area and navicular area than the other vet. Anyway, long story short, after he and my farrier went over the x-rays together they came up with a shoeing plan and as they were prepping the foot my vet went to clean up some thrush he thought he saw, it turned out to be a huge abscess. The spot that was near the coffin bone that the he and the first vet thought was maybe the horse moving was in fact the abscess. He and the farrier went back in and looked at it again. Drilled it out and the path that it had tried to take to blow out the bulb and packed the area with meds and gauze. They put a 3/16 hard poly pad and filled the rest with a soft equifiller material. Gelding walked off sound immediately. We go back in on NOv. 4th to take the pad off and see how much the sole has filled back in.
He had been negative to the hoof tester before they found it also.... |
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No Tune in a Bucket
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Location: Texas | I was thinking that there might be more abscess. The hole is not very big which I thought was good because I have seen hooves where so much was cut away that it took a long time to grow back. He went from being ok to lame so it wasn't a gradual thing. Seemed better at first but I think he should be better in 10 days unless there is another issue. |
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Location: SE Louisiana | The size of the hole it's draining from has no relationship to the size of the abscess itself. You NEED to allow air to get to it to keep it from reforming. Is the horse currant on tetanus? |
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No Tune in a Bucket
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Location: Texas | Yes, he is. |
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With God all things are possible
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| I have good luck with clean trax. It kills bacteria. It works!! I get online just put clean trax it will pull up where sold. I only use 1/2 bottle at time put 2 cups hot water in Baggie , I out on use medicine boot leave foe 90 minutes, after soak put Saran Wrap wrap in diaper and duck tape on for 30 minutes and done |
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Location: SE Louisiana | An abscess is composed of Anaerobic bacteria. Anaerobic literally means "living without air"... so the best way to stop it is to expose it to air. |
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| If there's a hole, sometimes you can develop a false sole that can cause problems. That's why I really push my abscess recipe in the sticky. I put it up against Magic Cushion and I had better results with it than MC. |
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No Tune in a Bucket
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Location: Texas | SKM - 2015-10-23 5:24 PM If there's a hole, sometimes you can develop a false sole that can cause problems. That's why I really push my abscess recipe in the sticky. I put it up against Magic Cushion and I had better results with it than MC.
See, that is what I was thinking. There might be more abscess that just hasn't popped yet. |
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Nut Case Expert
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Location: Tulsa, Ok | There could definitely be more abcess. My old gelding (32 at the time) was ouchy in about Oct of last year. I soaked, I packed etc, no results. Had both vet and farrier out as he became more and more lame. Finally I opened up a small place in his toe and got some drainage. Within a few days he became totally non-weight bearing. I soak and soak and pack and pack. His foot begins to bulge around the coronet band and seep around the frog. Still unable to get any drainage. Vet and farrier both out a couple more time each. Horse is off his feed and depressed. Finally I put him on antibiotics, which is something I would normally never do for a normal abcess. It begin to improve, but had a huge crack covering half of the coronet band. Farrier had to bevel the edges of the crack because it was pinching with ever step my gelding took. All in all it ended up being about a 3.5 month ordeal that I was not sure wasn't going to be the end of him at his advanced age. Fortunately the hoof all grew out okay and he is a very fat and healthy 33, working on 34. |
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No Tune in a Bucket
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Location: Texas | I thought his ankle looked a little swollen today but the vet was not concerned about it. He did give him some antibiotics though. |
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