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| I've been fighting an abscess in my colt for nearly three weeks now. I've had him wrapped with the skm poultice, soaked it, etc etc. He has pretty much been three legged on it. He lies down a lot. Called the vet out beginning of the week and magically he appears sound when she gets here. She still looked at it, hoof tested and looked for a track. No track found and no mushy spots. Still sore from hoof testers. Put him back out and two days later he's three legged again. Vet says start soaking again. We've been wet and muddy here but he's out on pasture. Anyone have a similar experience or advice? It's killing me to see him this sore. |
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Location: So. California | ImaSparkyAce - 2015-12-25 4:24 PM I've been fighting an abscess in my colt for nearly three weeks now. I've had him wrapped with the skm poultice, soaked it, etc etc. He has pretty much been three legged on it. He lies down a lot. Called the vet out beginning of the week and magically he appears sound when she gets here. She still looked at it, hoof tested and looked for a track. No track found and no mushy spots. Still sore from hoof testers. Put him back out and two days later he's three legged again. Vet says start soaking again. We've been wet and muddy here but he's out on pasture. Anyone have a similar experience or advice? It's killing me to see him this sore.
Call a different vet?
Can you stall the colt? How are you keeping a wrap on him in a muddy pasture?
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| Are u positive it's an abscess? I'd be thinking much more serious than an abscess if he's been laying down a lot. Fracture, tendon problem, etc. |
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Location: Florida.. | A Simple xray will show where it is. your vet should be able to detect it
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| She located the sore area just thinks it is going to come out the top. He is staying wrapped with diaper vet wrap and loads of duct tape. It's wet and muddy but pasture still has some grass to it. Forgot to add there was quite a bit of heat to his foot no swelling anywhere. Heat has reduced substantially since the other day when he was briefly much more sound. Haven't stalled him because he's much more comfortable turned out the stall would be stressful for him and I've only got one right now so can't keep someone else in with him.
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| Is the horse shod??? If so I had one just like this!!! 3 legged lame and soaked for WEEKS. Vet said same thing yours did. I called out my shoer and as soon as he pulled the shoe it BLEW.. I mean RIVER of JUNK. THe pressure of the shoe was keeping it from coming out the bottom. As soon as it blew he was 100 percent sound. |
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| Have a friend whose horse had some kind d of deep abscess that the vet said usually had to be surgically removed. The horse had to have ultra sounds and an MRI for another issue. Those two things caused the abscess to bust out. The vet was very surprised.
I have one that I have been fighting for a month. Horse is lame a day or two then fine. I am going to soak his in oxyclean and Synbiont tomorrow. That should get it. |
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Location: So. California | Put a mixture of ichthammol and a handful of epsom salts in the diaper and wrap the hoof. Change daily. It should draw the abscess out within a few days. Then keep it clean for a few more, allowing the hole to drain and close.
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| Anniemae - 2015-12-25 9:17 PM
Put a mixture of ichthammol and a handful of epsom salts in the diaper and wrap the hoof. Change daily. It should draw the abscess out within a few days. Then keep it clean for a few more, allowing the hole to drain and close.
This is what I have been doing along with the alum and mud poultice. No shoes on him at this time. |
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| At this point, I'd take an xray to make sure you are actually dealing with an abscess. |
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Location: Bandera, TX | SKM - 2015-12-26 8:29 AM
At this point, I'd take an xray to make sure you are actually dealing with an abscess.
Get an X-ray and proceed to find someone in your area with a Magnawave. Have two treatments down a day apart. If you have no other issue than a abscess. |
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Location: Tulsa, Ok | My 34 year old gelding had a huge abcess about a year ago. It went on for weeks, with soaking, poulticing etc and it would not pop out. It was actually oozing around his heels, the base of the frog and around about half of the cornet band. He was non weight bearing and would not lay down, I guess because he knew he could not get back up. Vet and farrier out several times. We finally had to go to heavy duty antibiotics to get it cleared up. He was off his feed and lost quite a bit of weight which at his age was really bad. Ended up with a big crack/seperation at the coronet band which the farrier had to bevel because it was pinching him ever step he took. Now a year later he is 100% and all damage grown out on the foot. |
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| And this morning now he's looking sound again. Haven't taken wrap off yet to see if there is a blow out because of mud. Hopefully this will be the last of it. He did have a crack around between his heel bulbs too. |
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Location: The Great Northwest | ImaSparkyAce - 2015-12-27 8:42 AM And this morning now he's looking sound again. Haven't taken wrap off yet to see if there is a blow out because of mud. Hopefully this will be the last of it. He did have a crack around between his heel bulbs too.
Does he have time out of the mud or wet conditions for the hooves to dry? His hooves may be extremely soft and easly bruised and abcessed. |
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| i am dealing with pretty much the same thing with my 34 year old. I can see where he cut the bottom of his hoof on a rock and I've been soaking, wrapping, etc. but it just won't release. He's eating somewhat and can gimp around...will lay down though. Just worries me more because of his age...i put a boot on the wrapped hoof so I can at least let him out on his "dry" lot for a while and keep him in at night... |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | You really need to haul him in and get an xray of that foot, I had one that was 3 legged lame for 1 and a 1/2 week finally took him in for xray of back foot it was a deep huge abscess I was worried that his coffen bone was broken but it was a abscess and when it blew it took out half of his bottom of his sole. With the xray I knew what to expect, we xrayed two times to keep an eye out where the abscess was and about the time it would blow out. It was a mess for awhile.
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| Same as BMW and others above stated...
Had one dignosed and treated for an abscess for 3+ weeks one year ago to find out it was fractured coffin bone. Make sure they go back and and radiography again and LOOK CLOSELY at the image. Hopefully this isn't the case but better to know ASAP. Good luck!
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| He got sore again and had the vet back out after she told me to keep soaking, wrapping etc. so went back to mud poultice. Today his leg is swollen to his knee. From the time I talked to her to when she got here he finally blew out the top of his heel bulb. Looked some more for a track and the abscess had started on one side and went all the way around his foot and finally out. She did dig it out some as well and liquid just poured out. I'm just glad he is finally getting some relief. Going to keep a close eye on it and hope nothing else strange happens. I've never seen one fester this way. |
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| Keep your poltice and diaper routine going and spray wash it out everyday when re applying the diaper routine ....
Now is the time to hit him with 20cc of PenG for 5 days and then lay off 5 days and then 20cc Pen G for another 5 days ...
This will help his body attack the infection that created the abscess AND keep it draining and open by using a vegetable brush ...
GOOD LUCK
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | BARRELHORSE USA - 2015-12-31 3:49 AM Keep your poltice and diaper routine going and spray wash it out everyday when re applying the diaper routine .... Now is the time to hit him with 20cc of PenG for 5 days and then lay off 5 days and then 20cc Pen G for another 5 days ... This will help his body attack the infection that created the abscess AND keep it draining and open by using a vegetable brush ... GOOD LUCK
Why do you keep telling people to use antibiotics this way? I've never heard a vet recommend such a schedule. In fact, after my mare had a very severe abscess like this open up, my vet had me dose her for 14 days. This on and off stuff seems like a good way to encourage selection for resistance. |
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