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| So the vet cut a hole to get out the abscess. Now we have a nice big hole to heal. I will attach a picture. Can you give me advice on what to do now? She is not lame and we need to run her weekend after next. Can she be shoed? Can I fill the hole with something? Vet suggested shoe her for competition, then pull shoes. I'm thinking she will not have a hoof left. Easy Boots look too scary to run barrels in. Has anyone tried those? Looking for options.
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 The One
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Location: South Georgia | I had a very similar abscess this summer. Vet and farrier said DO NOT fill it with anything. They said even when it looks like it is done draining, you don't want to risk anything getting trapped. I had to keep it wrapped (vet wrap and then a pad of duct tape) every 24 hours (I changed it every morning) for three weeks. Each day when I was rewrapping it, they told me to squirt some betadine up there to keep it dry and disinfected. Once I got to the point where no betadine would squirt up into the hole, I could stop wrapping. It was tedius, and it sucked. But, no reoccurence! They said if dirt or bacteria or whatever else got up in there, it would re-abscess, so I thought it was worth it. I went through 6 or 7 rolls of duct tape, about 10 rolls of vet wrap, and 2 packs of Animalintex (while it was new and draining) throughout the process. I thought it would never end!
Is she normally shod? If not, I would not add a shoe for the race and then pull it. The breakage afterward and the adjustment to shoes would worry me.
My guy is super sensitive, so he had most of the 3 weeks off. I did ride a couple times with a wrap, but it would have to be re-wrapped after the ride, and I was so darn sick of wrapping, so I just gave him time off. You could use a Scoot Boot or Renegade on top of a layer of vet wrap, if you needed to barrel race and/or keep up conditioning. They are tough, and secure, and made for real riding like that.
Edited by horsegirl 2018-09-04 2:17 PM
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thanks for sharing your experience. I do know where you are coming from on the wrapping. We are a week and half into this and wrapping is not fun. But really glad to hear of your results. I will check out what you recommended bc yeah, we do have to race. Thanks again |
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The One
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Location: South Georgia | No problem. I got lost in the sea of google when I was trying to decide what to do myself. LOL
I will say one thing, however. Lots of the sites say not to bring the vet wrap above the hairline. My horse is on 1/2 day turnout, so I could NOT keep a wrap on him for a full 24 hours unless I brought the vet wrap layer up over the coronet slightly in front and around the back heel bulb. No harm was done. But some sites made it sound like a complete danger to wrap above the coronet. I wasn't overly tight, but the wrap needed that little lip above the heel bulbs to hold on long enough.
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The One
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Location: South Georgia | There is a website you can get a trial pair of Scoot Boots. I think it is tryscootboots.com. May help for your situation. |
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| Thanks. Going to check those out! |
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| Vet here, and also just got done with 3 weeks of abscess wrapping on a mare...hated every day LOL .... 
I also do not really recommend putting anything in the hole if you can keep it wrapped, if you have a run that you really have to make though I have used keratex hoof putty in the hole or magic cushion. I have rode them wrapped outside with a soft ride and taken the soft ride off inside, filled the hole, made my run, then re-wrap and soft ride boot back on.
As stated above, BE SURE the abscess is done draining cause if you fill the hole with either and theres a tiny bit of abscess left, you are right back to square one. |
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| THANK YOU for the replies so far. Very good to know your experiences and advice. In addition, I am looking into Easyboot Glue-ons. Wondering if they might be a good option. Still pondering that.
Thanks again. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest | I’ve used Keratex hoof putty. Not on holes that big, but it’s worked for the small ones. It’s still in there even after making a run. |
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  Sock eating dog owner
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Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah | I have run barrel in the easy boot, the kind with the do hicky in front. I made an extra wrap so they clamped down tight and vet wrap around so they didnt pop. they stayed on and he made a nice run. I like your idea of using the glue on, many endurance riders use them in tough terrain and 100 milers. look into Equi Pak too. |
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Boot Detective
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| I would stuff cotton soaked in iodine in that hole and shoe the horse with a leather pad for one shoeing. The pad will protect that hole to prevent dirt, rocks, etc from getting lodged up in that hole and creating a new abcess. |
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| Very much appreciate the responses THANKS |
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Industrial Srength Barrel Racer
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| I don't think I'd run in any kind of boot - think it would be a recipe for a fall, they seem like galoshes to me. I'd just run barefoot before I would do that. If there are rocks on the way to the pen, use boots to get there, then take them off. |
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Veteran
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| I also use cotton and really push it down in the hole tight, usually put some kind of disinfecting stuff in first like iodine, no thrush powder, or tea tree oil. Then I sometimes stick a piece of duct take over it which falls off in a while, but holds cotton in until their weight smashes it in well. |
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| easyboot has a glue on shoe that is supposed to be for performance. Yes the ones I use to exercise are clunky, could never run in them.
keep thoughts coming
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Elite Veteran
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Location: Arkansas | I have put my easy boots on my mare at a run and kept them on all the way into the holding pen, took them off in there made my run went back into the pen put her boots back on and walked away without so much as a limp. |
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| moorehorses i'm thinking that's the best plan
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The One
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Location: South Georgia | The vet told me that if anything gets in that hole and gets stuck, I'd be back at square one. This scared the crap out of me, so I kept it wrapped! lol |
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| 2H~QH - 2018-09-04 3:35 PM
Vet here, and also just got done with 3 weeks of abscess wrapping on a mare...hated every day LOL .... I also do not really recommend putting anything in the hole if you can keep it wrapped, if you have a run that you really have to make though I have used keratex hoof putty in the hole or magic cushion. I have rode them wrapped outside with a soft ride and taken the soft ride off inside, filled the hole, made my run, then re-wrap and soft ride boot back on.
As stated above, BE SURE the abscess is done draining cause if you fill the hole with either and theres a tiny bit of abscess left, you are right back to square one.
I am going to do just as u say. Use boots till ready to run and put right back on but a question: does the hoof putty come right out after run? Doesn’t it harden up and hard to get out? And do I vetwrap over the putty and foot as well as using putty or only putty? Also do i put putty in right before run or can it be a bit before? |
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The One
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Location: South Georgia | y_do_i_do_this - 2018-09-05 11:58 PM 2H~QH - 2018-09-04 3:35 PM Vet here, and also just got done with 3 weeks of abscess wrapping on a mare...hated every day LOL .... I also do not really recommend putting anything in the hole if you can keep it wrapped, if you have a run that you really have to make though I have used keratex hoof putty in the hole or magic cushion. I have rode them wrapped outside with a soft ride and taken the soft ride off inside, filled the hole, made my run, then re-wrap and soft ride boot back on.
As stated above, BE SURE the abscess is done draining cause if you fill the hole with either and theres a tiny bit of abscess left, you are right back to square one. I am going to do just as u say. Use boots till ready to run and put right back on but a question: does the hoof putty come right out after run? Doesn’t it harden up and hard to get out? And do I vetwrap over the putty and foot as well as using putty or only putty? Also do i put putty in right before run or can it be a bit before?
Edited by horsegirl 2018-09-06 6:50 AM
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