The big girly went hoping lame on Friday morning (had been a bit unsound at the front for a week or so before)
Further inspection she was hot footed although no obvious damage to the hoof, but frog didn't look/ feel quite right.
Decided to hot poultice to see if anything happened...
Lone behold we had a puss explosion within a few hours.
As the hoof has softened its still not apparent where the actua, blasted thing is. There's a fine crack right across the hoof either side of her frog, which the puss appears to be coming from BUT
Had the farrier up today for a bit of further inspection & to see if the shoe needed to come off , he's poked arround, and said he can't find exactly where it is either & rekons in will come out the top.
Despite this she was clearly very uncomfortable with the inside being squidged & I suspect this is where the problem lies. He's adament she's always been a bit touchy there.
Long story short we bought the horse from said farrier, she has a history of being unsound intermitantly at the front apparently through being ridden into the ground... I wonder if maybe she's had this a fair while & no one had the forsight to poultice because said farrier hasn't picked up on it... there's clearly something there, debating if I should just call a different farrier/ vet to have a quick look.... hmmmm
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chocolatecakeystuff · 03/02/2013 23:31
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