Ive bought two soaking boots as I’ve never had much joy with other bags etc.

The problem is worse in the FL which had the ligament damage and it does look worse now than in the below pics I think. It looks like the white line had already started to come apart when his shoes were on, as looking back I can see it on the pictures from the 16th - at least now I can deal with the problem instead of covering it up I guess.

Heres a few pics that i've got along the way, some are blurry and some you can see stones in the white line but also some field paste still stuck it in from the day before - I will upload some better pictures tomorrow when theyre all clean and scrubbed as im not sure how useful these ones are! His backs are doing better than his fronts - I didn't get pictures but all of his feet did originally have the big 'butt crack' lines up the frog which are slowly on their way out (some more than others) I've been a bit rubbish at taking pictures, but do have a few random ones since his shoes came off on the 16th - I dont have all of the angles you need right now but need to take all of those pictures tomorrow for measuring up and sending to the Hoof Boutique to work out which boots would be best for us. Sorry again for what is probably a long question that doesn't make a lot of sense.all help and advice appreciated as always!įirstly thank you all for replying, some really useful stuff and thanks for the pictures as well! He is out in the day and in at night - I detol soaked his feet and kept him in yesterday just to have one day of dry feet, but mentally he's not great when kept in for a long time (he doesn't go mad or anything, he just looks slow and depressed) Should I wait until it is drier before doing the soak? The price isn't an issue, however my question is - if the ground remains this wet, is there any point doing a cleantrax soak, when he will be going back out in the same paddock that possibly contributed to the issue in the first place? Should I wait until I have some boots for him before I walk him again? (Waiting for his next trim in a couple of weeks time)Ĭleantrax - I'd like to sort the white line issues asap, and have been recommended a cleantrax soak to hit the fungal infection. Providing he still looks sound (though sometimes a little pottery on stones as shoes being off is a new thing) should I be continuing the in hand walking, or will that make the white line separation worse? Our fields aren't boggy, but they are wet, the yard is wet and even his stable is a bit leaky - so I think this could be one of the many causes, as well as some arthirtus and some 'changes' in his laminae and some navicular changes (He had an MRI back in July)Īny one of those could also have gone towards causing this I think - as I really do think i've got control of his diet so would like to be able to rule that out as a cause!Įxercise - He is currently out of work due to some collateral ligament damage which was diagnosed earlier in the year, but he has been sound (touch wood) and I have started doing inhand walking with him up to 20minutes, which even when his shoes came off he was doing brilliantly pacing out nicely. I got the stones out and 'plugged' the bits that were separating with Field Paste mushed together with cotton wool, which seems to stay put in the field and so far no more stones have got in. Since taking my boys shoes off a few weeks ago, his fronts have started some white line separation which stones got caught in and made him lame. White line separation / background info. I've got a couple of question regarding white line separation, exercise and also cleantrax. This will ensure a good treatment for a couple of hours or more.Another long winded post from me - sorry in advance! I will also squirt some in these areas before I put my horse’s hoof boots on before a ride. This helps to open up and heal a deep infected center sulcus. Squirt into the central sulcus and collateral grooves. Mix together and put in a long tipped syringe. “50/50 mix of Athlete’s Foot Cream (1 Clortrimazole and Triple Antibiotic Cream. Try out Pete Ramey’s recipe for severe cases of thrush and fungus: As long as they’re used sparingly, soaks can work in your favour. It’s one of the few things man has accomplished to actually benefit the horse.

And now, potions have been devised to ease abscessing and treat thrush. He says, “if we look at the anatomy of the foot, its physiology and the thickness of the hoof capsule, it becomes questionable if soaking in water provides any beneficial effects.”īut remember, the wild horse with laminitis will find water to soak his feet. The hoof’s reaction is exactly the same.ĭr. Just look at your fingernails after a hot bath. I can’t help thinking water is kryptonite for the hoof.

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