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Re: [RC] Problem Child - Prognosis - rides2farFirst good squeeze with the> testers.....YOWZA!!! A little scrape with the> knife....sure 'nuff...the feet. His prognosis is a possible abscess or some sort of infection in the hoof...probably all his feet. Tim, The people on my street think I'm some sort of miracle worker because I have made several of their horses they thought had broken legs instantly better this same way. I've read 90% of lameness is in the foot. (not necessarily endurance horses though). I'd say 90% of those are abcesses. This year we've had so darned much rain the hooves are soft. The horse stomps flies. There's a little pebble. He stomps hard and the pebble breaks through the soft surface leaving a bit of dirt. The sole closes over it and it forms a pocket of infection. Their hoof can't expand for the swelling so it's like putting a tight bandaid on and the swelling causing more pressure. I doubt the hoof supplement had anything to do with the horse not having one. I'm in the SE too and it's been a bad year for abcesses. My daughter's Welsh cross had a bad one that took a while to clear up. They recommend soaking in Epsom salts but I like to coat it with Ichthammol, tape it up with duct tape and let that draw it out. If you clear the infection you can go right back to riding. I've had some go sound immediately but you've got to make sure it finishes draining. I'd rather look out and have a horse hopping on three legs than a faint subtle lameness since the bad limping is usually an abcess and the subtle stuff lasts forever. Make sure you've gotten the abcesses popped out before you try the turpentine to harden or you'll just be making it harder to come out. Angie ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= http://www.endurance.net/ads/seabiscuit.html Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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