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Re: [RC] Hoof Injury - Stefffi_cJulia, My horse sliced her heel about two inches deep on high tensile electric fence; It couldn't be stitched up, so I had to keep it wrapped. If you were close to me I'd offer to come show you, it's an aquired art. LOL My horse is thrush prone, if you're having wet weather and keeping him wrapped he'll probably develop it. So, I would wash Star's foot out very well every evening and dry it with a towel; I'd then soak 1" x 4" gause strips in Hoofmate (a natural thrush rememdy my farrier recomended, won't dry leaving it on the hoof all the time) and pushed those down in the crevice next to the frog where thrush develops. The next layer was a gause square soaked in betadine over the cut area. This was recommended by my vet to keep it clean if anything got in my wrap. I then put a full gauze sqare over the heel and down into the foot. Covered that with a plastic bag. Then wrapped it all with vet wrap up to the fetlock and covered the hoof only with duct tape. One note on using duct tape... It is *very* slick for horses to walk on, so I was very careful and kept Star in whenever the grass was wet because she fell on it the first day. After a day or two I started leaving a bell boot on her so my wrap would last 24 full hours. Left it on all the time, but did have to buy 1 size larger than normal! Hope This helps! Stephanie --- "J.Thom" <J.Thom@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: My almost 2 yr old gelding had to have a large piece of his hoof removed at the heel, exposing part of the coronary band. It was quite cold today but am not sure how he managed to hurt himself. My question is am I better to try and wrap the foot or put a poultice boot on the foot? I have to keep the foot covered until the exposed has healed in order to avoid infection. Also are there any long term effects from this type of injury? Thanks Julia __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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