Went out to feed one morning 4 weeks ago and my 17
yo couldn't bear any weight on his LH leg...trembling and in a lot of
pain. Turned out it was a major abscess and the farrier opened it up,
wrapped for a few days and all seem well. Quit wrapping...kept going lame
off and on so I wrapped and poulticed off and on...anyways seemed fine for
about 2 weeks and then as I was cleaning out his foot I noticed another hole
that appeared about halfway between the frog and the hoof wall. Still not
lame again so have just turned him out to pasture...well he is off and walking
on his tiptoe on the foot again this morning. Cleaned the hoof really good
and hose all the muck out of the holes with the water hose...applied the black
stuff(can't spell it)...covered the foot with an animal intex poultice...wrapped
with vet wrap and duct tape...put a heavy plastic bag over that and wrapped
with some more duct tape.
There is mud everywhere as we live on the NC coast
and have had huge amounts of rain for the past month(3 inches in one hour last
night).
Any advice at all will be greatly
appreciated. Guess I just need to know if I am doing the right
thing. Have had vet out when all this started. Didn't want to give
antibiotics as she said they can hinder as much as help.
I can stall him but he does not like it. Will
walk in place all night and pitch a hissy fit...but will do whatever is best for
him.
