About 2 or 3 months ago, I bought a pair of easyboot epics,
size one. Tonight when I cleaned Alpine’s feet, he has a Nasty case of
thrush in his right front. He’s always been prone to it, and two days
ago the foot was fine. However, it rained two days in a row. With him, that’ll
do it. The thrush is way deep in the heel, and has caused some nasty pits. He’s
sore from it and just a hair off. I figured the foot should stay as dry as
possible, so that’s where the easyboots came into play.
I’ve never actually taken the time to put them on, but
I did read the literature that came with them, and Karen’s website. They
went on almost too easy. I cleaned out both feet, and put procaine penicillin on
both also, just for good measure. On the bad foot, I soaked a piece of gauze
in the penicillin, stuck it in the holes in his frog, and then wrapped the foot
in vet wrap. The boot went on top of it.
If there are gaiters on the boot, how do you tell if the foot is all the way to
the bottom? Is it supposed to sound like “thwump thwump” when he
walks? Can I leave easyboots on him in the pasture tomorrow? I figured I’d
leave them on for a couple of hours tonight to let the antibiotics get in there
and do some good. But can I put them on him tomorrow and turn him out? I’ll
leave him in the small pasture so if he yanks one, I can find it later. How
long can you leave an easyboot on? They seem good and tight. I had to use my
foot to close it.
