Re: Sore Foot Dilemma (hole notta sole) long

[Niccolai Murphy <niccolai_m@yahoo.com>]

This is one reason that I always take time off for the ferrier's visit.

Hal was like this the first time he went bare foot due to pulling
shoes and quite a lot of hoof off. I personally don't think that
having the sole carry weight is a bad thing, I know that this a
contrarian opinion. In Hal's case it took several months of letting
him grow his feet again until he could move without looking like a war
casualty. I would guess that what your horse needs is time. Fancy
trimming and drilling won't fix this one. 

In his case and in yours there is just not enough depth of sole to
protect the sensitive underlying tissues.

I have heard, but not tried, that if you super-dose biotin supplements
you can increase the growth rate of hoof. It's hearsay coming from me.




---"Thomas, Barb" <thomas@amgen.com> wrote:
>
> I have a 27 year old retired endurance mare (Whisper for all you old
East
> coast folks who may remember her) with a very serious foot problem. 
Here's
> the scenario.  This horse has had lamintis in the past with an
approximate 8
> degree rotation.  She was walk/trot sound and comfortable the week
before
> the Norco ride in September.  The weekend of the ride while I was
away, my
> farrier's assistant trimmed her without his supervision. 
(Ex-farrier that
> is) I came home to a dead lame horse because this guy had trimmed
her soles
> flat onto the ground.  The resident farm vet said that the soles were
> supporting her weight and the hoof  walls weren't on the ground. 
Under her
> care, we started a course of bute and soft footing but within a
week, there
> was extensive bruising of the soles.  We went to shoes and pads but
she
> continued to worsen.  At this time she referred the horse out to the
local
> vet hospital where she spent a week receiving DMSO/fluid IVs, bute,
and
> isoxuprine to help control the inflammation.  The shoes were removed
and she
> was wrapped in cotton pillows.  When she came home, we continued the
> bute/isoxuprine regimen and eventually removed the pillows.  She
took a turn
> for the worse after some improvement.  At that time, the
veterinarians felt
> that some seromas were forming and when we felt that they had
organized,
> they drilled her sole to release the pressure and drain the abscesses.
> Unfortunately, there was very little drainage, so her feet were
packed in
> icthamol and put back into the pillows.  Back on the bute/iso again,
with
> some improvement.  It's now 9 weeks from the bad trim and the
trouble is if
> she misses even one dose of her meds, she's dead lame again.  Most
puzzling
> of all is that while she can hardly walk without meds, she's
negative to
> pain in both feet with the hoof testers.  Last night, we put her in
Norfelds
> magnetic wraps and this morning she was much improved but I don't
want to
> get my hopes up with one night and her still on the meds.  Can
anyone who's
> had this kind of problem tell me what you did and how long the trouble
> persisted?  I'm really concerned about her quality of life at this
point and
> I'm looking for any alternatives available.  If anyone has any
ideas, please
> send them my way!!  BTW, latest radiographs show wonderful bone
structure
> besides the rotation.
> 
> Also, if anyone in the L.A./Ventura county area has a Norfelds
blanket I
> could borrow/rent for my other mare, please call me at 805-447-7174 or
> 1-800-9AMGEN9 x77174 after this weekend.  She fought with the cross
ties and
> lost, pulling muscles in her hindquarters.  This must be my time in
the
> "box"!!  Hey, prayers would help, too!
> 
> Barb (still sane somehow), Wind Dancer (lame), Whisper (lamer), and
Katie
> (if it's OK mom, I'll lick your face and make it all better!)
> thomas@amgen.com
> 
> 

==
http://freeweb.socal.wanet.com/hlurphy/
Nicco Murphy - Poway, San Diego, CA



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