the first one was 12th May
thought to be just one of those things; that was the right, off, fore
the second one was the following sunday
Trimmer, when she came, thought that that one might have been caused by some sort of trauma, and looking at it now, 2 weeks later, she may well have been right. of course, it's easier to see such things on this foot, as it's white!
The third one, near, left, fore, was thursday gone
I did discuss with vet whether there might be some underlying issue, but he thinks not, and thought not lami either (we did think of that).
So i wondered whether i should have had him in boots anyway, and posted on the relevant section of the EE forum.
2 well known trimmers, both of whom i have a lot of time for, suggest either low grade lami or ulcer (or possibly both?) bearing in mind he's not long out of racing was the thinking behind both thoughts.
I'm not sure he has an ulcer either. He certainly shows no behaviours that I would associate with ulcers/healed ulcers, even on the rare occasions when he's had some tack on there has been no grief about doing the girth up. which doesn't, of course, mean that he doesn't, just that there's nothing relevant showing and everyone agrees he's the sweetest natured horse going.
his feed is pretty much right for that sort of thing anyway
So it will be interesting to see what my trimmer thinks. but that off hind trauma is interesting, whatever it was, but i don't think lami, as there was (as i said on the original post) a scrape as well, so more external trauma than otherwise. That was the same day he scraped his back as well.
In the meantime, I should not have turned him out last night (or should have got him in this morning). I am NOT going to be able to keep the foot dry whilst wrapped, and i don't know what made me think that i might be able to. So he's in again.
Gave them all a good scrub whilst i was on, encourage by the fact that partner was with me so could, if required, feed treats/pass me the next item i needed!
But i'm going to try and avoid the mutual grooming - went in to give him a bit of a scratch before i left, and he decided to return the favour. OUCH!
There are some faint event lines quite close together but the top of the hoof looks clear, how long have you had him now?
ReplyDeleteTB's that have been in racing plates for a long time do tend to have quite thin soles, it takes time and work to build up sole thickness, the wet weather recently won't have helped either as that will make the soles soft and easier for things to penetrate or bruises to occur.
I am shy of barefoot as an option for Tucker because he kept coming up lame. I don't think repeated abscesses are good for the interior structure of the foot. Do take care.
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