12/28/2023 0 Comments Clean trax soakI see the vaseline as a barrier to not allowing the copper full contact with the hoof/suffocating and locking in moisture again. Adding gunk, just holds the moisture in and suffocates the ability of the hoof to breathe and regulate itself. The hoof has its own waxes and oils that do a great job and allow the hoof to breathe at the same time. I know for sure that I don't agree with hoof conditioner. In the morning I'd medicate/boot and turn out. I'd clean the hoof before bedtime, not medicate, but think "air" and "dry". You'll need to find a way to allow the hoof to dry out, hopefully on shavings overnight. So check the diet and add up all the NSC and see what you get. It can weaken a hoof to allow thrush in, just like too much wet can weaken a hoof and allow thrush in. That negative pH situation can happen internally with too much sugar/starch in the diet. Thrush loves to thrive in a negative pH situation. Oh my! What a terrible prognosis for thrush! So unnecessary and saddens me! Our farrier - has spent the first six months of the year working with us to get them back nice. We got our farrier out who then informed us that the farrier that we had used while we were away, had incorrectly placed the hooves. Except, once I got him home two months later we became quickly aware he was lame. We made the choice to leave him there under the care of the farm hands. We had to return home, but we decided it was not safe to risk bringing Chinga home - roads closed, flooded. He obviously was not good, Chinga threw both the shoes within five days and we put this down to his feet being soft from the weather.īack in our home State - Queensland, there was bad flooding. We found a farrier which seemed to have a very good reputation and asked him to do Chinga's hooves. We took him into a farrier in town because he is a horse which needs continuous shoeing otherwise he becomes 'surface lame'. Causing his hooves to become 'soft' and he threw both his front shoes. I took him away to our annual trip to the farm and the weather became quite bad - rain and storms. Due to what would have to be done to clear up the infection, would make him unable to be ridden.Īs some of you know, at the beginning of the year I had a different type of issue with his hooves. Than, if this doesn't work we look at retiring him as a pasture horse for the rest of his like. Otherwise - we look at giving him six to twelve months off work - put him in spell. So basically, the infection has three months to heal. Plus the farrier cut out a small part of the hoof to where the infection is, so that the Copper Sulphate has access to the infection. The Vaseline is being used only to deliver the Copper Sulphate which kills any bacteria, we're doing this every second day - recommended as the best treatment by two farriers. Now, we're trying to clear up the infection - by using a Copper Sulphate & Vaseline mix. If riding him was risking making things worse in any way I would stop. Though being able to ride him is really my last concern - first being his own safety and health. Though if it does become any worse, I'll be looking at having him out of work for 6-12 months. The infection is quite bad, but its not infection him in a way where it is negatively affecting him to be worked - I've been assured of this and done my own research to confirm it. Due to all the wet weather and rain we have had here - even though we've been taking steps to prevent this - oiling them every day + cleaning them twice a day. He did some investigating and he discovered that Chinga had a Bacterial Hoof Infection. He came out and quickly agreed that something was wrong. I felt it was better to be safe than sorry. Recently, I noticed something odd was going on with Chinga's two front hooves, so I decided I'd push my farrier appointment a few weeks earlier and scratch from my competition that weekend.
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