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GALLOP - I need some help? Others answer too?
There is a horse at my barn named Pistol. He is a 19 year old OTTB. He has a bowed tendon from over a decade ago when he was on the track on his front left leg, and suspensory problems in both hind legs which he gets special shoeing for. Nowadays he is only ever ridden in light riding once a week.
Recently he had an abscess blow out his coronet on his right front. There was a hefty gap from where the abscess had been. He had special shoeing done to help the foot heal.
About 3 weeks later, he is still just as lame as he was before the abscess even blew.
We don't think the abscess is still the cause of his lameness.
Any ideas/possibilities as to what could be causing his lameness?
Hi. I can give you my thoughts on it, and hopefully barefoottrimmer will see this and add hers. I would guess that this is still related to the initial abscess, and/or to what caused it in the first place.
As Zeph points out, there can be multiple tracts in the hoof and even when one abscess blows, there may be others still intact. There may also have been diffuse infection with damage to hoof tissues and inflammation which would cause continued pain, I believe that most abscesses result from improper trimming and balancing of the hooves, and if you continue to try to treat them using methods that actually cause them, you'll get nowhere and the horse will suffer the consequences.
I would pull the corrective shoes which are probably causing more problems than they are solving, and if this was my horse, I'd have a qualified barefoot specialist evaluate the hooves and begin rehabbing them.
I'm posting a link to Pete Ramey's site on hoof rehabilitation which gives links to articles and is very informative.
http://www.hoofrehab.com/rehabilitations1.htm
Here is a blog that addresses hoof abscesses that I think is pretty good................
http://hoofrecovery.blogspot.com/2009/09/abscesses-revisited.html
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