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Post by carshon on Jun 22, 2015 20:59:39 GMT
My horrible gelding chased my daughters horse about 5 days ago and she bruised the heel bulbs of one of her front feet. We have been soaking twice daily with Epson Salts but she is almost 3 legged lame on that hoof. The bruises have started to appear at the bulbs ( she has white hooves and you can see the pink/red) it affects both heel bulbs. I believe she over reached with her hind hoof catching the heel of her front hoof in trying to get away from Steve.
She is getting 2 grams of bute (1 in the morning and 1 at night)
Do bruises on the heels usually erupt like an abcess? Should I wrap the other front leg for more support? She will stand flat footed but not with much weight on the bruised foot.
Wondering if a poultice of some sort is called for? Since the bruises are now visible I think we are just waiting for them to disperse or erupt. Any suggestions or experience with something like this?
She is penned in her run in (shed with a lane) and her buddy stays in with her (pen next to hers) they are eating out of their slow feed haynets and just relaxing so Gracie is not trying to move around on her bruised foot.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2015 0:16:12 GMT
Never dealt with bruised heels before, but I would say keep up the soaking and Bute for a few more days. I wouldn't think they would erupt out, but I don't know for sure.
If you decide to wrap, wrap both legs. I was always told that wraps must go on evenly.
Sorry I don't have more input than that. I hope she feels better soon!
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Post by horselady on Jun 23, 2015 0:48:30 GMT
You are very lucky that the bulbs are not cut or lacerated off or hanging. i have had that and i left it alone. the hanging skin just fell off after it died and what did not fall off i cut with a sharp hoofknife. Since you did not have that than just protect as much as you can. believe it or not mud is the best think for it so flood a part of her holding area i usually do it around the water tanks so when they stand he step in mud. Bute and IF it bursts than disenfect with antibiotic cream.
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Post by carshon on Jun 23, 2015 13:49:15 GMT
Thanks Everyone. Tornados in my area last night and another 6 + inches of rain. That is over 1 foot of rain in less than 10 days for us. So standing in mud is not a problem! We checked all of the animals after the storm last night and Gracie was standing outside in her run waiting at the gate to be let out. My daughter went and checked to see if she still had hay and Gracie followed her back into the shed with less of a limp. Fed this morning at 6 and Gracie is waiting for me at the gate and wants out and is walking noticably better - and she either laid down or slipped and fell because one side of her is coated in mud! I am guessing she laid down and slept as this is normal for her and she has not laid down since the injury. She is still locked up here at the barn and not in pasture with the other 3 but she seems much more content - I will begin slowly lowering the amount of Bute she is getting and will keep up with the soaking. We have some clean up to do with all of the storm debris so soaking will need to come later.
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Post by Terry on Jun 23, 2015 15:24:01 GMT
I'm glad to hear that Gracie seems to be doing better this morning. As much as I am sick of all this mud, it's really a good thing for Gracie right now. Standing in mud is going to be much less painful for her right now than standing on hard, dry ground.
I'm glad you guys made it through the storms last night ok. I was wondering if any of those tornados last night were in your area. Fortunately for me, all the storms stayed north of us last night. We are finally starting to dry out a little bit, so I'm hoping the rain and storms continue to miss us for a while. I'm sick of all the mud, slop, and squishing with every step! |
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