Sigh. He has an abscess on his right rear foot now. It's below the crown and has pushed away a flap of hoof. Eline, if you're reading this, is it possible that the ice tore part of his hoof and he got an infection under the tear? Any other reason he might have abscessed like that after being completely sound a week or two ago? Another possibility--he got a cut on his ankle above the abscess about a week ago--does infection migrate down the leg and then cook under the hoof like that?
Anyway, it's the salt water bath for him. 20 minutes at least once a day and two times if possible.
Thoroughbreds... !
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Ah, I know, TB's...
ReplyDeletehe could have torn a pieve of hoof like you say. Mud will do it too, or a stone/ice bruice...
Rose is getting shos on tomorrow, so exciting, means is spring (or it has to be at least)
good luck with Dante