Careful what you say.......

[Bo B Bunny]

Well if you read this thread from wabbitmom, you'll see me comment on my horses....

I think I jinxed myself. The vet will be out this afternoon. Pokie (who is supposed to be going home to my father inlaw for now) is limping/not using her back left leg. Probably a hoof abscess. :expressionless I'll have to take care of her for now.

Yes, the money part is going to be bad but worse is that she's in pain and I didn't know..... probably for a couple of days cause I hadn't been down to the barn.

:cry1:

 

[hartleybun]

i shall be very careful in what i say on this thread!!!h34r2 so - i wish you and Pokie well, may the hoof heal quickly.

 

[Bo B Bunny]

Thank you. Poor cow. She's miserable. Yes, Cow.... She's a big cow, heffer, and other names I cannot say here sometimes...... but we love her.

 

[hartleybun]

please give Pokie my apologies, i was having a senior moment and seemed to think that she was a horse. the bunnies have spoken to me about this....several times...

a good friend of mine has a smallholding - pigs, sheep,birds. hooves seem to be a universal problem as do vet bills...

 

[DyemondRabbitry]

Oh yuck, hoof abcesses. Did it blow out? If it did usually we can get them to dry out pretty quickly. Of course, it takes abouta year for it to be completely healed. Hope you have a good farrier! If you need any advice I've got lots of different things for hoof abcesses by dealing with different foundered horses- let us know how it all goes.

 

[Bo B Bunny]

hartleybun wrote:

please give Pokie my apologies, i was having a senior moment and seemed to think that she was a horse. the bunnies have spoken to me about this....several times...

a good friend of mine has a smallholding - pigs, sheep,birds. hooves seem to be a universal problem as do vet bills...

LOL..... she IS a horse..... we just call her a cow cause she's fat and sassy like a heffer! LOL! Sorry. When someone is being onery and it's female, it's likely to be called a heffer around here.

DyemondRabbitry wrote:

Oh yuck, hoof abcesses. Did it blow out? If it did usually we can get them to dry out pretty quickly. Of course, it takes abouta year for it to be completely healed. Hope you have a good farrier! If you need any advice I've got lots of different things for hoof abcesses by dealing with different foundered horses- let us know how it all goes.

Not yet. We're doing the soaking thing but I might just have to get a can of bag balm to put in there and wrap it. I hear this works great for them. We have an awesome farrier, but I Think as soon as I can get her a bit better - she's going back to my Father Inlaw. She was headed that way anyhow..... Lexi didn't want to use her....... however, now that we are spending a ton of time with her again we are back to falling in love with her and finding a way to fix her issues with rearing if her hoof heals - or at least use her for showmanship. She's SO pretty right now - her new fur is in and old is almost shed out...

She's enjoying all the attention too LOL!

 

[DyemondRabbitry]

That's good news! I've used Furoset (sp- I know is wrong.. brown can, yellow lid, yellow cream) works really well for abcesses for some odd reason. That and soaking. Hmm... last time I used a warm compress but I'm not sure how much that would help... if it's not too bad I wouldn't worry since you trust your farrier (great! No hoof, no horse)

 

[DyemondRabbitry]

What does she rear at? Is it a temper sort of thing or a flight issue? Flight is usually alot easier for us to fix.. temperment isn't... I had a rearing runaway before.. that was great..Have you tried a lot of flexing exercises? For some reason it really helped mine become not only soft but stop from the rearing

 

[hartleybun]

Bo B Bunny wrote:

hartleybun wrote:

please give Pokie my apologies, i was having a senior moment and seemed to think that she was a horse. the bunnies have spoken to me about this....several times...

a good friend of mine has a smallholding - pigs, sheep,birds. hooves seem to be a universal problem as do vet bills...

LOL..... she IS a horse..... we just call her a cow cause she's fat and sassy like a heffer! LOL! Sorry. When someone is being onery and it's female, it's likely to be called a heffer around here.

anic:learn something everyday LOL:rollseyes

 

[DeniseJP]

Poor Pokie!

Weatherly had this a few weeks ago - we did the soaking with Epsom salts and water as warm as she would tolerate and the abscess popped on its own and she was sound immediately. The abscess had a bad, bad smell - worse than thrushy feet!

Our veterinarian's office said doing a mix of iodine and sugar into the abscess area would help draw the yuck out but the best remedy I have used came from my farrier - you can use warm water and Polident tablets... the foaming action cleans all the gunk out of a hoof - it is amazing stuff. They suggested I pack her hoof with iodine soaked cotton and wrap it in duct tape... I have done this before with one of my minis.

Weatherly sees her farrier tomorrow so I will have an update on what he finds left behind.

Good luck!

Denise

 

[Bo B Bunny]

Well, we had the vet out and he's been the equine vet state official, etc., his son is a vet, his other son (who I went to school with) is an equine chiropractor and his daughter inlaw is our small animal vet...... LOL! I haven't had the farrier out yet but Doc M. trimmed her and told me to soak it. She does have a horrible smell like thrush X10 today. She's been so funny tho! If I turn my back, she raises her foot out and I turn back she stands there and I swear she's whistling as she slips it back in the tub! :whistlingShe did that until finally I gave up cleaning her stall and sat down to brush her legs while she soaked and enjoyed the attention! LOL!

My sister inlaw saidthe abscess and smell isfrom standing in crap all day (she doesn't think we pick enough.....but we have a run in and the rain comes in and it's been wet... we stripped the stall one day, 3 new bags of shavings and the next day it looked like we hadn't cleaned in months!) I was so mad! I wanted to ask her if that was how her horse got such a bad one a few years ago..... ssd:I take GOOD care of the horses... they have better dental care and checkups than I do!! They have a run out that is dirt - mud right now - and their grass pasture is flooded so they can't be out there at the moment - they go out as much as they can tho! I have even been checking on her horse since he's been sick - and we've done that with ALL of their horses when they were colicy, sore, kidney infections, cancer (my daughter even helped clean the wound/eye socket before he died) and stuff.Her commentreally hurt me as well as made me mad. I just think about things they do or don't do that would make your blood boil - and I know who is wrong!!

Anyhow, I think I'll try to polident thing... not alkaseltzer? but the polident, right? Thank you for the advice. I've never dealt with an abscess and it's pretty scarey! I've heard horrors! We had her packed in medipack the first night but the vet said she wasn't that bad so try this and then see how she was in a few days. She was standing on it some tonight I gave her Bute tonight with her feed ..... she probably won't need it anymore.

I've used that Fura... stuff before! we used it on their poa that had cancer.... we've used all the Furazone, etc., it's great stuff. So is SWAT for keeping flies off open wounds.

She and Kota got their shots yesterday also..... so they are good for the year. Glad that's done!

 

[Bo B Bunny]

Oh and her rearing started last year.... not sure what caused it. She decided to start doing it if Lexi asked her to lope first. We think it might have been when someone adjusted her curb chain at horse camp... ssd:but we've tried EVERYTHING to stop her.

 

[NorthernAutumn]

Aw Pennie... I'm sorry Pokie's doing poorly at the mo.
I've read a little bit about horse health, and can follow what you're saying a bit....
I was wondering if there is any sort of matting or whatnot that would get her feet off the floor while the drainage is poor ... Y'know, like a floor of milkcrate plastics or something... Maybe shipping pallets cut to fit?

Just speculating... hugs to you and Pokie.

 

[DeniseJP]

Abscesses happen - like poop happens. I pick feet daily - Weatherly has sensitive feet and seems to be prone to them.

Polident or any denture cleaner is what I used. I had two dwarf minis and with their hoof problems, the farrier recommending the denture tablets to get the feet really clean - they were prone to thrush due to the shape of their hooves. It is amazing stuff.

Denise

 

[Bo B Bunny]

Just making sure! That's a great idea tho! I think I'll do her one hoof and then do all of his and when she can take it - her other feet...... I think it'd be good for them to clean like that once in awhile.

Pokie is deep near her frog so it's hard to get in there with a pick sometimes.

Thanks again - I'll let you know how it goes!

 

[DyemondRabbitry]

When it blows out I also like to use a warm mixture of betadine and water into the hole to flush it out and help it dry.. you'll get more puss than you could have possibly thought was in that tiny hole

 

[Bo B Bunny]

Oh yeah, we have betadine - we had the sheep get cut the other day *sigh*.... I'll definitely do that. I have some syringes here and they should work really well to flush it.

She's actually inside now - she gets a good stall while she's healing - since she's my father inlaw's horse and he paid for their barn among other things. :twitch: So she's dry. Kota isn't happy being alone but he better get used to it...... she's probably going home.

There are 2 new horses coming in tonight as well..... my niece adopted them from her college equestrian team (they're trimming down) and they are going to build stalls for them inside......

 

[DyemondRabbitry]

Trust me, the betadine works. On my foundered Morgan he had an abscess that blew out actually so there was a hole in the heal and one in the toe- you could squirt the betadine right through and drain out the other side. When we finally had it dry and needed to trim it- the WHOLE sole came off with an entirely new one below, that's how big the abcess was.. the great thing is that he wasn't even sore when we revealed the new sole.

Best of luck with yours, abcesses are so hard sometimes.

 

[Bo B Bunny]

WOW! Now, Pokie has a hole but it's small.... I will definitely do those things... I appreciate your help so much! The vet we use is good as I said, but he's old and not as good about suggestions on some things..... and likes to have to come back to check on them..... :rollseyesI wish it had been his son or new assistant. I like hearing from someone with good results.....

 

[DyemondRabbitry]

We have a lot of "Old Timers" around here along with a lot of Amish- I actually understudied an Amish Blacksmith/Farrier for an entire summer... very fun