So I take a look under there today. We have had one minor sprinkle of rain here in a month and a half. The earth is dry, dusty and rocky. Perfect hoof weather. He has some manure in his feet constantly, especially those back ones from backing into the manure pile like a semi into a loading dock.
So anyway, I pick them out and he has deep narrow grooves in the central sulcus of the frogs, with holes running down the center of them towards the toe that are filled with white cheesy material. These were beautifully open before?! I tried, knifeless, to open the cave up and let air in there. I then injected the 50-50 solution of Canesten and Polysporin into the hole, and between the narrow groove leading to the heel as well as along the frog up to the point. On the right hind hoof there is a pocket going right deep into the sole starting to the left of the point to frog and running underground toward the heel. It is about 1/2" deep and full of black thick substance. I cleaned and injected here as well. I then proceeded to spray all 4 soles with Iode Spray (Iodine) to kill all the nasties.
He is has the thick crescent shaped callous close to the hoof wall (more so in the fronts) which seem more pronounced? Did the hay do a number on him, is this just appearing different from the last trim, is he having issues again...? *sigh*
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| Right Front -Note deep hole in frog. Callous is up from the wall at the toes by about 1/4" |
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| Left front -Deep hole running length of frog. Callous is higher than the toe wall. |
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| Left hind -best of the feet (as usual) |
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| Right Hind -Note the 1/2" deep hole where my Precision Pick is inserted. Point of toe is shedding off (looks crooked). |
