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bandages won't stay on!?
My horse's shoe came loose from the paddock he stays in being so wet lately. and it twisted and he stood on the toe clip.( he has done this before, i just poultice it up for a week then if its all good we get him re-shod) There's no swelling, and the puncture looks not that bad. I called the farrier he told me to do the same as last time. Now i tried locking my horse in a stall while he has the bandages on but he just gets so anxious. he paces calling out to the other horses, so now there is no grass. So that's the first problem, should he be locked up or should he go out? he stays with 20 other horses on 40 acres.
Second issue, nothing stays on, even when he is locked up, i turn up in the morning after re-bandaging it that previous night and it's gone.... so then it dirty and gross and defeats the purpose of trying to keep it from dirt...
what do i do?
how i have learnt ot make a poultice...
eposom slats on a cotton square with water.
put a small nappy over for extra protection
wrap vet wrap around the hoof and bulb
wrap duct tape only along where the hoof is, not over the coronet band or above so that it cannot stop circulation.
add extra duct tape around the toe where it will get the most wear.
I have had to let him go with the herd today, his enclosure has water throughtout from the rain :| and if he is jsut goning to lose his bandage, well dirt is dirt in or out of a fence.
Should I keep re-bandaging? it just ends up coming off twice a day, I feel sort of helpless, theres no one clean to keep him in this whether and we dont have proper stall/stables
He just stood ont he toe clip and the puncture doesnt look that bad, but he doesnt have a shoe on, so he's just walking on it lame.
what would you do?
I work full time, so i can get there at 630am and 630pm, I'm not getting the vet out because the hole is quite superficial, and this is just what happend last time and the vet was not needed then. I believe most of the lameness is from him not having the shoe on that foot.
thankyou for all the help guys!!!
2 Answers
- Alpha MareLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
I'd wrap with vet wrap then make a bootie out of duct tape. Make sure it is loose enough around the top to allow for hoof movement and blood flow, but at the same time, not so loose it will slip off.
I would try to turn him out in a small paddock, arena or round pen if you can just so he's not running around like a fool with his friends on wet grass with his foot taped up and slippery. If you can't do that, and the vet will be out in a few days, keep him in. Make sure he has plenty hay to keep himself busy and take him out for walks or a short, supervised turn out in the arena a few times a day. He will naturally act a little wound up right after you bring him in alone. If you give him some time to adjust and plenty to eat, he'll get over it. Maybe you could let him chill for a bit then go brush him off and spend some time with him to ease the initial separation anxiety.
ADD- Here are some directions for the boot:
http://www.ultimatehorsesite.com/howto/howto_makea...
or
http://www.kbrhorse.net/qt/easyboot.html
See photos of hoof with wrap and tape just about half way down page. Ignore nasty photo of tweezers in hoof: http://theliteraryhorse.wordpress.com/2010/02/25/a...
ADD 2- If it were me and my horses and there was an open hole into sensitive hoof tissue, I would be keeping the horse in a stall with hand walks, wrapping a few times a day, perhaps using an easy boot and trying my darnest to keep the injury clean to avoid abscess/ infection.
If you don't have stalls, buy an easy boot. They aren't expensive and well worth it for your situation (lost shoes often and a wrap-remover-of-a-horse).
- 1 decade ago
Are you using vet wrap? That sticks to itself and it works pretty good to keep things bandaged. Bring one of his buddies in so he's not too lonely or feeling left out.