My horse had an abcess back in October 2011 which ended up bursting out of his coronet band. He has then been about 1/10 lame on and off for the past 12 months, which the farrier, and I have put down partially to his memory as he had never been lame before. He is now 21 years old.
Recently, the part of his hoof that is growing out cracked where the abcess has been and has left a huge crack. However, he is not lame, or bothered by it and the farrier has been bevelling the crack until it grows out.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Hoof crack
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My horse overreached and cut his coronet band which has given him a line all the way down his hoof, it took a year to grow out. Do farriers 'staple' cracks together? I might have made that up... or do they put a resin in them to stop it from getting infected...
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Well, the crack area has now snapped off, leaving him with an incredibly ugly hoof. Luckily he doesn't appear to be lame or sore on it, but farrier is out on Friday to sort it out!
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Sounds nasty, hope you get it sorted!
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Typically, he is now sore despite the crack having partially grown out. Farrier is concerned that there is another underlying cause for the hoof issues...
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