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Wednesday, 4 January 2012

Feet Update

It's now exactly eight weeks since the shoes came off and two and a half weeks since the horses arrived here in Cereste.  The difference in their feet due to the dryness here is incredible - not surprising, really when you consider that they've gone from these conditions :
Kingsland, Dec 13th
to these :
Cereste, Dec 21st
Hoof wall quality seems to have improved and Flurry is wearing his into what seems like a nice mustang roll, to our uneducated eyes anyway.
That's a rounded edge, right?

We had a day of rain yesterday, which has possibly caused their frogs to look a bit yucky again.  It's time to dig out the silvetrasol spray (some day I'll learn how to spell that!) and start using it on their frogs, especially their hinds.
Two of Flurry's frogs:

GiGi's hind frogs (fronts are under wraps!)



GiGi's sandcracks have finally moved down a bit from the coronet.  We have both been looking at these cracks for the last seven years and this is the first time we can see a clear improvement.  It's hard to know if this is due to the PHW wraps or the different conditions, but who cares!
Right Front :
Day 32
Day 55

Left Front :
Day 32

Day 55
The Boring Feet pictures:

FLURRY
Left Front :

 Left Hind :


Right Hind :


Right Front :


GiGi.
Left Hind :


Right Hind :


Posted by Martine at 19:14
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7 comments:

  1. Máire4 January 2012 at 22:53

    The feet look good. Lovely to see the nail holes growing out. I have recently learned the hard way to be very minimalist in my management of their feet. I am sure that their (enviable) environment will pay dividends.

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  2. Anonymous4 January 2012 at 23:15

    There is a big improvement in GiGis sand cracks all right. More information on the carriage in the background pse..

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  3. Unknown4 January 2012 at 23:40

    From my uneducated eyes, they look great! I can see improvement!

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  4. Achieve1dream5 January 2012 at 00:51

    A great and inexpensive treatment/prevention for thrush is salt water. I use it almost daily. I just put salt in a spray bottle, fill with water, shake it up and spray it on the bottom of the hooves (after cleaning them out). It's great for getting the dirt out of the grooves and also dries out and kills any infections. :) If there are any open wounds it might sting and the horse could kick so be careful (I've never seen it happen, but safety is always important).

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  5. Martine5 January 2012 at 16:00

    Thanks folks, @achieve1dream, we'll definitely give that a try once their fett are in a stable condition (no pun intended!)

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  6. FrancesW7 January 2012 at 21:04

    Its very interesting to see the progress your feet have made. Definately the dry weather is a help.

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  7. Martine7 January 2012 at 22:03

    @Frances, I wish we could have brought Aero too :-( he needs the most help

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