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Post by solomon on Feb 26, 2011 18:59:02 GMT
Help, advice please. We have kept the boys in since Thursday, to dry their feet out. Thing is should we carry on trying to limit turn out or just keep them in a couple of days here and there. Feet definitely better for drying out a bit. We have the farrier in ten days time who will advise us I am sure. But what does everyone else do when fields are so muddy!?
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Post by zara on Feb 26, 2011 19:07:45 GMT
Aj is up to his knees in mud around the gate but is OK; i wouldn't worry too much if they are coming in at night. My regimen is never to wash legs, i just rub down with hay or straw. I make sure his feet are picked out at night and I apply oil to his frogs and soles a couple of times a week. He always wears Thermatex leg wraps at night and in the 4 winters I've done this he hasn't developed mud fever other than the odd small patch; I also apply a mud guard to his cannons and pasterns once or twice a week. i use either Gold Label or Naf. I'm sure they will be fine Zx
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Post by solomon on Feb 26, 2011 19:09:21 GMT
Which oil just a normal hoof oil?
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Post by zara on Feb 26, 2011 19:15:07 GMT
At the moment I'm using Naf Hoof moist but I'm not overly fussy. the Cornucresine (sp) range is very good and have different oils / creams for different conditions zx
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Post by brigadier on Feb 27, 2011 8:26:19 GMT
Everyone laughs at me in the summer when I always feed my horse to bring him in, even if he is as fat as a barrel, but it pays off in the winter when he only has to see me and all I have to do is open the gate and he comes walking through for his meal, so i never have to go in the mud myself!
Like Zara I rarely wash the mud, if you do then dry gently and thoroughly with a soft towel, dont scrub trhe skin. I would wash the feet though, scrub with clean, cold water, then pat dry with an old towel, then grease with anything you have, even vaseline to act as barrier. You can buy frog oil but be very careful it doesnt get on the skin and dont use continously, twice a week should be fine.
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Post by fimacg on Feb 28, 2011 9:25:13 GMT
if he has thrush the best thing I have ever used is Betadine spray from the chemist... you have to ask for it over the counter but it clears out the thrush very quickly. Its basically idone and (am suffering from baby brain here) the bleach that you use to dies your hair blonde...( I want to say hydrolchorlic acid but its not that)... anyway that cleans out the thrush and because its a spray can be sprayed into all the holes, nooks and crannies of the hoof.
I then use Lincoln's pine tar spray which acts as a disinfectant and seals the hoof pine disinfects and the tar seals... within a week I find a massive difference using this.
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Post by spotti on Feb 28, 2011 9:32:18 GMT
Do you mean hydrogen peroxide Fi?
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Post by fimacg on Feb 28, 2011 9:55:03 GMT
thats the stuff - told you I had baby brain!
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