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Foot disease ????? Please help?

Hey Everyone. i really need help in identifing what is wrong with my poor horses feet. ok before you think i did this, I bought her a week ago from a butcher. i felt so sorry for her and sometimes I wonder if it wasn't crueler of me not to leave her there and be put her out of her missary than take her home and trying to get her through this tought time. I feel so sorry for her. She is about 100 kg underweigt ( think that is 50 pounds give or take). First her one foot started with this and now the other. We clean it with clean water and apply an ointment that the vet gave us for the last week. The looking a whole lot better. The one foot isn't really bleeding anymore and healing nicely. But i really need to know what cause this and how to prevent this for ever happening again. And will this leave permant damadge. my horses are pets and are only used on an occational outride. See my profile for pics of the other two. Seeing her like this is really breaking my soul in two especially when i keep her busy while her feet is handeled and rinsed. It always seems like she is crying, and then i start crying. Ending in her comforting me. She is the most amazing animal. A 300 kg puppy hehehhee This was not injuries, it just appeared and got worst and worst within a couple of hours.... http://www.horsegroomingsupplies.com/pictures/gphoto-g202602.html Ok and not to be funny, this is very close to my heart, so if you don't know, don't be nasty. Sorry the back of her fetlock. Wonderdust ? Sorry they never heard of it !!! And i have shown the vet pictures, but she didn't really tell me what it was. Just how to treat it and said the origian could have been from a few things ..... Hey all. the vet has been there. Gave me a wound spray that killed all the maggets and kept flies away. Gave me an ointment to apply afterward. her foot look 100% better. No bleeding mass anymore and it is starting to get pink already. No tendants got hurt and she will fully recover. Thanks for all the answers. Oh in case you were wondering, he said it is a tick bite. We get a striped colourful tick here that when it bites, the flesh under the skin starts wrotting and when the skin falls away, you see a hudge hole where the skin was. Keeping it clean and flies away is all that one can do to get it better, should heal in it's own time. Prevention : tick grease around the fetlock, back and front every day. Thanks again.

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1. I am not sure from what you have said, can you give a more acurate description of the horses feet and exactly what is wrong? I am sure the vet knows his job, so hopefully it will improve. Thank you so much for helping this poor animal. I wish there were more people like you. Good luck with it.
2. First of all that's NOT her hoof, it's back of her fetlock. It looks like an ulcer of somesort. What did the vet call it? I would go to your neighborhood tack/feed store and get some wonder dust. Then clean the ulcer with hydrogen peroxide, then with a betadine scrub and finally hit it with the wonder dust, which will dry up the ulcer and help it to mend. Ointment, just attacts dirt and grime where the dust will make a barrier to keep out that sort of crud.
3. Has the vet actually seen this or just talk over the phone? I would definitely be wrapping them, one to keep them clean and second to stop proud flesh. It "looks" like grapes (scratches, dew poisoning). Is the horse in damp weather? IF thats it, you can help it in the future by keeping the long hair clipped. You say its not from an injury, so she didnt get in wire or anything? Keep em clean, get a tetanus shot, keep in touch with the vet. I wish you the best. Glad shes recovering.
4. Hello, that looks really bad. Make sure the vet comes out to check it, and make sure you have her on some Bute to ease her pain. To me it looks like "scratches", which is not the same term as used in humans (like you scratch yourself on a tree branch kind of thing). As I said, make sure you get the vet out there, and clean it well every single day. Make sure your horse is in a clean, dry environment and that her stall or pasture is as clean as possible. I rescued a horse about a year ago, and he is narcoleptic so he would fall and cut his hocks and fetlocks. Now he is strong enough and he doesn't do that anymore, but I highly suggest using the product Equaide, or get your vet to write you a prescription to "Collasate". I really liked Equaide the best, it really works. You should order their big container of Equaide and a tube of Collasate as soon as you read this, because it works really well and your mare's fetlock needs help now. You also can cleanse it with Nolvasan cleanser, which doesn't sting or burn. You can also get Nolvasan Cream, which works great as an antibacterial cream. Your mare's wound is way past the stages of Wonder Dust, so you should use a pretty major product. I really liked Equaide, I felt that worked the best when using it with Collasate. Here are the links for the different products: EQUAIDE (miracle wound cream): http://equaide.com/ COLLASATE (another miracle wound cream): http://www.calvetsupply.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=503 NOLVASAN (antibacterial cleanser): http://www.kvvet.com/KVVet/productr.asp?pf%5Fid=68301&gift=False&0=product%5Ffamily%2Easp%2Cfamily%5Fid%3D345%26Tree%3D%2CNolvasan%20%7C%20Nolvasan%2DS&HSLB=False&mscssid=2734EE86943E456090F85269AFD39111 NOLVASAN (antibacterial cream): http://www.kvvet.com/KVVet/productr.asp?pf%5Fid=57602&gift=False&0=product%5Ffamily%2Easp%2Cfamily%5Fid%3D554%26Tree%3D%2CNolvasan%20Ointment&HSLB=False&mscssid=2734EE86943E456090F85269AFD39111 Use the Nolvasan along with Betadine scrub, and get your vet out there asap!!!! Good luck, and I really appreciate that you are saving a horse, I'm sure she really appreciates it. Just keep your vet involved, and get some good horsey vet books!!! :) Hope she gets better!!!
5. ok, it looks like it could be a injury. although you say it isn't. most likely it's a reaction to standing in urine etc for a long time, esp if it's on both legs. i would hose it down and get yourself a tub of manuka honey. you need to apply the honey to a piece of poultice, then warp the horses leg with cotton wool and vet wrap. the honey will keep it clean and soft, so the skin heals without scabbing and drying out - which can cause the scab to break open each time the horse moves. honey is the best thing you could use. you should notice a hange in a day or two. the wounds will heal from the outside in. also, make sure she has plenty of clean bedding, and don't turn her out in a muddy feild, or at all, until they have healed
6. Hi....I'm an RN, and I think your vet should come out to evaluate and debride this if necessary to give you a better chance of healing it. This sore would be best treated using an ointment called EMT. It is a collagen preparation that will not cause any discomfort, but in fact will soothe it. This ointment is the best formulated for healing ulcers such as this. It will promote healing and formation of healthy tissue. Buy 0.9% normal saline which is available at any drug store. Buy enough so you can flush the wounds with it. Pat them dry, and then apply the EMT (available on internet or farm supply stores). It is sticky and will adhere well. Keep her moving to increase blood circulation which also promotes healing. You don't need to bandage it, but you should flush it well with the saline at least daily, and apply new EMT. Don't use any other harsh chemicals like iodine, peroxide, etc. which will do more harm than good. If you can't keep it clean, a non stick gauze pad with gauze wrap can be gently applied and taped over it to keep debris out, but you want it to breathe, so don't use vetwrap. The EMT will go far to reduce her discomfort, and help to build new collagen which is what healing is about. Wonder dust is a caustic and a drying agent and until the full nature of this wound has been determined, you should not use it as it may be harmful. Always, first do no harm.