The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread 11

[estrogen]

That youngster is a riot.....really loves to kick !!!!!

[CindyDawg]

What will you do with your old place?

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

That is really weird looking...have you found out anything about what it is?

Becky

[HairOfTheDog]

Nope - no answer yet.... thanks for the bump!

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Well whatever it is I don't think it's anything to worry about from the looks of your pictures.

I didn't ride today...it's just too muddy. I went to town and watched two more episodes of Lost:)

Becky

[Duchess47]

Drive straight through. Offer water when you stop for gas.

[HairOfTheDog]

She certainly isn't lame :~)

It's like the cuticle is just growing way too much or something.

[Duchess47]

Bob said, "Has she called a vet to look at it? Has the horse been in a lot of mud?" (I said, well, yes, she lives in Washington) He said he thinks "the minerals in the mud are peeling the hoof and he thinks it will correct itself when her feet are kept dry" He added he had never seen anything like that.

I can't find his book on shoeing and the vet book doesn't have anything like that in it so this is a guess okay?

[Duchess47]

I think I'd ask your farrier about it first off. If it is mud, he's probably seen it before.

[HairOfTheDog]

So he thinks it's a top layer of hoof that's peeling up, not excess cuticle growing down? It feels like rubber.

They don't have to stand in constant mud, it's dry in the stalls, and they're on grass in the pasture, they just have to traverse through a bad muddy patch in the paddock.

[Duchess47]

That's what he said but he also said he had never seen anything like that before. Mud was a guess on his part. I'm looking thru a Merck to see if it's described in there.

[Duchess47]

He just said he thinks you need to have it checked - especially since she's the only one that has it.

[Duchess47]

Off to see if I can find anything about this, back in a few.

[HairOfTheDog]

Thank you!

If I don't get any good answer from the farriers over at the horse forum.... I'll call Mark.

[Duchess47]

So far I've found nothing except mention of autoimmune disease but the pictures do not match what you have shown.

[Duchess47]

Found this but don't know if it's the same thing.

http://www.horseshoes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2202&highlight=hoof+wall+peeling

Slinatsi, I have a pony mare whose feet peeled just like you describe. A more wholesome diet and keeping the edges rolled caused the peeling walls to grow right out, and we've had no trouble with it since.I've attached a picture of the peeling from last year, to compare to the gelding in question, if you'd like. (Jeepers, how on earth do you get the pictures small enough to upload and big enough to still actually see??)

[CindyDawg]

http://www.horseadvice.com/horse/messages/3/122407.html Sounds like they were talking about something like you are talking about.

[Duchess47]

That sounds just like what Hair is describing, wish they had pictures with it.

[HairOfTheDog]

Thanks guys, for looking for me... I guess it's a puzzle I'm gonna have to figure out tomorrow.... if Mark'll call me back.

[estrogen]

We're keeping the cabin and selling our house here (I hope) the market is crummy which is one of the reasons we are moving. With the market the way it is, me being a mortgage loan officer has been dismal the past two yrs. I plan on working another few yrs. and want to live somewhere where I can make some money. So.Carolina is where I want to spend winters anyhow ,so when I do retire it will be perfect..winter in the south and summer at our cabin.