Hi Kim,
My horse has very sick feet,high heals, contracted heals, laminitis, &
white line disease.She was trimmied regularly by a farrier that just
had her feet a mess.So I found a natural barefoot trimmer who began
working on her feet in July.Her feet are improving but have a way to go
that is what I mean about healing process.Her heals still seam
contracted so I am going to talk to the trimmer at her next appt. Oct.
20 about that.
Diet is muzzle in pasture,(pasture has clover I plan to get that under
control in the spring but there is clover in the pasture),hay in stall
over night,2 cups grain am & pm.The feed mix is done at a feed mill
mostly oats with just a little corn, molassas, & patriot feed a
comercial feed.We purchase 1200lbs of feed at a time.We also have cut
down many apple trees that were in the pasture.We have one left to go.We
lease the farm & just got permission to cut them down since my horse is
having major problems.The farm I leased planted apple trees for the
horses & they owned horses for 20 some years & of course my horse is the
one having all the problems.:( I also give her A-B-C plus as a
vitamin/minerial supplement.
I cut down the grain but still feed her just a little to get her to
come down from the pasture to give her hay at night.Any suggestiong I
am open to with the feed etc.
I will also try to take pictures tomorrow I have to borrow a camera.I
feel so bad for her & I know she can heal to be a normal horse again.
Thanks Rachel



Hi Rachel:
>
> What do you mean going thru the healing process? Reoccuring abscesses are
> a
> sign of something that is NQR.
>
> I usually only have abscesses in horses who have had laminitis, or one
> bout
> of abscesses in horses with severely contracted feet that start to open.
>
> Do you have any photos you could share? What is your trimmers thoughts on
> why your horse is abscessing?
>
> What is diet, turnout and overall health of horse like?
>
> More questions than answers :D
>
> Regards,
>
> Kim Cassidy
> www.clickandtrim.com
>
> "Get your facts first and then you can distort them as much as you wish."
> Mark Twain
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>