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Permalink Reply by JC's Mama on
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mattsmom/kts424 what's this cast made from? only thing I know of is a type of hoof boot made of rubber. A friend's mare actually sluffed off her hoof (could see the coffin bone!) & vet put one of these rubber boot things on. She grew a new hoof -- looked like an inverted mushroom, but she was lucky she grew anything. Keep us posted on how your boy makes out
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Permalink Reply by mattsmom/kts424 on
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Thanks, I will. And I'll let you know what exactly was used when I find out myself.
Interesting story about your friends mare. Sounds awful.
Its great when thing work out so well -
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Permalink Reply by Connie foaling-lady (Groton) on
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Sounds like it's not actually a cast, but Equilox, an acrylic material that hardens in a minute and can be shaped to the foot to fill in, repair and protect the hoof wall where it's cracked or even missing. It comes in white or black and my husband uses it all the time on his client's horses (we live in PA where the hard ground is really tough on the feet, he does a lot of polo ponies etc. that sometimes yank off a shoe and a piece of hoof comes off with it, so Equilox fills in the gap and gives the farrier something to nail to and also keeps out bacteria in a foot that is damaged from an abscess or white line disease ... all of the infection has to be cut out first, the foot has to be almost surgically pared down to good tissue before it gets sealed with the acrylic. When we plate yearlings for the Thoroughbred sales, some of them get Equilox to pretty up their feet and by the time it's all sanded down nice and smooth, you can barely tell where the patch job is!
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That makes a lot of sense. I was trying to get my head around a cast staying on the hoof (And that all his buddies would want to sign it). And so it just grows out with the hoof...Sounds like a great fix. Thanks for the info. I'll let you know how it turns out. We are in Maryland. Didn't get much rain this summer either. Great fly stompin weather.
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"cast" explaination too cool! (guess I'm showing my age) We've not had much of a problem with such (a couple of abcesses in last 10 years). Your hubby's a farrier? So's my son-in-law! He doesn't have a lot of patience & I won't allow him to work on my babies -- too much when they're tramatized & I'd rather they learn the "right" way from the get-go & not be "hot headed Arabs" -- the buggers remember like crazy - you have to stay one step ahead of them. -
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mattsmom/kts424 I'm getting a mental image of your gelding with a marker hanging out of his mouth & passing it off to the rest of your gang for a signing.
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Too funny......What do they really talk about when they are out there munching on grass?
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If they're my broodmares, they're probably conspiring to tip over my wheelbarrow when I'm poo-picking the paddocks. Or else they're waiting until I scrub and fill the water tank ... that's when they love to drop muddy clumps of grass into the fresh clean water. Such sweet faces, such evil minds!
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Ha Ha, funny but oh sooo true. Gotta love em!
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