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I have a thoroughbred 4 year old mare from the race track named Mae. Her hooves were a mess and continuously abscessing. We feel that your boots actually saved Mae's life!!
We are a registered charity and do some actual rescue work (such as Mae), though we like to focus on educating the hobbyist horse owner. We feel that the more they know, the more likely they are to care for their horses.
Thank you, Lily Kepmf www.carvethfarm.com
Mae arrived here June 27, 2007. We recorded her weight at 840 lbs and noted her very lame on both front hooves.
Farrier and vet both saw her on July 3, her lameness was due to her hooves being cut back way too low and abscesses forming in both hooves. The vet recommended that we simply treat the abscesses as they erupted and waited for her hooves to re-grow. I began her power dose treatment today.
July 6 she was seen by equine dentist, her mouth was sore and ulcerated due to needing her teeth floating.
By September she was still having abscesses erupt so she was seen by the senior vet and a course of treatment, including easy boots and iodine followed by Coppertex and then egg-bar shoes.
Sept. 13 She is now grazing and walking normally in the boots.
Sept 14 Farrier put egg-bar shoes and bell boots on Mae, she seems comfortable in them.
Sept. 15 Mae's weight was a worry, she was very thin when she arrived but seems difficult to put weight on! She does not like beet pulp and I spoke to Dr Scarrow. He recommended "EndurExtra", a Kentucky Performance Product and kindly donated a bag to us for her! She began the new top dressing with her grain twice a day. To begin with she would not eat the grain with the new dressing, but I found that if I hand fed it to her she would take it!
Sept. 18 She has now decided that the grain with top dressing is totally edible and enjoys it! Recorded her weight at 912 lbs.
Sept. 29 She is doing really well with her hooves and weight gain now. She has not been even slightly lame for quite a while. I feel now that she is well over the worst and all she needs now is time. Time for her hooves to grow properly, which could be up to six months, though she is very comfortable in her egg-bar shoes and bell (or over-reach) boots and so we're not rushing things for her.
Oct. 3 Her weight is now 980 lbs and I'm begriming to cut her grain and dressing back a little bit. I've reduced her to three lbs of grain and three ounces of dressing twice a day from the four of each she was getting after speaking with Dr Scarrow, who is very pleased with her reported progress.
Oct.6 We included Mae in the Kids Club this morning on a lead line, I didn't actually plan to, but one (9 year old) girl came after a few weeks away and she and Mae instantly decided they liked each other so I thought I'd see what happened! Mae was a perfect little lady and totally enjoyed being ridden and the special attention of being groomed, hand fed and played with afterwards! It's begining to seem like she has always been at Carveth!
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This is her "diary" and a photo of her with her new boots, taken September 13, 2007
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