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ruth sanderson (Thor)
| | Posted on Sunday, Mar 11, 2001 - 6:23 pm: |   |
I have a large 16h App gelding who has open, raw sores and rubs on his hocks. The floor is cement, but it is covered by a thick stall mat and a good bed six inches deep of shavings. How is he doing this? He is fairly heavy and bulky, but still! Lately I have been piling the shavings knee deep, but he digs through them.I use some type of hair re-growth spray that workers quite nicely, but if he happens to lie down on a given night they are back(I can tell if he has been lying down by if shavings are stuck to his side) Any advice would be greatly appreciated as I intend to show him. |
Lois Berenyi (Lois)
| | Posted on Sunday, Mar 11, 2001 - 11:03 pm: | |
I'm having the same problem with an older mare who lays down a lot outside. Cashel has a "hock sock" under the Boomer name that is designed expressly for this problem. It appears to be a fleece lined knit fabric attached with stretch velcro. Price is $53.95. I plan to try them. Cashel's phone number for direct order is 800-333-2202. I've tried various ointments and as long as there is abrasion from lying down nothing seems to work other than a protective wrap of some sort or a neoprene hock boot. |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM (Dro)
| | Posted on Monday, Mar 12, 2001 - 6:58 am: | |
Super idea Lois,
Ruth we call these decubital or pressure sores, and it strikes me your hard base of the floor is partially responsible as you explain your self: he digs through them. Perhaps Lois's reference will help you. It is important that you treat these with drying agents (furacin spray) as cremes and liquids will mascerate the skin and make them prone to further ulceration.
DrO |
ruth sanderson (Thor)
| | Posted on Monday, Mar 12, 2001 - 10:03 am: | |
Thank you. I will be sure to try those. By the way, this is Whitney, Ruth's daughter, who typed that question. I want to get my own membership though. It is strange that only Thor gets these sores, and my other horse does not.
p.s. The Horsemans Advisory board is a great idea, because unlike horse care books, it answers back! |
Pamela Newport (Pnewport)
| | Posted on Thursday, Mar 7, 2002 - 8:53 pm: | |
Does anyone have anymore ideas about how to keep the hock protected? I have tried two different brands of hock boots. I have wrapped with ace bandages and then put the boot on. I've put the boot on by itself. I have wrapped and then secured top and bottom with vetwrap--none too tight for fear of causing an unrelated problem. In the morning this gelding is wearing whatever I put on him down around his fetlock.
How can you wrap a hock so that it stays on? Am I putting the hock boots on too loosely or wrapping too loosely?
BTW, an old rancher told me to use Preparation H on the sore and it does work--guess it shrinks the tissue and dries it out--but as soon as he lays down it scrapes it up again. I am using a combination of CedaRest and shavings outside his stall where he lays. I wrap when I turn him out to roll.
Any suggestions would be greaty appreciated.
Pam N. in AZ |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM (Dro)
| | Posted on Friday, Mar 8, 2002 - 7:19 am: | |
Hello Pamela,
We cannot judge whether you are wrapping to tight or not without looking at what you are doing. The time honored way to get a hock bandage to stay up is to put a standing bandage on the lower leg to support the hock bandage.
You have run through the ideas that I have to protect the area and be sure the bedding is soft where he lays down, other than that you might try ignoring them.
DrO |
Denise Bryant
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| | Posted on Friday, Mar 26, 2004 - 5:05 pm: | |
My mare gets these also. The sores are actually caused by the way she gets up. I bed VERY deep with shavings and it doesn't matter. She uses her hocks to get her hind end off the floor. I'd bet if you watch your horse get up you will notice the same thing. My others get up slightly differently. None of them have sores. My mare will have the sores forever - she is 11 years old now. |
