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Member: Frances |
Posted on Thursday, Apr 17, 2003 - 2:12 pm: Hi - I don't know if I am supposed to comment on posts from two years ago, but as a new member I have just seen this discussion on Keratex, which I've had some experience of: a couple of years ago the farrier complained that my TB mare's feet were so dry and brittle that next time she lost a shoe she'd lose some hoof with it and he wouldn't be able to shoe her. I heard about Keratex, and asked the company if their product was suitable for my mare's condition - was assured it was. I made a great effort to apply Keratex consistently to walls and soles and the result was great - much stronger, denser, drier hooves which held their shoes. However, though the farrier agreed that her feet were much better, he found them extremely hard (but Keratex had warned that farriers often say this, as the harder horn is more difficult to trim). Then .... my mare went lame, with some activity shown in the X-ray in the navicular region where most of the pain came from, and some pain found on palpation of the upper suspensory ligament on the same front leg. The vet said her hoof horn was good quality, but the farrier said she had probably gone lame because her feet had no elasticity. I decided to stop the Keratex, my mare was about two months off work, and now I'm just using regular hoof grease. Her hooves don't look as good as they did with Keratex, and have some small cracks (mainly if not entirely due to the farrier's continual lateness), but frankly I don't want to take the chance that Keratex actually caused her lameness by making her hooves too inflexible, so I don't think I'll use it again. |
Member: ramonah |
Posted on Wednesday, Apr 25, 2007 - 6:12 pm: Dr. O, you mentioned you had heard of the products made by Keratex, but were unable to find the ingredients. My farrier recommended the Keratex Hoof Hardener. I did some research comparing the product information on their website https://www.keratex.net/hoof_hardener.htm. I then compared it to what you have recommended in the past. I would be interested in knowing what you think. It seems to me that the ingredient is formalin, a formaldehyde and methylene mixture. |
Moderator: DrO |
Posted on Thursday, Apr 26, 2007 - 9:19 am: Hello Ramona,This is a great question but you need to post it in a new discussion while including specifically what you are wanting to treat. DrO |