My horse got a small puncture on his coronary band. We caught it quick and put him in a dry stall, cleaned and wrapped it everyday for about over a week. Then applied iodine, and left it open for another week till if fully healed over. He wasn't lame on it anymore, and we put him back out in the pasture.
After a few weeks we noticed he started limping again, and is sore to the touch. The hoof in that area is also really soft.
We are going to but him back in the stall to let it dry up again. Although was wondering if anyone has anymore tips or things we can do to help him out.
The first thing I would do would be to contact a vet! A horse could be lame for life if problems are not taken care of quickly, and it sounds to me like a possible infection.
Yes, get a vet.
When a horse gets sore, after a puncture seems to have healed, you can be almost sure there is an infection in there, and puncture wounds can be the worst, far as allowing anaerobic bacteria to 'set up shop'. The longer it is left, the more tissue inside that hoof will be destroyed
Yep sounds like an abscess is brewing. Punctures are tricky and often close up healing from the outside in instead of the other way around. You should probably get a veterinary opinion at this point since it is a complication of a puncture wound. I like to wrap abscesses in black salve ichthammol ointment and a baby diaper to draw out the infection on a usual abscess, but there could be other issues besides simple infection and the horse may even need antibiotics at this point since it started with an injury.
my mare has an old coronary band injury. it dose not cause major problems though her hoof deforms almost overnight without shoes because of it. take it VERY seriously! get the vet and farrier out and on the same page! you might be able to prevent it from being a big issue like my mare's!
Yep, vet call is needed. With a puncture wound, it is entirely possible that there is also a foreign object in there that, no matter what you do, will continue to re-infect until it is removed.
That defect alone, should not cause limping, and just grow out.
However, very likely that there is an infection brewing away under the wall
Besides the possibility of some foreign object being in there, a deep crack can allow WLD to start
Just wanted to add this: be careful with tetanus, make sure your horse is protected, a friend's filly got a puncture wound in her hoof from a nail on the ground and probably will not make it... Symptoms started to appear weeks later, nothing like you are describing, it is just an alert.
I would call a vet to make sure there is no foreign object causing infection.
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