![]() ![]() Unless there’s something acute going on, I’d try him without and save them for the next abscess. It sounds like his feet have improved, and I wonder you couldn’t try him without them for a day or two? Looks like you said in your first post that he’s been wearing them for 4 weeks. I’ll let you all know what works for him. I’ve taken to removing his boots at night (thank you Maria 100) Two pairs of boots (ouch!) I’ll see what can be done. When it rains, he has a barn with dry sand to take shelter in. Will cotton work as well? Is there a better ventilated therapeutic boot for the Florida heat? But being in Florida and just at the beginnning of the hot seasons, I’m wondering how well the wool sock will keep him comfortable and if there are any other alternatives. I put him in a pair of old wool sock sprinkled with corn starch until I go out and get Gold Bond. So reading Online I found that wool socks and corn starch or Gold Bond powder work well to prevent rubs in boots. I take them off and clean them out inside everyday so I know they have kept his feet dry until now but I also know a little sand has gotten in daily… just a little. Well… now its getting hot and his heel is rubbing and the soles are not so dry. Have a pair of new inserts for when farrier comes out again next week. I was amazed at how dry and hard his soles became. The boots were an immediate comfort for him. His farrier doesn’t have experience with boots. and has an appointment with vet for his annual next month (May). Now he has abscess coming out his coronary band about every 6 weeks. I think the farrier his adopters used cut out an abscess from his sole and they weren’t able to keep that clean. He has a lot of issues with his hooves (previous white line, recurrent abscesses, crumbly soles…) Long story…the short version is I had rehabbed him from a neglect case and adopted him out when he was better but those people pasture boarded him with A LOT of other horses and no shelter for 8 months until I was called to take him back. I put my Ol Man in a pair of Easy Boot clouds on his fronts about 4 weeks ago. ![]()
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