Ohhh Hey Chloé!!
GREAT BIG WELCOME To BARNMICE!!
Glad to have You here!!
....now I'm away to have a wee nosey through your website :-)
~ Barby

Wonderful Posts! I share your keen interest in the Equine Sciences. I look forward to your future posts & the Trivia Question!

Chloe. I just read your blog and found it interesting. I wondered if you would have more info on recurring abscesses in the equine foot. I was wondering if there might be something in our soil that causes the horses to develop abscesses. In the last 4 years we have dealt with these annoyances in 4 different horses. The last one popped an abscess in each foot within 2 weeks. We treat them by soaking the foot in epsom salts and painting the foot with either iodine or Koppertox. They are on pasture all summer and get only grass to eat. No grain. We are most frustrated by it as the horses are lame from these as well. Any ideas????

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your horse is gorgess!!!!!!
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your horse is just as nice though=] what do you do whith your paint?
whats his name?

Thank you,Chloe, for your help. The ideas you put forth were certainly valid. Unfortunately, they don't really pertain to us. The horses are all barefoot so that rules out shoeing problems. The pasture is on sand and clay soil and there are very few stones and no rocks. The vet really didn't have any ideas except to say it could be weather related. Since we have had hot dry summers and cold wet ones and the abscesses still appear, I tend to think maybe its not the weather.
I appreciate you taking the time to answer my query. My husband and I will keep on looking for answers. Thanks, Sue