No wonder he was lame!!

[ladywiththebaby]

Sherman had an abscess about 3 weeks ago. He was sore under his frog when farrier came. When poulticing, a small hole appeared near the tip of his frog on the left hand side of this pic. I assumed this was where the abscess blew. Plus gunk came out the sides of the frog.



After it all healed, we had 2 weeks of normal riding. Then he came in like he had broken his leg - worse than the first time maybe?

Have been soaking and poulticing again all week. This morning I thought it looked like there was a bit of grit in the hole. So went after it. And THIS IS WHAT CAME OUT...



:frown: (Not the pen lid, the thorn ha!)

That has got to feel better!!!

 

[Kis Vihar]

Poor boy! Glad it came out OK! He will feel better for sure!

 

[Jane&Ziggy]

Well done for getting in there! Poor Sherman!

 

[newforest]

Yrs that would hurt, poor lad glad came out. Its bad enough when we get a splinter.

 

[Flipo's Mum]

Oh god I really did think it was the pen lid haha! But ouch that must have hurt poor toot. Hope he's on the mend now.

 

[tbaynancy]

Poor boy - bet he feels better now. Good for you for getting it out.

 

[Jeni O.]

Ouch!

 

[Cortrasna]

OMG! Poor Sherman...is it a blackthorn? They are dreadful and soooo painful, I had one in my knee once and it was agony, no wonder the poor boy was in such pain. Well done for spotting it, I am not sure I could have done with my eyesight!:frown:

 

[Trewsers]

Ouch! Poor lad.

 

[ladywiththebaby]

So satisfying - like getting the biggest splinter out!! I'm not entirely sure what it is but we have hawthorn and blackthorn around so could well be. Lets just hope it doesn't get infected or anything else :frown:

 

[Tina2011]

Ouch!

I can imagine the satisfaction of getting that one out:smile:

I had a splinter up my finger nail the other day, it drove me crazy trying to get it out with a needle and tweezers:giggle:

 

[newforest]

Oh god I really did think it was the pen lid haha! .

You know how to raise a smile. :biggrin:

 

[Trewsers]

Watch out for the infamous Blackthorn weevil.

 

[Bodshi]

Ooh, that made me wince. Just wanted to say though, what a pretty foot!

Hope Sherman is feeling much better now.

 

[No_Angel]

I bet he feels a lot better with that out!