I am glad I started this thread as when the farrier came out in August he mentioned that she's likely had laminitis in that hoof because of the separation. He's not allowed to diagnose, just mention what he sees.
It was pointing to laminitis in the abscess hoof. But because she had a solar abscess that too will alter the hoof.
She's wasnt sound around this time and went onto bute. The ground was like rock, on a hill and with where where the hole was she was really feeling poorly.
This was how much that hoof changed with an eight week trim cycle. She's now on a six week trim cycle and even though he mentioned changing to eight later on, she's staying in boots so most likely staying at six weeks. She grows a LOT of hoof some horses do she's one of those who must get busy as it's snipping!
The farrier is of the view that removing cracks and splits are aesthetic, what's going on underneath is more important. No! The two go hand in hand. Yes it's important that the underside is level and tight, but with the flare she's got it will pull out, split, crack and I run the risk of bacteria getting in all the time. That outside hoof is telling you what is going on underneath. She's got/had separation.
These were taken Aug 13 ^^
That split will just pull out as she grows hoof.
Fast forward to now and she ended up with two splits because it wants to pull out.
He does roll the rasp round the front, but doesn't want to do more as it will make the wall thin. I get that. She's also busy changing her hooves so it's a little change at a time.
We are transitioning to boots, we have dropped FOUR sizes in that one hoof in three months. No wonder finding any to fit was a little hard.
