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Hello List. I have gotten only 1 or 2 digests in a couple weeks, so I am wondering if there is a technical problem or is everyone out riding or driving? Anyhoo, Willi has an abcess again. Same foot, left front if it matters, that had one in March. This is going on 3 weeks. We soaked and soaked in his own personal Hoofcuzzi, and poulticed with Animalintex for about 2 weeks. I did have an x ray taken after about a week, and saw the abcess and no bone chip or whatever else. One week ago tomorrow, I switched to a Magic Cushion poultice, and his lameness worsened significantly overnite. Hmmm, we thought, this is drawing out the junk. Vet came Saturday, brought his farrier friend, and they hoof tested and scraped, and determined the abcess had moved from the point of the frog, over to the side, like at about 10-11:00 so to speak, on the hoof, same place as last time. They made the soft spot bleed, but no infection came out. We repoulticed with Magic Cushion. Willi is as lame as a duck. Bad. Really. Is there anything about Fjords and abcesses I need to know? I am ready for a second vet opinion. The Magic Cushion needs to be changed tomorrow. I put an SMB boot on his right front tonight for support. Does anyone have any advice? I would appreciate it. Thanks...Kathy and Willi in Upstate SC, where the weather is pretty, but we are not happy. Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
