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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 654910" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>Thanks redcowsrule but... I've already picked her BL foot up twice now and investigated it thoroughly. I would have said one of those pinpoint entrances to an abscess was most likely, if it was in the foot at all. We do have a lot of thorns, and that's probably what caused the problem on the FR foot.</p><p>The sole is soft and she's not one of those that you can scrape at for too long without causing lameness. So if I lift the foot up again it'll probably be with a second pair of eyes - out of about five or six vets at the local clinic one is totally brilliant with lame feet. Just a matter of expense and getting the right guy on farm <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>If I thought for an instant that it might be footrot she'd be full of antibiotics and marked with spray paint by now... the stuff is cheap, sometimes it works when logic insists mere trimming or removal of an embedded stone should fix the problem. But if there's any infection here it's beyond my detection. It's footrot I was mainly looking for yesterday.</p><p>It's nearly daylight, so I guess I'll be taking time to watch her walk again before deciding whether to involve a vet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 654910, member: 9267"] Thanks redcowsrule but... I've already picked her BL foot up twice now and investigated it thoroughly. I would have said one of those pinpoint entrances to an abscess was most likely, if it was in the foot at all. We do have a lot of thorns, and that's probably what caused the problem on the FR foot. The sole is soft and she's not one of those that you can scrape at for too long without causing lameness. So if I lift the foot up again it'll probably be with a second pair of eyes - out of about five or six vets at the local clinic one is totally brilliant with lame feet. Just a matter of expense and getting the right guy on farm :) If I thought for an instant that it might be footrot she'd be full of antibiotics and marked with spray paint by now... the stuff is cheap, sometimes it works when logic insists mere trimming or removal of an embedded stone should fix the problem. But if there's any infection here it's beyond my detection. It's footrot I was mainly looking for yesterday. It's nearly daylight, so I guess I'll be taking time to watch her walk again before deciding whether to involve a vet. [/QUOTE]
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