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<blockquote data-quote="wbvs58" data-source="post: 1473476" data-attributes="member: 16453"><p>I always prefer to try and drain the abscess before giving any antibiotics to them even if you have to leave them untreated for a day or two. The reason being is you want as much pressure and volume of puss there to make finding the abscess easier. Yes putting some type of boot on with a poultice would be usefull even just to soften it up and make paring with a knife easier, a paste of epson salts is always usefull. Leave the antibiotics until after you have drained it they will just slow things down and make it more difficult to find but it usually cranks up again after they are gone.</p><p></p><p>I have a pulley system like on the mainsheet of a sailing boat with some webbing strap on the end to go around the pastern to lift it and I'll clean it up a bit with a flapper disc used judiciously on an angle grinder and then squeeze with pinchers to try and isolate pain then pare any cracks or marks until they disappear or hit the puss.</p><p></p><p>Ken</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wbvs58, post: 1473476, member: 16453"] I always prefer to try and drain the abscess before giving any antibiotics to them even if you have to leave them untreated for a day or two. The reason being is you want as much pressure and volume of puss there to make finding the abscess easier. Yes putting some type of boot on with a poultice would be usefull even just to soften it up and make paring with a knife easier, a paste of epson salts is always usefull. Leave the antibiotics until after you have drained it they will just slow things down and make it more difficult to find but it usually cranks up again after they are gone. I have a pulley system like on the mainsheet of a sailing boat with some webbing strap on the end to go around the pastern to lift it and I'll clean it up a bit with a flapper disc used judiciously on an angle grinder and then squeeze with pinchers to try and isolate pain then pare any cracks or marks until they disappear or hit the puss. Ken [/QUOTE]
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