screwfoot? pics of foot problem..long toe

[dieselbeef]

extra long toe. shoe doesnt limp or favor. catch her sunday and see up close. bout a 4 yr old cow. we have plenty of dry land so it aint rot i dont think.
corkscrew or?? genetic problem? hereditary issue?
to fix it or cull her. hate to get rid of her she has sme nice calfs and i like the paint. good calmcow to so i wanna keep her

 

[dieselbeef]

no swelling either. looks like it right on top of the hoof maybe but the other side is the same and the dew claws aint spread out any

 

[pdfangus]

MOST LIKELY GENETIC PREDISPOSITION....

 

[dieselbeef]

fixable? trim it..seems like it came on pretty fast..

 

[pdfangus]

yeah it can be trimmed .....

but it will come back...
typically the heel wall turns under the foot...this encloses dirt and sets up infection...you can trim the foot and clean out the infections....
but the heel wall will typically return to under the foot as it grows...
if the cow is gentle and you can trin her to have her foot trimmed it can be managed....if she is a kicker it is a battle and for those you pretty much need a hoof table....

I am too old for those kinds of problems any more...my neighbor still has several...he gets the vet to trim his on the table....i cannot afford that...

 

[Black and Good]

At todays prices, ship her unless you like to have to catch her. JMHO. B&G

 

[dieselbeef]

shes easy going but i have no table only a chute and if i gotta call the vet its half a day off for me since he doesnt come this way except on every other tues before i get home from work...ill wai til she calfs and if she can handle itill let her ride for a few mos yet.
i thought it was a culling worthy problem but didnt wanna admit it

 

[J&D Cattle]

Got one like her I bought in a bunch through the salebarn. Didn't limp an ounce in the ring and limped off the trailer. She's raising a heck of a good calf and looks good otherwise. I don't plan on any treatment and will likely let her raise another calf or two. She was a 7 or short solid, can't recall.

 

[pdfangus]

trimming a back foot can be done in a chute...just tie the foot wp real well....helps to have a good squeeze....

when i was another mans cowboy I was expected to do all these things....i still will do all my own...but I won't do someone elses anymore....

but I have seen cows fight it until they threw themselves down with the leg tied up....

 

[Rosielou]

As pdfangus said, it's possible, you tie her back leg real good and be very careful not to get kicked. Try to have another person there just in case. We trimmed one today with screw claw in our chute. She's going to the sale next week.

 

[Nesikep]

This is where you get to see just how calm a cow she is!. I'd trim it and have her raise a calf or two, but she'd be on my cull ist as well

 

[dieselbeef]

shes heavy bred so im gonna ride it out and ship her 6 mos after she calfs. hopefully she wont come up lame in the meantime. ill have a look at her sunday and see how bad it is...lop it off with a sawzall!

 

[highgrit]

A small angle grinder with a 36 grit disc will work good. It might not be as bad as it looks. To me one toe looks wore down and the other is long.

 

[dieselbeef]

the long toe isnt typical of her other feet or any other of our cows feet . all being beefmaster isnt typical in our herd . thats why it stuck out to me. im gonna try a small elec grinder or maybe a pair of pruning pliers when i get her caught and see. she'll be round til she calfs so i get to see what happens. maybe itll break off and all will be fine..idk..but it sure looks funky..hope it dont stink too bad..im not good with certain odors

 

[branguscowgirl]

diesel, I do not believe just "nipping off the toe" will do the trick. When you lift her foot, you want to see if the wall has folded over into the sole. That is where debris will get trapped and cause her lameness or cause bruising to the sole. Equally if the hoof wall is separated from the sole where sand, gravel and bacteria can be forced in. The toe is usually the least of your problem.
Get yourself some regular hoof nippers and look at some hoof trimming videos. I say this because if done incorrectly you can cause terrible problems for her, and you. If crippled, she can be no use to you or the sale barn if she can't even walk.
Preferably, I would have a hoof trimmer look at it and do it correctly. :2cents:

 

[dieselbeef]

yeah well a hoof trimmer aint easy to come by here. if i cant do it it likely wont git done. hard to get a guy out to do one hoof ya know. id prefer that myself but its a pita to get a vet out w/o missing time from my reg job...cows aint my living..
it does look to me just from observing her that the hoof has already seperated from the inside sole. i can kind of see it when she walks. but she keeps up with the herd and doesnt limp..yet

 

[Rosielou]

Be careful about letting it go for a while, she can take to limping very easily. Mine was a wild cow and had been limping for about a year. When we finally got her up and trimmed, she walked quite a bit better afterwords. I forgot how much we came across hoof nippers for, probably $20. I hope she raises you a good calf

 

[regolith]

Hoof nippers make the job a lot easier but a sharp pocket knife (lock-back blade, I won't use any where the blade doesn't lock back any more) can do the bulk of the trimming quite effectively.
Just nipping off the toe doesn't do much, reshaping the foot correctly is key. And getting rid of all the under-run hoof if it is separated, otherwise the abscess can tend to just keep spreading and cutting under more tissue.

 

[dieselbeef]

well I got it done. didn't get any pics cuz I was trying to not get killed. she wasn't happy. trimmed off the long toe and dug out the btm. the hoof inside is all cracked and broken looking. didn't stink or feel soft or rotten so I trimmed the high heel and just tried to make it all even to keep the weight across the btm the same..
I didn't like the way the internal part of the hoof was so cracked and broken but making it better wasn't that bad. ill hafta keep and eye on it tho. probly be going for ride after she calfs.

 

[Workinonit Farm]

How's she walking on it now?

Glad you were able to do it.

Katherine