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barefoot transition woes
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2022 1:12 am
by blob
I pulled MM's shoes a little over a week ago. She is sound and seems comfortable but the top layer of her hoof is chipping off where the nail holes were. Is there something I can or should do to manage this this?
Re: barefoot transition woes
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2022 1:21 am
by demi
That’s normal. It will take a while for the nail holes to grow out but then she should be back to “normal”. As far as management, maybe just file or rasp a little where the chips are.
Re: barefoot transition woes
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2022 4:42 pm
by Kyras_Mom
Ditto what Demi says. It should be purely cosmetic and will grow out with time.
Susan
Re: barefoot transition woes
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2022 2:02 pm
by blob
Thank you, both!
Re: barefoot transition woes
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2022 9:40 pm
by Flight
Norsey had shoes on for, well 5 minutes... and yep the farrier said just rasp off the little cracks that start happening as the nail holes grow down.