Abscess watch

Monday has come and gone. I had Zoe's shoe pulled on Thursday because she was getting worse not better after having the nail pulled. I was soaking with warm water & epsom salt. Once on Thursday, twice on Friday, twice on Saturday. But there was no change. Finally I talked to a vet at work and starting using a poultice pad on Saturday evening. Poultice pad, diaper, elasticon, ductape. Keep it on until Monday when the farrier can come out and take a look. Sunday she was moving better, but Monday wasn't moving better.

Monday came and so did the farrier. We took off the bandage...a bit stinky by now. But still no abscess has broken thru. Farrier even dug some but no abscess. We did discover that the heel area on the inside of her foot is tender to the hoof testers.

Now it's rebandaged with the poultice pad for 3 more days.  Hopefully we will see some results.