Hey everyone,
Jester got another trim from Jan today just to keep him in shape. His toes were getting a little long and he was getting some splits. Jan was impressed with how far his hooves have come and will start recommending the stuff I'm using (the ToDay) to everyone.
On another note, I am changing Jester's joint supplement. Right now he is getting the Vita Flex Combo with HA. His new supplement, which should be here tomorrow, is called Absorbine Flex+Max. It is an overall much better supplement with much higher concentrations of the main ingredients Jester needs. I can't wait to try it out, I'm sure it will help Jester out tremendously.
His rain rot is gone thanks to the captan shampoo bath. I will get some shortly. I have also been using a 50/50 mixture of listerine and water to help with his rain rot.
Other than that everything is pretty much the same.
Steph
Jester at DT barn getting groomed
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Hi everyone,
Sorry I haven't updated in a while. I just got back from camp. Jester has improved a lot ever since i started using the Today every time I'm out there. i bought it a few weeks ago and it has done wonders for his hooves! His back hooves are perfect and his front hooves are almost there. He got a trim from Jan two weeks ago. I will try to get Marion out there soon to check up on him. As his hooves are almost 100% percent again, another problem has arose. Jester battles rain rot every year in the summer time, but this year it is so much worse. I bathed him in an anti-fungal shampoo a couple times a week and put an anti-fungal spray on him too. It just kept coming back and covered his entire back and backside. While I was gone at camp, Mrs. Cheryl bathed him in an anti-fungal shampoo with a main ingredient of Captan (a rose fungicide). When I got to see him this week, I was surprised that it was almost completely gone and his hair had grown back. So I have a few more weapons to fight it, so we will see how that goes. We think it might be because of a weak immune system. I will be out today to hopefully soak his two front hooves in Cleantrax.
S
Sorry I haven't updated in a while. I just got back from camp. Jester has improved a lot ever since i started using the Today every time I'm out there. i bought it a few weeks ago and it has done wonders for his hooves! His back hooves are perfect and his front hooves are almost there. He got a trim from Jan two weeks ago. I will try to get Marion out there soon to check up on him. As his hooves are almost 100% percent again, another problem has arose. Jester battles rain rot every year in the summer time, but this year it is so much worse. I bathed him in an anti-fungal shampoo a couple times a week and put an anti-fungal spray on him too. It just kept coming back and covered his entire back and backside. While I was gone at camp, Mrs. Cheryl bathed him in an anti-fungal shampoo with a main ingredient of Captan (a rose fungicide). When I got to see him this week, I was surprised that it was almost completely gone and his hair had grown back. So I have a few more weapons to fight it, so we will see how that goes. We think it might be because of a weak immune system. I will be out today to hopefully soak his two front hooves in Cleantrax.
S
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