Posted by Ray Miller on January 22, 2001 at 18:16:44:
In Reply to: Feet wont grow! posted by Michelle Crocker on January 21, 2001 at 20:47:39:
: I'v been shoeing a Horse which may have Navicular but the owner can not afford Radiographs right now.I'v been shoeing the horse with eggbar shoes with wedge pads in the front but his feet never really grow any wall or sole so there's nothing to do but rasp.He is on and off Biotine but it seems to help very little if any!.So my question is does Navicular cause very slow hoof growth? and if so what could help him? he is only lame when he has no shoe or wedge support.
I have not seen navicular slow hoof growth. If you want the hoof wall/horn to grow just feed protein.
With out radiographs it would be next to impossible to say what the horses problem might be.
Just my thinking.
Ray Miller