Another Quarter Crack Question

[stuart1iv]

I have a 7 year old Quarter horse that has developed a quarter crack on the inside of his left front hoof, its about two inches long and its a vertical crack.. The crack has been there for about 5 weeks. (which farrier was aware and told me not to worry about it) I rode this horse on Thursday and he was fine. On Friday i went to pull him out of his stall and the was three legged. I called the vet and they check it and told me to soak it, that it was abscessing. So after days of soaking (on my vets advice) the the abscess finally drained, my question is what to do next. I have never delt with a quarter crack and i dont know what to do, (keep soaking, put anything on it,etc) any advice would be greatly appreciated. My farrier is coming out Monday to do a trim and a reset. He has aluminum wide web on the front barefoot on the rear. Please help.

[Jack Evers]

Pictures or at least a complete description would help. Is it from the ground up or the hairline down?, is there any sort of cononary band problem? is there any flaring, what environment has he been in - dry, muddy, alternating wet, dry, etc?

Jack

[stuart1iv]

The crack original started in the middle of the hoof on the inside of the left front. It is a vertical crack. It has now travled to the cornary band. The hoof does have alittle flaring on the inside. The weather here started off wet for a couple of months and now is pretty dry. There was no type of injury to the hoof. I noticed the crack about five weeks ago and showed my farrier, he said " don't worry about it, but it will take along time to grow out." Like i said earlier it did start to abscess, soaked it for a couple of days and it did drain alittle (didn't really what you would call blow out) He is due for a trim and a reset on Monday, i am just looking for any advice.

[caballus]

Be sure the wall is well floated at the origination (ground level) of the crack so leverage is relieved!! A good, balanced, correct trim before applying the shoes is imperative to the remediation of this.

--Gwen