Foot Rot???

[BlueMoonFarms]

Ok, I trimmed my goats hooves for the first time today, and I was a little bit alarmed by my boy Chooch.
I googled images of hoof rot and found it to be the beginning stages of it.
What should I do to take care of it? I have already cleaned it out and trimmed his hoof back to normal.

(I was told to do hooves once a year, i now know to do it more then that)

 

[DonnaBelle]

There are several medicines you can buy over the counter at the feed stores. Hoof rot meds.

We trim our goat hooves every six weeks.

DonnaBelle

 

[BlueMoonFarms]

There are several medicines you can buy over the counter at the feed stores. Hoof rot meds.

We trim our goat hooves every six weeks.

DonnaBelle

So, do i just go in and tell them my issue? Or should I google specific medications?

 

[SheepGirl]

Could it be foot scald? Foot/hoof rot has a really nasty odor to it (I've never dealt with it but that's how you know it's foot rot...but unfortunately I can't compare the smell to anything for you.)

 

[BlueMoonFarms]

Could it be foot scald? Foot/hoof rot has a really nasty odor to it (I've never dealt with it but that's how you know it's foot rot...but unfortunately I can't compare the smell to anything for you.)

All i smelled was the goat poop he had stepped in, and based off of the stench of dead animals I have encountered in the past, he had nothing "rotting" that fir the description of decay.
but, his hoof was there, but there was a space between the white and the horn part.
The space went in about a inch up his hoof, and was about a centimeter across.
His hooves were really bad I am never leaving them that long again. I pulled out all of the muck he had in it (no black, just brown) cleaned it out and put triple antibiotic stuff in it.
Does that sound like Hoof rot?

 

[pdpo222]

I used Dr Naylors Hoof 'n Heel. Worked great. It's for goats too. Just make sure when you pour it on you do it somewhere there will be no goats so they don't ingest any that may fall on something they would eat. We noticed when we spread the toes of the goat that would cause pain, they would voice it too. We could do anything as long as we didn't spread the toes. I was told it was hoof rot. So we treated for that. And it cleared up.

 

[BlueMoonFarms]

I used Dr Naylors Hoof 'n Heel. Worked great. It's for goats too. Just make sure when you pour it on you do it somewhere there will be no goats so they don't ingest any that may fall on something they would eat. We noticed when we spread the toes of the goat that would cause pain, they would voice it too. We could do anything as long as we didn't spread the toes. I was told it was hoof rot. So we treated for that. And it cleared up.

We just ordered it!
Though its odd, my boy is not limping? And when i poke around his hoof and feel around he does not even move. Though he did bite me...
But, either way i feel it would be safer to treat it then to wait and see! ^^

 

[pdpo222]

I used Dr Naylors Hoof 'n Heel. Worked great. It's for goats too. Just make sure when you pour it on you do it somewhere there will be no goats so they don't ingest any that may fall on something they would eat. We noticed when we spread the toes of the goat that would cause pain, they would voice it too. We could do anything as long as we didn't spread the toes. I was told it was hoof rot. So we treated for that. And it cleared up.

We just ordered it!
Though its odd, my boy is not limping? And when i poke around his hoof and feel around he does not even move. Though he did bite me...
But, either way i feel it would be safer to treat it then to wait and see! ^^

Mine didn't limp either. Found it after we bought him and brought him home. I just followed the directions and he was fine in no time. Hope it works for you too.