She was very spicy about the whole thing, which is understandable given how her foot is infected. Hopefully she'll be feeling a bit better when I go see her on Monday.
I hate seeing her sore like this. I'm not used to dealing with thrush, so it's a bit hard for me to handle it alone. The horses I had as a kid had a much better farm to run around on, so their feet were always in great shape. Thankfully I have a lot of support and assistance in this time of learning and healing.
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Aww thank you so much!
I'm not sure of the human equivalent of this, but it definitely is painful for her.
She can get it again, but hopefully she won't. She was really overdue to have her hooves trimmed, and I hadn't realized that her owner just didn't schedule any appointments for that. I'm gonna be doing that scheduling for her. It's really important to keep their hooves trimmed to avoid stuff like this. There also isn't much turn out space and the people who do her stall half-ass it like 50% of the time. All those things combined can lead to this kind of infection. This is the first time she's had it since I started seeing her a year ago, which shows that she has naturally healthy hooves when they're maintained.
I don't know much about her backstory, but I do know that she was abused. She's real skittish at times and flinches if you raise your hand at her in certain ways. She also just sat in her stall and did nothing until I started coming around and was kinda feral because of it. I've been working super hard to desensitize her and get her used to being loved. She had a reputation for being kinda crazy and people avoided her because of it. She just had a lot of pent up energy and needed love. Now people think she's a sweet girl.