Anyone have any suggestions for homemade hoof hardener? I’ve heard gas as an option? Any other favorites?
I don’t think I’d ever put gasoline on hooves, but venice turpentine is an old standby
Isn’t formaldehyde the top ingredient in keratex hoof hardener?
Could be wrong but someone mentioned that to me before.:eek:
I’ve heard of 1/2 koppertox & 1/2 thompson’s water seal.
Ya know some people just shouldn’t own horses. :lol:
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[QUOTE=Tom Bloomer;6519949]
Ya know some people just shouldn’t own horses. :lol:[/QUOTE]
Hi Tom I take it you don’t agree with what someone posted? Do you have an opinion about “homemade” hoof hardeners or disagree with what someone said?
I love to hear others ideas and for the record I’ve never used gas as a hoof hardener just heard that you could and wanted to see if anyone else had heard that too.
Why not just buy something that is already designed for hardening?
I can’t imagine that gasoline actually “hardens” the hoof, but probably just dries it out, making it appear harder. There is a big difference.
What are you hoping to achieve? I like Keratex but it’s not a replacement for shoes on my thin-walled, thin-soled TB. I think it helps, but it’s not magic.
[QUOTE=Kwalker024;6519994]
Hi Tom I take it you don’t agree with what someone posted? [/QUOTE]
Here’s a thought. Take what I said at face value and consider it my professional opinion.
Here we use something called Licor de Villate
Its made of:
- 7,5g copper sulfate
- 7,5g zinc sulfate
- 15 mL liquid lead ethyl
- 4,2 g glacial acetic acid
- 100 mL vinegar
It can’t exactly be homemade but we have it done in pharmacies. It hardens hooves and kills anything horses may have in them.
[QUOTE=Tom Bloomer;6520024]
Here’s a thought. Take what I said at face value and consider it my professional opinion.[/QUOTE]
As a professional I’d hope you’d be willing to help educate. As I said if you are referring to myself I was simply asking and I have never tried it before but had heard of it and wanted to know if anyone else had heard it as well.
[QUOTE=S1969;6520007]
Why not just buy something that is already designed for hardening?
I can’t imagine that gasoline actually “hardens” the hoof, but probably just dries it out, making it appear harder. There is a big difference.
What are you hoping to achieve? I like Keratex but it’s not a replacement for shoes on my thin-walled, thin-soled TB. I think it helps, but it’s not magic.[/QUOTE]
Hi thanks for the response thats what I would have thought also but wanted to see if maybe other people knew something I didn’t.
I’m not currently in need of a hoof hardener but was just interested in seeing if that method actually worked or what other peoples go to products were.
[QUOTE=SCMSL;6520050]
Here we use something called Licor de Villate
Its made of:
- 7,5g copper sulfate
- 7,5g zinc sulfate
- 15 mL liquid lead ethyl
- 4,2 g glacial acetic acid
- 100 mL vinegar
It can’t exactly be homemade but we have it done in pharmacies. It hardens hooves and kills anything horses may have in them.[/QUOTE]
Thats really interesting thanks!
[QUOTE=Kwalker024;6520109]
As a professional I’d hope you’d be willing to help educate.[/QUOTE]What part of “Some people shouldn’t own horses,” do you not find educational?
Plain old iodine does a fair job. When it gets soggy around here it tends to be soggy for many, many days…heck weeks even months sometimes.
When conditions get like that if I pick up a hoof to clean it I tend to grab the iodine spray bottle and give the frog and sole a light, quick spray.
But I prefer Durasole during extremes such as the flooding we had last and this spring. With shipping restrictions, hassles of mixing, bottling and storing formaldehyde I would just as soon pay the makers of Durasole to deal with the mess for me and the product arrive in a convenient bottle than attempting to mix iodine and formaldehyde myself.
[QUOTE=Tom Bloomer;6520156]
What part of “Some people shouldn’t own horses,” do you not find educational?[/QUOTE]
:rolleyes:
IMNTBCHO, using a homemade concoction as a hoof hardner rises almost to the level of performing self-surgery on one’s brain. IOW, it is TSS*
*for those who don’t yet know the acronym, TSS=Terminal Stable Stupidity.
I’ve had 3 separate farriers suggest the ‘home remedy’ of venice of turpintine.
Rick and Tom - Can you give us WHY gas, iodine, etc should not be used and what commercial products you would suggest? Calling people stupid on-line does not make you appear very professional and does not contribute to the dialogue.
Shesh, farriers on-line are just as opinionated as in person…
ET
I’m sorry, I thought Toms post was pretty funny…
When I worked for the vet, we used a combo of formaldahyde and iodine. And on a serious note, I could never fathom using gasoline.
[QUOTE=SCMSL;6520050]
Here we use something called Licor de Villate
Its made of:
- 7,5g copper sulfate
- 7,5g zinc sulfate
- 15 mL liquid lead ethyl
- 4,2 g glacial acetic acid
- 100 mL vinegar
It can’t exactly be homemade but we have it done in pharmacies. It hardens hooves and kills anything horses may have in them.[/QUOTE]
Jesus!! glacial acetic acid?!!? Lead ethyl?!!? Good luck mixing this lot up!
People would really put gas on their horses feet???
I’m with Runwayz and Pippi. I can’t fathom a serious conversation about putting gas on a horse’s feet - unless it’s preceded by “you won’t believe what I just heard.”
And FWIW, having just done it, it’s pretty easy to do a search and find all sorts of well reasoned posts on sole hardeners, if that’s what you need.
