Soaking boots with siran wrap can be sealed to 3000ML saline bags work for standing only
have the gas build up inside the boot. Vet wrap treatments. Cut ace bandage about 20 inches
the siran wrap will hold the siran from unraveling and use this to seal the pastern to hold the
I like to actually wrap the bottoms with siran and then gas inside. The white lightning mixed liquid can flow
run the vet wrap or ace bandage to prevent the up over the capsule. This will not hurt the
plastic from tearing allow the gas to escape via the hair, but some horses there might be a bleaching.
folds in the back of the boots. And if there is fungus in the pastern it will get rid of it too.
The pony above is wearing black treatment boots that A good way to get the treatments done is to
are sold www.grandcircuitinc.com They have a rubber trim the front hooves, boot and while the trimming is
pad inside for comfort and the boot velcro's up the being done on the hind feet the fronts are being
leg with a neoprene belt at the top to secure the gas. treated. Generally, there is about 15 minutes left
the hind hooves are small saline bags that are secured after the hinds are trimmed and I like to walk them
as in the top pictures only they have the Castle Plastic in the boots because the fresh trim and movement
neoprene boots on them to protect the bottoms from will open the fissures and sole allowing a better
tearing. treatment to be done.
The horse in the background is soaking a hoof in warm
water to help dislodge debris in the collateral groove.
After about 10 minutes dump the water, pick out anything
gritty and put the white lightning solution in, wrap in siran or
a type of plastic and begin the treatment.
When you secure the boots you can let them walk
around during the treatments. I think this improves
the effectiveness.
Recently on the yahoo groups the discussion to the use and success people are seeing with Oxine AH as an alternative to White Lightning has been good
help for those who cannot get white lightning. You can google Oxine AH.
The difference between the two is with Oxine you have more formula to generate the dioxide gas where White lightning is a 50/50 ration. The Oxine has a quanity of water that the hoof must stand in along with the formulated activators. Those buying this sanitizer which is also Chlorine dioxide are not wrapping and doing shorter
treatments. Ten minutes seems to be the common time that is being done. The yahoo members really are the creators of how to use this product for the effective benefits and wonderful treatment to hooves. Oxine AH is cheaper then white lightning but, they both do the same good..only one treatment is differently done. I choose the white lightning right now but, might change this summer after I continue my research on it in comparison.
You can read more about this on barefoothorsecare yahoo group and also barefoothoofcare yahoo group.
My recent case studies over the last 8 months in the application and use of white lightning has shown me:
Using right feet only on the test group, I treated different groups, bi-monthly, monthly and weekly during the fall, winter and spring months. What I discovered based on similar ground and terrain which was wet thick forest mud, ice and snow once a month is not enough during winter to keep those frog healthy.
The worst of the hooves were founders that had sole holes, cracks and holes in the capsules, they also walked in the same mud. I would treat (both right and left) hooves weekly sometime multiple times the day of trimming, and up to 3 times weekly during the beginning test. These feet though the in the worst shape and as compromised capsules as you can get, healed and look the best in the frog, the toe holes finally closed after years of not being able to. Yeeha.
I realized with this study that we can close those open toes and disease in the bad founders with laminar wedges.