Hoofs trimmed

I'm glad they've ended up with you, Tom.

They need selenium, btw.

 

Yes, and ridicolously much kindness! They are obviously not accustomed to humans being nice.

As for hoofs, they are not so well visible in the grass. Any possibility to get a photo on a concrete surface?

 

Maybe a rasp? Someone on here has a hoof rasp with a plastic handle. Handle is one you put four fingers through, like a plastic scrub brush.

 

I was pondering, if the hoofs would be more visible on a flat surface. Because these two are so - what do you say - skittish? Not so good to hold them by force, and teach them to even more avoid human contact. And they will for sure not stay lying when a human with a camera comes closer, so any hoof that is visible when lying down will again be invisible behind grass straws in half a second!

Yes, things really get easier when the goats compete over the best lap!

 

Jeffers Supply carries them. It's the "mini rasp", Equi-Essentials. It is orange, has a great easy to hold handle, and measures 5/8" x 5". I like it especially for the comfort while holding and using it. Unlike the design of one resembling a file, you don't have to use a clinched fist type grip. Sorry, tried to copy a link, didn't go very well.

 

https://www.jefferspet.com/products/mini-rasp?

 

I don't understand the language use here, so I just don't know how to answer you. I'm confused as to what you are seeing and asking, because hooves are solid, and I don't even want to picture rasping away until the hoof is gone, that would leave a bloody bony mess.

And I know you don't mean that!

These videos may help you

 

It must be a flap of hoof wall folded over the sole. There is an edge somewhere, it may be difficult to find.

 

OH, the hoof WALL! Well that makes so much more sense. Yes, that all needs clipped away. Use the point of your hoof clippers to find a way in and start snipping.

You may well find rot under there because an overgrown wall will hold nastiness against the hoof and allow rot to start.

There will be an opening, I promise. They do not grow solidly together.

I'll see what pics I can find, now that I understand what you see.

Poor things.

 

Does it look anything like this? Because this is hoof wall you are seeing here.

Here's another one, where you can see how the wall grows over.

The source for the above pic https://goodgoats.blogspot.com/2011/11/trimming-very-overgrown-hooves.html
I could not show the source for the first pic, that page was blocked for me. But it was such a clear depiction of an out of control hoof wall that I thought it might be useful.

 

If you mean more solid than the second pic, yes I know. I included that so you can see how it grows, in hopes it will show you how/where you can start digging under.

In the first pic, the hoof wall is completely and solidly across, so I have to think you don't mean the first picture.