129. Hoof Cracks

In the last few days we have had some really dry weather and i have noticed that Spices hooves have started cracking a bit. I therefore think the dry weather may be making them slightly brittle so I have started sponging them down in the hope that they will retain more moisture and toughen up. I was doing this previously but stopped due to Spice having a bit of thrush. But i think just using a wet sponge over her hoof walls should do the trick. My thinking is that in the wild they would have access to water holes and probably get their hooves wet a few times each day so hopefully i'm just creating a more natural environment.