4 yr old doe, hoof walls are coming away from rest of hoof???

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So, poor Hanna Bean has been limping around today. This morning I noticed she was holding her right hind leg up some times and not wanting to put to much presure on it. She seemed to have stopped after an hour when I was able to get to her to check but now tonight she is limping and is again having pain in that hoof as well as her front right hoof. I was able to grab her front one for a bit and the hoof wall seems to be seperating from the rest of her hoof..... What can I do to help her?
 

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trim away all the loose hoof wall, and give her a good hoof trimming. The hoof wall wont repair itself if it keep becoming impacted with dirt, so the key is to remove the loose wall, down to the attached wall, so dirt can't get in there.

apply Kopper-Tox to the hoof, especially in between the two halves.
 
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