Anybody else having problems with their horses frogs?

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Boo has gone lame and i'm pretty sure it's his frog. Whilst picking out his feet I discovered that his off hind frog has a hole near the cleft and smells really bad, ewwww
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Anybody got any good suggestions on what to put on it?
I've sprayed some purple spray into it, packed it with cotton wool and bandaged it. Any other idea's/suggestions welcome. Thanks
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Sounds like thrush, does it smell fishy?

Lance suffers terribly with it, its important to keep the frogs trimmed, and bring the horse in long enough for them to dry out.
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NOT purple but Blue spray !!

My horse has been lame with similar and the farrier cut a lot out. It was down each side of his frog and on the bulb of his heel and the vet said it was thrush.

Anyway I was using Hibiscrub and purple spray but the vet said to use the blue spray. Can't remember why particularly now but it seems to have done the trick.
 
Sounds very thrushy. You can get specific disinfectant for hooves. Use that and give the whole of the under foot a really good scrub. If theres any cracks / holes atm, use a syringe to squirt the disinfectant in there until the farrier can see.

You can use cotton wool on the end of pincers to clean out any lingering gunky stuff, then leave the feet to dry thoroughly before putting purple spray on.

As above poster said though, get the farrier to trim the frogs well so that you can actually get to it to clean properly.
 
It smells like bad breath! Halitosis of the foot
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To be honest it hasn't been that wet and our fields aren't sodden, well they weren't until this weekend
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He's under remedial shoeing so the farrier comes every 5 weeks, he's not due until the 28th, can his frogs have deteriorated that quickly? Oh and would thrush make him lame on it?
 
Yes absolutely, Lance can be thrush free then have stinky fishy feet in a week!

I use Kevin bacon hoof dressing and have seen a big improvement over when I was just using hydrogen peroxide.
 
My horse got it before all the wet weather came in for some reason & yes it made him very lame but he is unshod at the moment.
 
Ebay, local tack shops, lots of online retailers sell it.
Lance used to get thrush so bad he woud have black goo coming out of his frogs and still has scarring on is heel bulbs.

Letting the feet totally dry out works better than anything though. No point putting anything on wet feet, you will just seal the moisture in.

Hydrogen peroxide I just uy from the chemist for about 70p a bottle, put it in a spray bottle and spray all over his soles.
 
Thanks again, have rung mum to tell her to call farrier to get his frogs cut back a bit, will now toddle off to Boots to get some HP and find some of your Kevin Bacon stuff. Cheers
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Owen's frogs are the same! His are hibiscrubbed three times a week. His pal has even worse frogs so his feet get hibiscrubbed every day. Hydrogen Peroxide I heard makes thrush worse?
 
yes earls old owners use to use the sheep foot rot stuff,cant remember whats its called though,formaldehyde is ment to work as well,i think they also use this on the sheep
 
Ditto the recomendation for sheep foot rot stuff. It is better than anything sold for horses... and cheaper as farmers won't pay the 'horse price hike'. You can get it from farm supply shops or vets.

Anything containing hydrogen peroxide is not suitable for long term use as it necrotises the tissue and makes the frog porous. Imagine what a state your hair would be in if you bleached it every week! It is fine for getting the condition under controol, then swap to something anti microbial and anti bacterial so you keep the frog healthy.

What ever you put on, make sure itdoes not contain oil or grease. Thrush thrives in airless conditions and oil simply seals the badness in creating the precice enviroment it needs to flourish. Similarly, bandaging or booting is a big no. A deep, DRY bed that wicks away the moisture is the way forward.

Picking out the feet obsessively, as many times a day as you can and scrubbing with a wire brush (does not hurt) gets rid of all the gunk. If there are flappy bits of sole, pair them away with a hoof knife. If you are only removing the flaps then there is no need to call a farrier to do it.
 
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Ive always used it and found it helps. The sheep fot rot stuff is supposed to be good too.

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Yup, that's what I use. Terramycin Spray. It's the blue spray that has been mentioned earlier in this thread.

It's only available from the vet though.
 
Thanks for the great advice. What about turn out? Is it best to turn him out with nothing on and then making sure it's all dried and treated every night when he comes in?
 
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formaldehyde is ment to work as well,i think they also use this on the sheep

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No! Formaldehyde is banned in the EU because it's carcinogenic, can cause serious allergies and is toxic!!
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If thrush, best thing EVER for clearing up Thrush is NetTex Healthy Frog (I think its called) - everybody who's used it loves it!

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We use it and swear by it. Brilliant stuff.
 
Hi, I have always used hibiscrub as someoneels advise, let htem dry a bit then spray with pine tar spray.about £6 for large bottle.....i use this even when there are no problems as its seems to keep the feet fresh and free from bacteria. in the past I have used hydrogen peroxide.was advised to trickle it on the from and then let it bubble up. let dry and then use purple spray.
 
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