Christmas Crumpet
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Horse has had thrush in one hind foot for quite a while - he isn't sensitive when I stick the hoof pick in his central sulcus but the gap does go right to the back of his foot up to the hairline. I've tried Sole Cleanse, terramycin and Hoof Stuff. I clean out his foot every night and scrub it with water to get the mud out, dry it then have been applying either Sole Cleanse or terramycin. The Hoof Stuff I couldn't get to stay in.
He had his shoes off a couple of days ago and actually seems ok without them - he's been on Pro Hoof for a year and has also been on a low starch/sugar diet too since then. He is currently out on rubbish grazing (mostly mud as we are trying to rest the other fields to roll and harrow them), 12 hour 2 year old soaked hay and a token feed of Copra & Speedibeet to get his supplements in (salt, Pro Hoof & Vit E Oil). He is on holiday and shoes will be off for 12 weeks approx. He is fine over the 10 yards of stones we have to go across (we have a gravel area that goes from the yard to the top of the drive which is about 20 yards. I have got rubber mats over the first 10 yards but have run out of any more to put down!!). Normally that would be ok as the grass verge would be dry enough to walk on but its not quite there yet and its the garden so OH gets a bit funny with hoof prints all over it!!!). We've been going for walks down the road when I get him in at night and he's quite happy walking on the tarmac too. So hopefully the good diet and Pro Hoof has given him good soles. Anyway I digress...!!!
What can I do to get rid of this very stubborn thrush? Or is it thrush? Farrier said it didn't smell and was a clean gap in his foot but I know it shouldn't be there. His feet aren't brilliant - bit underrun and low heels but he hasn't had any time out of shoes for about 5 years or so I reckon. I've had him since this time last year. I'm sure the Hoof Stuff will stay in better once its a bit dryer but until then, what can I do to really attack it?
He had his shoes off a couple of days ago and actually seems ok without them - he's been on Pro Hoof for a year and has also been on a low starch/sugar diet too since then. He is currently out on rubbish grazing (mostly mud as we are trying to rest the other fields to roll and harrow them), 12 hour 2 year old soaked hay and a token feed of Copra & Speedibeet to get his supplements in (salt, Pro Hoof & Vit E Oil). He is on holiday and shoes will be off for 12 weeks approx. He is fine over the 10 yards of stones we have to go across (we have a gravel area that goes from the yard to the top of the drive which is about 20 yards. I have got rubber mats over the first 10 yards but have run out of any more to put down!!). Normally that would be ok as the grass verge would be dry enough to walk on but its not quite there yet and its the garden so OH gets a bit funny with hoof prints all over it!!!). We've been going for walks down the road when I get him in at night and he's quite happy walking on the tarmac too. So hopefully the good diet and Pro Hoof has given him good soles. Anyway I digress...!!!
What can I do to get rid of this very stubborn thrush? Or is it thrush? Farrier said it didn't smell and was a clean gap in his foot but I know it shouldn't be there. His feet aren't brilliant - bit underrun and low heels but he hasn't had any time out of shoes for about 5 years or so I reckon. I've had him since this time last year. I'm sure the Hoof Stuff will stay in better once its a bit dryer but until then, what can I do to really attack it?