Peeling frog

[nikanita]

Someone mentioned the other day about their horse had a peeling frog. One of the girls at our yard had the same thing with her horse last week. It smelt disgusting - It has now all come off, but still smells. Could it be thrush? any ideas how to treat. Horse is not lame at all!

 

[dwi]

Frog can peel off naturally, it does this all the time and doesn't necessarily mean anything.

I would scrub hoof clean and then clean up with some peroxide solution. The most important thing with clearing up thrush is to keep the hoof clean and dry

 

[Moggy in Manolos]

Yes this weather is not helping,it is not agreeing with my mares hooves at all,they are getting thrushy and weakened,which i am trying to resolve.

 

[Wooleysmum]

yes I had problems with yucky frogs! all cleared up now. it was thrush.

 

[fgroom]

Yep, i've had problems as well, it wasn't just peeling though but coming off in big chunks. I used Effol Frog Protector and it cleared up literally overnight!!

 

[Theresa_F]

Cairo has lost about half his frog size in the last couple of weeks.

I put it down to having shoes on again (his frogs do reduce when shoed) and the sudden wet weather softening them up.

I just pulled or cut away the loose stuff and gave them a squirt of stockholm tar to keep them fresh.