Thrush - how do I treat it?

[Janetterose]

My TB now has thrush - weapy and yucky. He cant wear shoes as he has bruised soles and is wearing Old Macs boots for part of the day. I understand that the boots will not be helping as mud and wet does get in but if he doesnt wear them he is going to be footsore and his feet will be standing in the mud without any protection. I have cleaned then with hibi-scrub and sprayed with purple spray whilst I work out what to do next. Any suggestions guys?

 

[Bossanova]

Has the farrier considered plastic shoes?
Really helped one of ours with similar tb feet!

 

[MagicMelon]

Nettex Healthy Frog - Brilliant stuff! Lots of people I know who have tried everything else found this stuff to be the only thing which helped thrush. I use it with success. Are you able to bring him in for part of the day or onto some sort of hardstanding? That would be best to let his hooves dry out and so you can treat them.

 

[nuffield]

Nettex products are excellent.

 

[kerilli]

garden lime in an old sock, and then just bash it against the sole of the foot. but the Nettex stuff is prob best as he has it so badly, by the sounds of it.

 

[dingle12]

farrier told me best stuff is that spray you put on sheep with foot rot, cant remember the name comes in blue or green works well on ours.

 

[brightmount]

Absorbine Hooflex Thrush Remedy, available from Justine Jenkins here:

http://www.equinepodiatrysupplies.co.uk/treatments.html

Is the horse living out? It is going to make it a lot more difficult - as Magic says it would help if the horse could be on a dry surface for part of the day. In an ideal world, to be stabled at night on a deep bed of Aubiose or Easibed.

 

[Hollycat]

Contact your vet. As dingle says there is an excellent spray used for foot rot in sheep. Can't remember the name offhand but its purple (but not purple spray) and the vet should just sell it to you if you pop into the surgery. 1 application pretty much gets rid of thrush. I have also heard of using a solution of milton to treat thrush as you can use a syringe to flush out cracks if there's a flap of frog which can't be cut off but which harbours nasties if you see what I mean. There is also cleantrax as advertised on justines site but is fidly to use and propably more appropriate for something more serious like white line disease

 

[pocket]

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farrier told me best stuff is that spray you put on sheep with foot rot, cant remember the name comes in blue or green works well on ours.

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Oxytetrecycline is used for foot rot and is fantastic for thrush, you need to get it from the vet. When Ralph had it in one foot, I used to clean it with iodine, dry it off well and then use the oxy spray, it should clear up quite quickly.

 

[Moggy in Manolos]

a good strong salt water foot bath will also help

 

[H's mum]

Peroxide is really good for clearing up thrush - Then as a preventative use stockholm tar - sticks to the hoof, keeps it clean and has antibacterial benefits!

Kate x