Thrush - Some advice

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I think my girl who's barefoot and living out has thrush. She's sore on her feet and is reluctant to come onto the yard. Yesterday I cleaned them with diluted milton and left her in till they dried and she seemed a little better.

Should i get her in daily to let the feet dry? How long for? Should i wash the feet or just pick them out? How often shold i disinfect? Anything else i can do to help?

Thanks
 
Have a look at the Red Horse products here I have just bought the sole paint to treat mine. I also use milton for cleaning, but worry about her feet never really drying out properly (she's filthy in the stable).
 
Arizonahoney - great minds think alike!

Only thing is if the horse is coming in regularly and having feet picked out etc sole paint or sole cleanse might be more economical and less messy to apply.
 
Kat said:
Have a look at the Red Horse products here I have just bought the sole paint to treat mine. I also use milton for cleaning, but worry about her feet never really drying out properly (she's filthy in the stable).
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Thanks - how often do you use the milton?
 
Kat said:
Arizonahoney - great minds think alike!

Only thing is if the horse is coming in regularly and having feet picked out etc sole paint or sole cleanse might be more economical and less messy to apply.
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She has free access to the stable yard so will come in most evenings to have a sleep. I've put a new straw pellet bed down in the hope it helps dry her feet so i may try the sole paint instead
 
I probably won't do it so often now I've got the sole paint. The sole paint suggests applying everytime you pick out their feet for the first week or so then only weekly.
 
Hi - I'm pretty sure Milton only really works if you can make it stay in contact with the problem area for 15 mins (think it kills bacteria in 10 mins, fungus in 15, and thrush can be both). So it works best through soaking if your horse is amenable enough (mine isn't!) or liberally applying and knowing it won't get dried / wiped off...

The red horse stuff is really good. I'd also look at equinepodiatrysupplies website which has useful guide on what products are good for which living conditions, for example... I'd recommend getting some of the gel that's in a squirty bottle with a long thin nozzle. You'll need to get some treatment right down into the sulcus of the frog if it's looking like it's closed up (sign of thrush) and under any flappy bits of frog. These are also good for getting stuff down into the grooves and corners where the frogs meet the soles. Give everything a really good scrape off / out, if you wash then dry it afterwards, then apply what you're going to apply. Field paste is supposed to be great. After squirty stuff I then pack their Hoof Stuff into the central sulcus and any flappy bits if they're looking thrushy.
 
philamena said:
Hi - I'm pretty sure Milton only really works if you can make it stay in contact with the problem area for 15 mins (think it kills bacteria in 10 mins, fungus in 15, and thrush can be both). So it works best through soaking if your horse is amenable enough (mine isn't!) or liberally applying and knowing it won't get dried / wiped off...
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I normally apply liberally and then leave her standing on concrete for as long as possible. Doubt I'd persuade her to stand with her foot in a bucket....
 
She's fairly chilled so would prob stand with a foot in a bucket, will try it for the moment anyway and hopefully the sole paint will come quickly.
 
No, nor mine! You can get some funky welly soaking boots (or apparently make one out of old car inner tube if you're a bit handy!) but I'm not even sure I'd get away with that!
 
Sirocco said:
She's fairly chilled so would prob stand with a foot in a bucket, will try it for the moment anyway and hopefully the sole paint will come quickly.
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That's great :) Just try to make sure you only have enough water in to keep the treatment off the skin above the heel & hoof if poss - the more the protective natural oils can stay in that skin the better.
 
When Henry gets thrushy I use Effol on his soles. I paint it on and pack the central and lateral sulcii, then hack him out in his hoofboots (regardless of whether or not he needs them). That way, I'm guaranteed a minimum of an hour and a half where the goo is massaged into the sole and hoof wall and it isn't coming off into a field.

If your horse isn't ridden you can always turn out in hoofboots after applying your preferred goo?
 
I find the sheep/ cow foot rot spray works really well for mine, it seems to get absorbed and dry very quickly so they don't need to stand in for hours.
A quick spray every day for a week or so and all sorted.
 
Fransurrey said:
When Henry gets thrushy I use Effol on his soles. I paint it on and pack the central and lateral sulcii, then hack him out in his hoofboots (regardless of whether or not he needs them). That way, I'm guaranteed a minimum of an hour and a half where the goo is massaged into the sole and hoof wall and it isn't coming off into a field.

If your horse isn't ridden you can always turn out in hoofboots after applying your preferred goo?
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No i'm retired cos of my back so she is to lol!! Can you turn out all day in hoofboots? Are they ok with muddy gateways etc?
 
Polos Mum said:
I find the sheep/ cow foot rot spray works really well for mine, it seems to get absorbed and dry very quickly so they don't need to stand in for hours.
A quick spray every day for a week or so and all sorted.
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I have the blue stuff from the vet somewhere - is that the stuff?
 
Blue spray that farmers use for sheep and cattle is fab stuff. I have tried hibbi scrub and purple spray, and hoof disinfectant and none of it clears it up, you have to get it on a prescription from the vets :)
 
Tinsel Town said:
Blue spray that farmers use for sheep and cattle is fab stuff. I have tried hibbi scrub and purple spray, and hoof disinfectant and none of it clears it up, you have to get it on a prescription from the vets :)
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Sure i've got some in the tackroom, will have a look!
 
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