Thrush- stuck in crevice?

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Currently clearing thrush up; looks to be doing well with frogs looking clear and dry following keeping the horse in, applying copper sulphate spray from the vets twice a day, iodine once a day, and brushing hooves out thoroughly in between each application.

Only issue is that in one hoof the vet cut a lot of the frog away, exposing the 'soft inner' in one place, I'm struggling here as the soft bit exposed sits in a crevice (imagine a small marble sitting in a cup). Shavings always manage to get into this crevice, and despite flushing it out with both copper sulphate spray and iodine for about 5 days now it is still very tender and black gunk still appears.

What would you do with this? I'm wondering whether to pack the crevice with something (stockholm tar? Red Horse field paste?) but will this just seal the thrush in by sealing off exposure to oxygen?
 
Ask your vet first but my suggestion would be to use a diluted solution of Hydrogen Peroxide to kill off the Thrush first.
 
I was once advised by farrier to dip cotton wool in the copper solution and pack it into the crevice using hoof pick. Use tiny bits of cotton wool. It will eventually fall out or if crevice is small you may have to take it out. Do twice daily, worked for my horse.
 
Queenie_ said:
Currently clearing thrush up; looks to be doing well with frogs looking clear and dry following keeping the horse in, applying copper sulphate spray from the vets twice a day, iodine once a day, and brushing hooves out thoroughly in between each application.

Only issue is that in one hoof the vet cut a lot of the frog away, exposing the 'soft inner' in one place, I'm struggling here as the soft bit exposed sits in a crevice (imagine a small marble sitting in a cup). Shavings always manage to get into this crevice, and despite flushing it out with both copper sulphate spray and iodine for about 5 days now it is still very tender and black gunk still appears.

What would you do with this? I'm wondering whether to pack the crevice with something (stockholm tar? Red Horse field paste?) but will this just seal the thrush in by sealing off exposure to oxygen?
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No because the fieldpaste/hoof stuff has other stuff in it that will stop the thrush continuing. I would certainly try the hoof stuff if you think it is a gap it will stay in and change it daily to see if it improves.
Alternatively cleantrax and white lightening gel have a very good rep for stubborn thrush.
 
benz said:
I was once advised by farrier to dip cotton wool in the copper solution and pack it into the crevice using hoof pick. Use tiny bits of cotton wool. It will eventually fall out or if crevice is small you may have to take it out. Do twice daily, worked for my horse.
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Have done this for tonight, thanks for the idea!

ester said:
No because the fieldpaste/hoof stuff has other stuff in it that will stop the thrush continuing. I would certainly try the hoof stuff if you think it is a gap it will stay in and change it daily to see if it improves.
Alternatively cleantrax and white lightening gel have a very good rep for stubborn thrush.
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Ah thought that'd be the case- would you recommend the field paste? Also, if the frogs are looking clean and dry other than this crevice, do you think he ought to be ok turned out? Providing the field isn't wet, and still following the above 3x/day routine?

P.s this is the horse you recommended spraying for thrush a couple of weeks ago Ester! Thanks for the advice, which I followed, alas despite what I thought I didn't clear it all up at that time so still working on it. He has also in the last week been diagnosed with a keratoma in this same hoof, obviously the thrush needs to be cleared up and gone for at least a month to be sure of no infection risk before we can operate on the keratoma - it never just rains with horses does it, it always pours!
 
Oh, me comment on another hoof thread, never! :D
I missed the keratoma one though, what a shame.

I don't spose you have a pic of the current crevice?

I've not used the field paste myself, my only query would be whether you will get it off to check/treat underneath and put it on again. I'm not sure whether that, the hoof stuff or artimud might work better and this is working on the basis that if it is a hole, it will get filled with something throughout the day wherever the horse is so you might as well fill it with something helpful. I would actually be tempted to email them a pic of what you are dealing with and see which they suggest.


I would turn out if dry, better than being on bedding really a lot of the time.
 
One of mine has a deep narrow crevasse that thrush really takes hold in. I got a cheap sample of silver thrush at your horse live and it really seemed to help.
I used hydrogen peroxide to disinfect the space and get it wet, then squirt the powder in. When it gets wet it goes to a muddy consistency so coats the walls quite well to help keep it disinfected and a bit dryer.

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I've had wonderful results with cotton wool rolled in Vaseline, then rolled in copper surface and packed into the crevice. I managed to get rid of a bit of seedy toe this way too, without needing to cut holes in the hoof. I would scrup with mouthwash, used a special thin tool to dig out the worst, scrub again and pack with the cotton wool/copper sulphate. Knocked it on the head quickly. Just kept packing it until it grew out, and a few weeks later rasped it off
 
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