Thrush treatments?

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Poor pony has developed thrush in one of his feet. Farrier has attacked his frog in an effort to control it and recommended regular washing with antiseptic and spraying with purple spray. However, I've had loads of other suggestions from all sundry on how to treat it, including sluicing with hydrogen peroxide, washing with strong Dettol solution, painting the infected area with neat bleach (!!!?) etc. in any event, pony is pretty foot sore now - he's not shod - so any thoughts, ideas or favourite remedies would be gratefully received.

Am currently washing all four feet daily with strong antiseptic and spraying the infected foot with purple spray as well.

Thanks.
 
you are doing exactly what i would do! please dont put hydrogen peroxide anywhere near the foot if its at all sore -it would be agony! my only advice would be to use a scrubbing brush when your cleaning it all out to get into all the cracks and crevices and dry it well before you spray the antiseptic:)
 
i have tried multiple methods from rinsing with hibiscrub, packing with sudocream, NT dry powder, field paste etc etc

What i am now finding works is althletes foot powder miles cheaper than all equine products and is doing the business. Pick feet out twice a day and dust and poke the powder into the central sulcus (sp) 3 times a week. I dont wash feet now but brush out and dry where possible.

You also need to out run the fungus so lots of frog pressure/working to grow healthy frogs :D:D
 
Thrush cam mixed with athletes foot cream which is the recipe for Pete rameys goo. Also I've just had excellent results with aroma frog. They do a money back guarantee so nothing to loose. Don't listen to people who tell you bleach etc. It kills the good tissue and will only make ponio more footy.
 
I havenhad the same problem this year with one of mine. He lives out 24/7 too.
My farrier did the same, cut the frog back etc. Said to wash with antiseptic wash, but to use the spray that farmer use on sheep for foot rot. Its stronger than purple spray, and stays on better.
Worked a treat.
 
Thanks for the advice folks, and thanks to Leviathan for posting the link to the advice site. Really useful stuff and a great idea to sort everything into topics to make it easier to use as a reference. Problem is, when you're on a big yard and a new problem hits, everyone has an opinion - all very well meaning, of course, but it can get confusing as you get all sorts of conflicting ideas about things, and I'm very reluctant to start slapping highly toxic / corrosive stuff on his feet for fear of doing more damage.

Think I'll stick with the thorough daily antiseptic scrubbing and check what's in the spray I'm using as it seems I need something anti-fungal as well as anti-bacterial to really bottom this out. It seems that Canestan might be one answer...!!! Thought that was for a completely different type of thrush all together (...cough!) but worth a try ...
 
Sugar and iodine mixed together to make a paste then packed into the crevices is what my vets recommend. Possibly vetwrap round to keep in place.
 
We have a racehorse in at the moment on box rest who has to have no hind. shoes due to kicking the walls and has a spiral tibia fracture (long story) who is completely hyper and does not matter how deep and clean you try to keep his box he has horrible frogs and feet I have found that keratex hoof disinfectant down either side of the frog and a layer of Naf hoof cream to waterproof it is controlling it and he is a lot less sore doing it twice a day
 
Cyclospray. Available from the vet, costs £10. Brilliant stuff. It's for foot rot in sheep and cattle. Other than that, I've used Manuka honey on stud bungs or cotton wool and pack the cleft of the frog tight. Good luck, it can be a very time consuming problem to deal with :D
 
Red horse products. Sole cleanse for cleaning and then field paste for the field or sole paint for stabled horse.
Our Belgian draft came down with it 2 months ago. Terribly lame on it and this stuff was GREAT!
 
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