Thrush

[rising_promise]

I posted a couple of weeks ago as I thought my mare may have an abscess but after poulticing and her still being lame, we took her to the vets yesterday for x rays etc as we wanted to make sure there was nothing seriously wrong (she came home lame 2 weeks ago from a ODE having finished the XC sound). We were worried she may have damaged a tendon in her foot, no heat, no swelling in the leg at all but really strong digital pulse.

Turns out the vet thinks she has thrush deep in her frog and hopes that thats causing the lameness. Its strange because the farrier has seen her and didnt spot it (!?)

We went to the vet expecting the worst- damaged tendon, arthritic changes (she's 17) but apparently all OK which is great news.

We are cleaning the hoof and frog with Pevedine and spraying deep inside with antiseptic spray from the vet. Any other suggestions on how to fix the problem ASAP??

Thank you

 

[RachelB]

I was given pevidine and terramycin spray (used for sheep foot rot). The terramycin is b***** fantastic, it dries everything out really quickly. My horse's thrush went from "middling" in severity to mild and totally controllable within a couple of days. Keep following your vet's advice and keep the horse's feet as clean and dry as possible. Avoid mud like the plague or you might end up with all sorts of other infections. If it's as bad as it sounds, you could turn out in hoof boots? There's really not much else you can do other than the clean and dry bit!