thrush???

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i was wondering what everyones' experiences was on it. my old horse had it but she was never lame on it, never lost shoes and her feet were ok except from the smell and the dampness of the thrush.

my big lad might have it now, his feet are a bit 'smelly' and he does have intermittent lameness, he's also barefoot.

so does thrush cause lameness and to what extent does it?? or is it an individual thing?
 
never had thrush cause lameness. must be bad if going lame. pick out and scrub feet daily with either a hibi scrub solution, or a strong saline solution, then flush with hydrogen peroxide. should be gone in a few days. if barefoot make sure your feet and frogs are trimmed and tidy.. no lurky bits. if stables make sure the bed is clean and dry.
 
It has been know for horses to be diagnosed with navicular and other serious stuff when in fact they've just got very bad thrush / infection in their feet so yes it can cause lameness.
I treat it with milton watered down 5:1 in a spray bottle and once a day pick out the feet scrub all the dirt away and give them a good spray, within a few days its gone and its dead easy to do.
 
Have just had success with mild thrush flushing frog and grooves clean with cider vinegar, then stuffing frog sulcus and grooves with cotton wool rolled in sudocrem for a few days. Horse barefoot as well, feet decontracting at the moment so still have deep crevices for bacteria to breed in. Will hopefully not come back when back of foot is more open. If thrush is bad enough to cause lameness I believe your horse will show a pain reaction when you scrape a hoof pick down the middle of the frog(sulcus). I am still learning though, where are the experts?
 
I'd keep the frogs well trimmed back, bed dry, keep feet dry/clean and scrub the feet with hibiscrub or salt water, leave to dry and apply footmaster spray which is fab for thrush/smelly feet or: if it's really bad, then Engemycin spray which is from the Vets.

If the Thrush is wet and seeps out from frog when you press it then you could maybe poultice for a couple of days.

Also sand can be really bad for thrush too as it is an irritant.

Maybe see what your Vet/Farrier suggests too- good luck.
 
My lad suffers with thrush. Never causes lameness though. As soon as him feet get smelly i treat them with a mixture of an anti-fungal cream and an antiseptic and syringe this into the groove of his frog. clears it up pretty pronto as well.
 
thanks for the replies.
i use milton and hibiscrub (well diluted) when his feet start to get a bit smelly, his bed is kept clean and dry.
i was thinking maybe when he has the smelly feet his hooves soften which makes him very sore (lame like appearance) when walking?

there's no discharge or anything and he doesn't react to pain at all so i can never be sure, all i have to go on is the smell.

can you use milton as a daily 'cleaner' even when there's no smell?
 
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