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My horse has recently got thrush in all 4 feet, farrier thinks it may be where the ground was so wet, then so dry that it dried from the outside in. He told me to try using salty water then spraying with netex hoof master but it doesn't seem to be shifting!
There is a lot of gunk between the crevace of the bulb of foot and my farrier thinks its where the thrush is inside the frog and its all coming up to the bulb.
Does anybody have any tips to get rid of it? Have heard lots about hydrogen peroxide, but then also lots of conflicting views on it.
Any advice would be gratefully received :)
 
Thrush deep in the central sulcus can be painful and hard to shift.

Three prong approach is needed in my view, diet, stimulation and treatment.
Low sugar well balanced diet incorprating good levels of copper and zinc especially so a good quality/high spec balancer or get forage tested and feed a bespoke balancer.
Stimulation = exercize. If barefoot boots and pads can also help with stimulation if the frog is especially weak.
Treatment. Many different treatment choices but try to choose something that doesn't harm living tissue as well as kill bugs. Clean trax, apple cider vinegar solutions for a soak. If the cleft is deep flossing with gauze and then applying a treatment deep inside with long nosed syringe. It's important to go deep into the cleft and keep going until the cleft has closed. Canestan is one to try, white lightening another. I've heard good reports about NTdry powder as well. Some ideas here and you could email for advice. http://www.equinepodiatrysupplies.co.uk/Hoof-Treatments

Time out of wet each day and a good scrub in ACV solution or salt water solution nd allow to dry before applying any treatment.Sometimes you have to try a few things as bugs seem to vary in their response depending on where you are.

HTH's
 
Thank you for that reply amandap, she is barefoot and on a barefoot low sugar, high fibre diet, she's in med- full work and isn't at all sore or in any discomfort with it.
We only noticed because her bulbs are so dry and it wasnt improving so the farrier had a bit of a dig and poke about and found that there is some thrush there. She's out 24/7 but the fields are bone dry.
 
Hi baker190, for my mare I found two products worked for treating thrush:

1. Red horse products field paste - very messy and gunky but works a treat!
2. Tea tree oil - I bought some oil off ebay about 99p I think! Then mixed it in an old spray bottle with water and the tinniest drop of washing up liquid to combine it. Shake it and spray on the area... Works best for mild thrush.. I also use it for rain scald its great!!!
 
When I first got my cob she had terrible thrush in all 4. I tried everything and she's now thrush-free and has been for about 18 months. I can't stress enough the importance of the feet being dry for treatment. Any treatment will be compromised by moisture. What worked for me in the end was bringing her in at night, drying her feet with talc then applying Red Horse Field Paste in the morning. Amazing - I can't recommend it highly enough.
 
Blue foot rot spray,and I stress blue not purple! Worked wonders on all of mine, unshod or shod! Also a good vit and min supplement, I use pro hoof from eBay
 
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