Thrushy Feet

[Serephin]

After the last farrier visit, last week, my boy seems to have thrushy feet - the farrier cut back the frog as usual an they didn't look bad at all, but since then seem to have got a bit stinky and crumbly in places.

I have been spraying his frogs with Frog Health disinfectant spray for the last few days - is there anything else I can do, bearing in mind he is out 24/7? I am paranoid his feet are going to get worse and something bad will happen!

any help/advice much appreciated.

 

[Hugo]

Might sound silly but athletes foot powder.

 

[FleabittenT]

My mare has a bit of thrush too. If you click on search in the red bar above, and type 'thrush hooves', there's loads & loads of threads with tons of advice/suggestions.

I'm currently just cleaning thoroughly with hibi & purple spraying, but have ordered some of the swan anti-bac mentioned in earlier threads.

Fingers crossed for getting it sorted!

 

[thatsmygirl]

Just good old iodine, spray it on, works every time.

 

[Hugo]

Monsters

Is that the Betadine spray?

 

[horseriderdeb]

If you have a decathlon near you go in the horse section and they do something which is brilliant and not expensive. Its in a square bottle and is blue colour. Will look when I go down the yard for the name if the label is still on

 

[K27]

Just a few things we tried when a horse of mine had a bout of thrush:

You could try Scrubbing out every day with a hard bristle brush and diluted hibiscrub/Betadine or salt water.

If it's bad- Engemycin spray is good at helping it clear up (think it's prescription only)

Get the Farrier to trim the frogs well back.

Sand can aggravate thrush too as can the weather.

 

[thatsmygirl]

It's just iodine 10% I use. You will find it in the cattle section off a farmer shop such as mole valley farmers, country wide etc. It's cheap but stains your hands no end. My farrier carries it in his van as well.

 

[Moggy in Manolos]

Iodine is great for thrush prone feet.
Another thing you can do is salt water foot baths if your horse will tolerate it, my mare will...

 

[Cahill]

cleared ours up with domestos,scrubbed in with an old toothbrush.
every day for about 3 days,then every other day for a week.

 

[Bowen4Horses]

Raff is prone to getting thrushy feet at the most random times. i find that NAF rock hard works well on him, as treatment and also preventative. i also found it helped with his mega soft, crumbly soles.

but good old iodine works well too. x

 

[Quadro]

Hydrogen peroxide is fantastic

 

[Puppy]

Another vote for plain old iodine. One of mine is prone to thrush if she's on boxrest (neither do EVER in the field!) and I find a good coverage of the soles with iodine every day keeps it away.

 

[anadain]

Either peroxide or Iodine:-

1 part peroxide to 10 parts water (use neat if its over the counter from the chemists)

 

[Serephin]

Wow, lots of suggestions, thank you everyone!

Looks like iodine is the most popular - I shall experiment and see how we get on.