Trush - how to deal with it best....

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I'm posting on behalf of my friend, Schnux, she's a fellow HHO'er but hasn't posted before!!
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She has a horse at our yard turned out all year round on DIY grass livery. We are fortunate our fields don't get too wet, we are on sand. Although with the weather at the moment, it is wet everywhere from the snow.
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Her gelding has got trush - not too bad, as she has been treating it daily, but she wants to clear it up totally nonetheless. He will not stable - absolutely hates it. She is bringing him up to the yard everyday, cleaning his feet, drying them off, letting him stand on dry concrete to air, putting peroxide on it, and then using hoof heal to try seal it off.

Any suggestions to treat it other then to stable him? I suggested poulticing, but I didn't know if it would seal the trush in, make it sweat and make it worse - assuming you dry it out airing it.
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She said she had seen a hoof product where you pour it onto the sole of the hoof, and it forms a seal/layer for 'x' amount of days. Sorry, I don't know the product name, or the full in's and out's of it.
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I assumed it would have similar effect to poulticing??
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Does anyone know what I am referring to? What do you think? I assume the purpose of it is for protecting sensitive soles or something??

Is stockholme tar any good for trush?
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Any advice/experience/recommend products would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks in advance xx
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Hi, I'm new to posting, have been lurking for some time though!

I use a spray on treatment called 'Footmaster with Violet', it's made by net tex and you can buy 'equine' cans from most feed store type places, or 'cattle' cans from farm stores- they are both the same thing, but the 'cattle' version is bigger and costs less!

When my girl had a nasty case of thrush a couple of years ago, I got some of this as a last resort- peroxide etc hadn't worked- just pick the hoof out, scrub clean with water, allow to dry for a while, then (wearing gloves or you'll get purple stained hands!!) spray liberally onto the soles.

I did this every day for a week, then every other day for a couple of weeks, and it cleared the thrush up brilliantly.

Now I use it once a week to keep thrush at bay- it's great stuff!

HTH!
 
iodine is your best bet as peroxide just prolongs the healing. Great to use it first to kill it fast, but not to keep using it.iodine will soon clear it. Then stockhome tar to keep it dry. My old horse had it bad and this soon cleared it.
 
Scooby had a mild case of thrush when I first got him - my instructor told me to clean it with iodine and then put stockholme tar on it, and it cleared up really quickly. This was a few months ago though, when the fields were still quite dry. Hope she gets it sorted soon.
 
i used domestos every other day for a week,2nd week i used it twice then 3rd week i used it once.
my pony who had it is living out and is totally `mended` now with nice new frog growing.

make sure you get all the smelly gunk out (you may need your farrier to pare it to get rid of crevices that will trap it)and keep feet picked out every day,the nasty bacteria hates fresh air.


ps,the reason i tried domestos was because i had trouble getting hydr-perox from the chemists.
 
to totally go the other way from all the other posts......USE THICK HONEY..... just clean the feet out daily and allow to dry. smear the honey all over the frog and heels and push down into clefts.......your thrush will be gone in a week...its a bit messy...but if this doesnt work for your horse you can ball me out in a post....so cheap, so easy, and......SO WORKS....
 
My loan boy had a very severe case in summer in three feet. Vet recommended iodine, which we tried for about a fortnight to more or less no effect. What really helped was having the farrier pare back and then treating daily with hydrogen peroxide. The problem is that it can be quite difficult to get hold of these days, most Boots no longer stock it, and if they do, expect to be looked at like a possible terrorist and questioned about what you are going to use it for (tip - do NOT say it's for a horse, they won't sell you it. Best option is to say the doc recommended using it as a mouthwash for mouth ulcers). Small, independent pharmacies are usually the best bet. Also, wouldn't opt for the kind of peroxide used by hairdressers - it's a paste rather than a liquid, so it doesn't really have the required "bubbling" effect. It also contains lots of other chemicals used as preservatives etc, so unsure what effect they would have.

My (very well-respected) farrier is against the stockholm tar-type "seal it up" methods, and since he got such good results with my boy, have no reason to doubt his opinion. After the peroxide had really done it's work, we stopped using it and moved on to the Net-tex Violet Foot Spray mentioned above, which really helped to clear the last of it up. Now, I just use their Frog Health Spray once or twice a week as maintenance. The one thing to remember is that all these things are fairly powerful chemicals and to wear gloves and avoid inhaling them at all times.

Phew, anyway, feel like a thrush expert after horsey this summer, so tell your friend to feel free to PM me if she wants!
 
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The problem is that it can be quite difficult to get hold of these days, most Boots no longer stock it, and if they do, expect to be looked at like a possible terrorist and questioned about what you are going to use it for (tip - do NOT say it's for a horse, they won't sell you it. )

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here,here /\ /\ /\

hence the domestos.
 
Clean and spray feet well daily with a diluted Milton solution. I've used athelte foot cream (canestan) in a severe case make sure you get it into all the nooks and cranies including central cleft of the frog. Others I know have used sudocreme once foot cleaned as a barrier on horses living out.
 
My mare has slight thrush in her back feet. Farrier told me to get something from the vet called Sole Paint - have just started using it so will see how it goes. Interesting to read other people's opinions though.
 
Swan - Anti Bac you can buy it from your farrier (he/she will be able to order it for you) or you can buy it online.

Keep the feet well picked out and use the anti bac as directed. It is then used less frequently as a preventer as well.

It contains copper sulfate which is one of the best treatments for thrush.

The bottle will last you a fairly long time and is around £15

Apple cider Vinegar i have heard is a good one. A couple of my clients tried it instead of Hydrogen peroxide. Their horses live out and it does seem to be working though they have just started using it.

Thrush is an anerobic bacteria and it thrives on no oxygen so i do not recommend covering it with anything.

Foot rot spray as below is excellent as is Tee trea
 
Thank you very much everybody for your replies! A fair few products for my friend to consider then!
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Our farmer at the yard always bangs on about terramycin spray, said that's what he used on his cattle for a variety of problems and it was amazing - apparently it's not as easy to get hold of nowadays, he said about getting it from the vets!
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I can't help but laugh at my spelling of thrush... 'trush' lol!
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Boy it was late when I typed that - brain wasn't engaged
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Many thanks, plenty of food for thought in your replies! xx
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I can't help but laugh at my spelling of thrush... 'trush' lol!
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LOL, I thought you were a Dubliner....:p

Hope your friend gets her horse's thrush sorted, anyway.

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Thank you, given her the link to the thread and she is really pleased with all of the positive feedback! So thank you again everybody!! xx

..... next I will be saying 33 1/3 as turty tree und a turd lmao! Only jest - no offence to any Irish folk! xx
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