Thrush???

Hi lizzy, my horse has had thrush quite alot and i find that peroxide works very well, you can buy it from your local chemist and your should squirt a syringe full of it onto the infected area twice dayly, it will fizzy up on the thrush and gets rid of it in about 2 weeks or so.

My horse Dylan has thrush on and off and I use a solution called Frog oil (i think thats what its called) Its a green liquid that you paint onto the frog (once you've thoroughly cleaned and dried the feet) It seems to work well as its a strong antifungal solution. He has the same feet as my old horse with quite deep clefts in the heel and its quite common with TBs apparently. He is stabled on a good clean straw bed which is mucked out thoroughly everyday so its not caused from standing in a mucky bed... I think its very unlucky if you have a horse with thrush!! My farrier recommend builders lime to dry out the infection. Havent tried that yet tho........

George is running round the field lke there was never anything wrong. he had the start of an ABCESS (cant spell) and i must have nipped at it when he went really lame. but the farrier sorted it out and all i had to be conserned about was the thrush bacteria. so he and others told me to use Poroxide and weaken it with water to kill te thrush off.
so i have done all the horses fett out with it as i ant to make sure that they dont have it!!!!!
but little madam Beauty wouldnt let me she was reallt naughty so i will have to do her feet 2morro when i have more help!
you really wouldnt think that there george was even in pain!
Glad to see he has perket p though its not george to be dull!!!!

poor old george. I think thrush is quite common at this time of the year, luckily i have never had the problem. Just a matter of keeping it clean as mary says. I think it may have been the start of an abscess rather than an ulcer. Keep an eye on that as it is a terribly painful thing, Brooke had one in the summer. Personally, I would look at getting another farrier, if he is going to let you down it's not much good to you. Hope he is feeling better soon.

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what would we do without you!

Hi Lizzie,
I have consulted my horse veterinary (bible as I call it - Ha-ha-ha) and it reads like this:
Clean the foor throroughly,to help control the infection and the frog and frog clefts must be throroughly trimmed to remove all loose dead tissue.The foot should be thoroughly scrubbed with a dilute iodine solution and an antibiotic spray should be applied to the affected tissues.This will help dry and them harden them.
Alternatively the clefts may be packed with sulphanimalide powder and the feet both cleaned and treated daily until the condition is sorted....keep the horse on a clean dry bed.
It goes on to say about prevention and that but the treatment is all that is written above.
Yes....I would agree that you probably released the infection from the foot yourself,but that probably helped him a little by relieving the pressure.
I think that there is going to be no quick-fix solution here...but plenty of foot cleaning with preperations and trying to keep the area as sterile and dry,as possible,along with daily treatment.I would pop along to your nearest equestrian store tomorrow,if you can and see what antibiotic sprays they've got that is suitable for Thrush in horses..obviously your farrier can do no more at this stage but if George,worsens obviously,get your vet out who may recommend him a course of antibiotics to clear up the infection from internally and may issue you with a hoof treatment too.
It's such a shame and the ole saying goes 'No foot - no horse'....keep doing all that you are and can for him and keep smiling!!!.

Hiya :)
George..............he had the very start of an ulcer, I walked him out of his stable on Thursday and my very good friend jimmy (who has years of experience with his horses and won the royal welsh hehe ) shouted to stop. George was limping a bit. so we picked his feet out and there were a few stones. But then I must have nicked the ulcer which caused the puss to come out, jimmy had a look and said to walk geo on.
But he could hardly work by now. I thought it was bad and I got really scared and upset, I walked him in with a LOT of help and persuasion. I cleaned the foot up with warm salt water and put a poltis on his foot with really hot bran mash which is what John used to do to his horses the old fashioned way. I knew I had the Ferrier coming on Saturday anyway so I just kept cleaning and changing the poltis o his leg.
When the Ferrier came he said that I must have got the puss put of the ulcer and that he had no ulcer there now, but he had thrush. He then went on to ay that there might not have been an ulcer there I could have been a combination of the thrush eating at his foot and a stone nicking his foot were it had hurt him. In the end we have put it all down to that and the fact that my old Ferrier had let me down twice and my horses needed doing real bad.
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i have had the farrier out and he has done all he can for me

Clean the affected area with a strong salt solution and then allow the sole to completely dry.
Apply a highly stringent Witch Hazel to the area and then select essential oils Lemon,Sage,
Tea Tree,Geranium and Myrrh......these are plants that have both anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties.You can also add Garlic,Calendula and Eucalyptus.
Mix your selected oils into a carrier oil,such as Almond ,Wheatgerm or Peach Kernel oil and then paint onto the affected area.
This treatment must go hand in hand with the very best stable management if an improvement is to be achieved.
You must get out your farrier as soon as possible,first thing Monday would be ideal...he may have to open up the cleft of the frog before it get be dressed with a suitable treatment.
Keep your stable clean and the feet regulary washed with disinfectant.
Thrush is a condition in which the glands of the 'frog' sweat excessively due to irritation from dirt,stale urine,damp bedding,etc.....it is usually seen in the hind feet but the fore feet can also be affected,causing the frog to become moist and smell particularly unpleasant.
So get the farrier out as soon as you can and try the natural approach,if you can.......let us know how poor George,get's on.Take care and all the best with him.