Central sulcus thrush fix - NOT antibiotics

[beowulf]

I think that a copper sulphate soak is a good recommendation and also agree with the poster that mentioned it may be hard to solve this by liquid application alone, as sometimes central sulcus thrush that bad is caused by contracted heels.

Durasole is worth trying if the above suggestions don’t work. Mine live in mud almost 365 days a year. Durasole is the only thing that seems to keep thrush at bay. I like to paint it on and let it sit for 5-10m. If it gets really bad I paint it on and wrap the hoof, it lets the Durasole spread without getting worn off by walking.

[endlessclimb]

I just want to point out that Durasole and ThrushBuster are by and large the exact same product. Look at the ingredients…

[beowulf]

They do have similar ingredients, but not identical ratios. Durasole has a significantly higher formalin content. It does a better job hardening soles for me.

I’ve had much better success managing thrush (and sole health) with Durasole. I don’t even bother with Thrushbuster.

[barnesthenoble]

Lots of very caustic stuff being recommended here. Which IME is much more likely to create a vicious cycle than actually resolve the issue.

I agree that daily soaks are not necessary–if I’m trying to hit something REALLY hard, I might do two soaks 24 hrs apart, but I usually only do that if I’m trying to quickly prep for glue ons or something else. I normally soak 2x/week and have really good results. 3x/week would be great, too.

[barnesthenoble]

@fivestrideline

Sounds like the white lightning soak is likely the only thing to get into the tiny cracks as it stands?

I think you would have decent luck with spraying on something like ACV to irrigate if soaking isn’t an option. That should help. Unfortunately there will be splashback so you might smell a little pickle-y for awhile.

[catchcan]

Central sulcus thrush tends to be tender. I would not put anything caustic such as Thrush Buster in there. Some horses will make their discomfort VERY clear if you try. If the central sulcus has a deep crack or split, you can floss it with some gauze soaked in betadine to clean it out, then pack with Red Horse Hoof Stuff. It is not caustic and has fibers to help it stay put. If you can’t get a hoof pick in there, use something thinner like a butter knife. You only need to push a little bit of the Hoof Stuff in there for it to be effective. The only time I have had trouble using this method is in the summer on rock hard dry hooves. In that case, I did have to soak first to soften the frog. Here is a demo of the flossing and packing: https://www.facebook.com/reel/242044082243855

[fivestrideline]

Apparently the sulcus is so tight the owner couldn’t even get gauze in there! I’ve seen it on pics. And this is in a soaking wet hoof. They could only get a single piece of hay in there (I guess it was an attempt to see if it was a crack at all).

I like Hoof Stuff though!

[Pehsness]

That’s pretty unlikely I think. It would probably just take some force to get it in and if it’s tender… that would suck.

I also like the No Thrush powder. I read recently it’s just diomataceous earth (sp?) Not sure if that’s true but it’s good in a boot.

The horse probably needs it’s shoes pulled to really getthe thrush, unfortunately.

[Kyrabee]

No Thrush also contains copper sulfate.

Item Specifications:

Ingredients:
High purity air-floated kaolin clay, Wyoming Grade sodium montmorillonite, bentonite, feed grade copper salt (sulfate), food grade diatomaceous earth, iron, oregano powder.

When my horse gets a tight central sulcus like h that. I very carefully opened it up with a hoof knife…very carefully. I use either the No Thrush or Puresole prophylactically in the wet season. Puresole has both a liquid and mud. My horse got thrush for the first time last year (new barn owners and bad stall cleaners). She had this flaky/ragged spot in the middle of each back frog. It took a little digging (again very carefully) to actually get down to the black/greenish goo. Treating the top did nothing. The Puresole cleared it up. For the first two weeks I used both the flush and the mud then continued with the flush until the ground dried out.

[Pehsness]

Oh i love that it has oregano in it, that’s fascinating. I remember the instant relief from my dry socket when I had my wisdom teeth removed- they packed it with cloves and oregano I believe.

[PaddockWood]

Great listen here from the Red Horse products formulator and owner. I moved all my hoofcare therapeutics to their products and very pleased. The frog and hoof is live tissue. Don’t use caustic products on it makes sense to me.

I have Hoof Stuff, Artimud and the spray and seeing great results heading off any issues.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7c_aLP_zIk

[Peggy]

@PaddockWood

reat listen here from the Red Horse products formulator and owner. I moved all my hoofcare therapeutics to their products

As a side note we shoved Artimud into a nasty heel grab that wasn’t healing (yes, cleaned it up first). Repeated three days later. After another three days (today) it’s filled it with good tissue.