So one of my horses has always been very thrush prone. When I got him, he was from a BLM pen in Nevada and had horrid thrush. We have been battling it on and off ever since then. None of my other 5 horses on the property have issues. The pasture isn’t marshy or wet, anywhere with a lot of use has gravel, and the stalls (when they are used, I only stall a few months a year) are cleaned daily. Weirdly enough, his back hooves never have thrush, and his right front is considerably worse than the left.
So here’s what I’ve tried;
Different farrier. I trim him, but for a year I had a well respected farrier do it. No difference.
Today/tomorrow paste. Did it every day for 2 weeks and had zero results.
Oral Antibiotics and a special cream from the vet: Treated the left front, not the right.
Kopertox. Didn’t do anything except stain everything green. Used until the bottle was empty.
Thrush Buster. See above on not doing anything but staining things. used until the bottle was empty.
Absorbine hoofflex thrush remedy. No results. Used for 2 bottles.
Vetericyn hoof spray: did nothing. Used up the bottle and tried something else.
Desitin/ Petes Goo Concoction: It worked on the left front but did nothing for the right front. I actually still apply it every few days to the left front to keep that thrush away.
Scrubbing with dawn soap every day: kind of worked, but any progress made goes away when i miss a few days. Still won’t really get rid of it. I tried it for every day for a month.
White lightning/oxine soaks. Definitely helps but only if it do it 2-3 times a week. When I stop, it comes back. This is what I am currently doing, and it is still not completely treating it. Just kind of holding it at bay.
He’s on a diet of grass (he is muzzled to slow him down) in the summer, and timothy hay in the winter. He gets Purina enrich plus for his grain, along with supplemented zinc, copper, magnesium, and biotin.
Any ideas? New treatments? Something I’ve missed?
