Recipe for Hoof Goop to treat Hoof Issues?

[4LeafCloverFarm]

I have a new farrier that has shared a recipe for some “hoof goop” to help heal white line in one hoof of my pony and to aid healing of an old abscess that blew out the toe of my horse that required a bit of resection. She rattled off all the microbe names that one needs to keep at bay, but I’m useless with remembering such words (if all sounds greek to me!). The recipe contains:

1 tube Desitin
1 tube triple antibiotic ointment (like Neosporin)
1 tube fungal cream (like Lamisil)
2 TBSP copper sulfate

My hoof treatment kit includes Betadine, Kopertox and Ichthamol - never tried creams on a hoof before. Just curious what others thought of such a recipe - if you’ve concocted something similar or if it actually works (vs rotating different products to keep microbes at bay). Seems it would do a better job of staying put/coverage being a cream (vs a liquid like Betadine or Kopertox), but that’s just a guess.

I have Kopertox, but not sure where you even get plain copper sulfate?

Anyway, just curious if this hoof goop recipe would be beneficial or just pass and use standard treatment. Thanks in advance.

[Guilherme]

Here is a good article on white line disease:

https://thehorse.com/129797/white-line-disease-diagnosis-and-treatment/

Unless your farrier has experience as compounding pharmacist I’d be reluctant to mess with “home remedies.”

G.

[EmilyM]

my farrier told me my horses small toe cracks were technically white line disease, a fungus. i put miconidazole in the toe cracks that my horse had. it helped. it’s the active ingredient in Monistat 7, but i got several big generic tubes from the pharmacist. no prescription needed.
not sure if white line is generic for any infection?
also Perfect Products makes a hoof cream called Regen-X or some such. that’s great for a horse with shelly feet that gets cracking in toes.

[rubygirl1968]

I used to use Tomorrow, but I use the goop now. 2 tbsp copper sulfate and 8 oz extra strength desitin. I’ve also used the copper sulfate in vaseline in a pinch when I ran out of desitin. It worked great.

I read about it on Pete Ramey’s facebook page. The antibiotic ointment and anti fungal was the original and the desitin and copper is the latest.

[wildlifer]

It’s a great way to create a bunch of resistant microbes. Fungus can also develop resistance to products. Better to find out what you are dealing with first than to throw everything at everything all the time.

Desitin (zinc oxide) is good at sticking to things, I sure can’t get it off my hands very easily when I put it on heel crusties.

[AppaloosaDressage]

2 tbsp copper sulfate mixed with container of Vaseline. Painted on the soles and hoof wall every morning before turning out on morning dew. Keeps the white line and thrush away.

[luvmyhackney]

I use copper sulfate mixed with zinc oxide. I try to avoid antibiotics as much as possible.

[4LeafCloverFarm]

OK, so the consensus is this recipe for hoof goop is out. Sounded a bit too much, but just thought I’d ask, since I was unfamiliar with mixing those products.

Where do you all get your copper sulfate? I’m assuming you’re using a powder, not a liquid? I see it on Amazon, but is it found under a specific brand name or something that I’d find at walmart or home depot or a garden center? Or do you just mix Kopertox with the vaseline or desitin?

[rubygirl1968]

The crystals are at Lowes, Home Depot but the powder I’ve only seen on amazon. I bought the crystals and ground them up in an old coffee grinder.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Eco-Clean-2-lbs-99-Pure-Copper-Sulfate-Pentahydrate-Crystals-99CSPC-2/306067765

[Viserion]

I use a variation of that goop for thrush and other misc wounds. It works wonders on scratches. I just use desitin, triple antibiotic cream, and an anti-fungal.

[AppaloosaDressage]

I get the powder from amazon or sometimes my farrier. Leave the Vaseline in the sun for a while for easy mixing, then store somewhere cool once mixed up.