tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852129912812812816.post4344631411889812016..comments2024-03-26T06:03:04.014-06:00Comments on The Well Groomed Horse: Blue Mondays and Kopertox greenCut-N-Jumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10355349642284506192noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852129912812812816.post-61500126972962042402010-02-15T11:24:28.027-07:002010-02-15T11:24:28.027-07:00Koppertox: it helps if you put it in a little cont...Koppertox: it helps if you put it in a little container & apply with a brush. <br /><br />Thrush smells like dirty litter box to me. YUK.<br /><br />Between snow melt and heavy clay soil, there's always standing water around here (East Central IN) in the winter and spring. (Farmers have to tile their fields.) It's just a MESS. Now, of course, we are dealing with a ton of snow and chunks of ice all over. We are getting another 7" today - I'm getting ready to leave now as a matter of fact. <br /><br />I can't get to the barn every day, which suuuuucks, because their road keeps drifting shut, and my fun little car just can't cut it. At least I know Chip is fuzzy warm, fed & socialized, though I can't pick out his feet every day, or even every OTHER day. *grumble* And with his white feet, he does seem slightly more prone to thrush, though it clears up easily with just one application of green shit. I've only had to do it twice since November, so I guess that's not bad.<br /><br />OK I am rambling, but Frizzle, thanks for the info!cattypexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17589672286463092432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852129912812812816.post-83288345090909116242010-02-12T13:48:15.813-07:002010-02-12T13:48:15.813-07:00Thanks! This did help. I would have responded so...Thanks! This did help. I would have responded sooner, but have been deathly ill with some kind of flu. My temperature was at 104 for 24 hours and I rarely have a fever! I had to go to the grocery store (at its peak) for medicine, and seriously considered lying down on the nice cold floor and letting them call an ambulance for me! <br /><br />I think Thrushbuster is working the best. I just need to apply it every day or every other day, rather than once weekly as the bottle says to do. I think I will go with ACV (1:1 with water) on the other days. I tried the Absorbine. It has the consistency of olive oil and did not seem to do much.<br /><br />My farrier recommended the water/bleach solution, but my vet did not agree and I could tell it was hurting him when applied (even at 10:1).<br /><br />I wish I had moved him sooner. He got it at the other place after the first big rain. There is some mud in his new paddock, but it's in a pretty limited area, and soil is very sandy, so it does not pack in like other soils do.<br /><br />He has a run-in at the new place, which might as well be a stall, and he is fed in there, but he does not seem to like to be in there otherwise. I don't think he has ever been stalled. He runs out every time he hears a noise.<br /><br />I was putting shavings down for him, but he decided they were for urinating on and nothing else. He won't pee in there without the shavings, so now it's dry.<br /><br />I am just ready for the rain to stop!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852129912812812816.post-33335411950259855542010-02-10T14:14:23.133-07:002010-02-10T14:14:23.133-07:00Salt + Sand. I do not know the ratio.
Husband use...Salt + Sand. I do not know the ratio.<br /><br />Husband used to use it on the gravel driveway, in the winter, after plowing...<br /><br />I just wonder...GoLightlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18283690734019490983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852129912812812816.post-48276569243429564482010-02-10T10:35:17.552-07:002010-02-10T10:35:17.552-07:00FV- yep, same sorta issue and yep, lovin something...FV- yep, same sorta issue and yep, lovin something that takes stronger chemicals to remove... not so much. :(<br /><br />Frizzle- glad to see new posters around here, always a good thing! ACV is a form of acid, so yes it is good to dilute it for a soaking. One of the reasons it cleans out the thrush and is recommended for the abcesses to Kill the gunk! and sanitize everything. <br /><br />GL- Pickled sand? Care to elaborate and hopefully inform? I haven't ever heard of it. What is that?<br /><br />As for the sandy footing vs. heavier dirt goes, that's where things get intriguing and intricate in a balancing act of sorts.<br /><br />The sandy footing tends to dry out much quicker. Paired with a good base underneath it and an area with drainage- it really dries out much quicker! The dry area to work allows the hoof a dry place to land during work. Movement as Frizzle said, aids in the circulation in the hoof, so that is another good reason to get them out and moving.<br /><br /><br />Mud can also be beneficial in some cases. People used to use mud packs on wounds to draw out toxins and it is still used in some spa treatments. Also a lot of the folks trying to keep their horses in a somewhat natural enviornment will provide a mud hole around the water trough for the hooves to soak as the horse drinks. This also allows the horses to go stand in the mud for long periods of time at their will. <br /><br />But a horse who is stuck in a stall filled with manure or wet bedding or turned out in a dry lot with little or no drainage after a downpouring rain like many of us have recently seen- thrush may soon become an issue for them, as well as 'scratches' and rain rot.<br /><br />Our own horses stood out in the rain for part of the storm, but if it got too wet to feed them out there or they appeared cold from the rain they were brought in. The one arena is still sludgy and thick as well as slick, so it will take some time to get it back in useable condition. We are also set up for flood irrigation so things are sorta designed not to drain and run off so quickly. Three of the four other turnouts are useable. The fourth one may be back in use today or tomorrow. Hooray, because they can sure use it!Cut-N-Jumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03603347619547454296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852129912812812816.post-77297749806192193962010-02-09T22:21:34.183-07:002010-02-09T22:21:34.183-07:00Most thrush remedies (including watered down bleac...Most thrush remedies (including watered down bleach) kill the bacteria/thrush, but also destroy healthy hoof tissue. Here are some options for killing thrush that will NOT harm hoof tissue --<br />1.)Yup, I have heard that apple cider vinegar soaks are good, but I have heard it should be 50% apple cider vinegar and 50% water.<br />2.) For thrush deep in the central sulcus of the frog, mix 50% triple antibiotic and 50% athlete's foot cream, put it into a small-tip syringe, and put the tip of the syringe deep into the cleft to inject the solution.<br />3.) White Lightning -- I feel like a salesperson, but this stuff is the BEST at clearing up thrush, abscesses, and White Line Disease. I will never be without it. It's a bit of a process, but definitely worth it.<br />4.)Mixture of 1/3 Lysol 4-in-1 cleanser and 2/3 water -- spray this on feet daily to treat and prevent thrush, WLD, etc.<br />Also keep in mind that movement is essential for foot health, so the more your horse moves, the faster the thrush will clear upFrizzlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03084225669041286128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852129912812812816.post-13026177762824946792010-02-09T20:58:07.047-07:002010-02-09T20:58:07.047-07:00mindlessly musing here, as I try to sleep through ...mindlessly musing here, as I try to sleep through the snoring, which is not going well..<br /><br />Would "pickled sand" be effective?<br />Do horses worked in sand/sandy soils develop thrush as easily as the horses who live on "heavier" dirt?<br /><br />oh, oh, my coherence tremblor is broken. I better just get some sleep.<br /><br />To Healthy Froggies!GoLightlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18283690734019490983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852129912812812816.post-80195223405171473502010-02-09T17:18:55.721-07:002010-02-09T17:18:55.721-07:00Gotta love a product that recomends cleaning your ...Gotta love a product that recomends cleaning your skin with gas ! We use Koppertox around here for hoof rot in cattle ,same premise I supposeSherry Sikstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15739108723318002627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852129912812812816.post-17885477639826173482010-02-09T14:42:43.463-07:002010-02-09T14:42:43.463-07:00Koppertox is MESSY stuff! I prefer cleaning the h...Koppertox is MESSY stuff! I prefer cleaning the hoof really good, spraying on a 1-part bleach/ 3-part water solution and keeping the horse in as dry of footing as possible. If you do this as soon as you smell the evidence of thrush, it usually does the trick.Drillriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07237598511944008927noreply@blogger.com