That's very interesting. I'll have to keep that in mind.
I have problems with the horses getting thrush (sometimes) in the
winter. Basically being confined and standing in their own
mess. And they aren't that confined. They just like to stand
where they poop and pee. Go figure. Nothing serious as far as
the thrush. Cleaning their hooves gets rid of it after things dry
up. I just notice it sometimes when I'm cleaning their hooves and
notice the smell. I've ridden a horse that had thrush bad. I
could smell it sitting on top of the horse. Anyways, I'll get to the
point. We have a boarder that has hooves that are very straight up
and down and boxy looking. The lady who owns him can be real nice or
very rude and I don't like to tell people what to do with their animals
unless they ask. Is this boxy, straight hoof from being
contracted? He's a big 16+ paint and as big around as
up.
I, too, had a problem with chronic thrush. Nothing had changed
with this horse. He was kept in the same situation, his paddock and
stall are cleaned daily. The only difference was we changed
farriers. I would meticulously clean the afflicted hooves with
hydrogen peroxide twice a day, apply the sticky, green thrush
medicine. This went on for over a year. Finanlly, I looked at
one of my horses feet and they were all wrong (not the one with the
thrush). No heels, toes way too long. Turns out my farrier
liked to make big feet smaller, and he was contracting everyones
heels. Thrush and contracted heels go hand in hand, so consider that
maybe your farrier is contributing to your problem. I was so mad
when I realized that my farrier had caused the problem. We switched
farriers, and now over a year later, no more thrush and no contracted
heels.
Carolyn Burgess
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