RE: Thrush

2004-10-29 Thread Linda Lottie
This message is from: "Linda Lottie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Roberta...I dealt with thrush years ago with my QH.  This is what the vet told me to do.  Using a "thrush product" - clean out the hoof, put the thrush product on a few pieces of cleansing pads (the round lit

RE: Thrush

2004-10-29 Thread John D. Herr
This message is from: "John D. Herr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You can try a product called "Clean Trax". Clean Trax is mixed with water and the leg is soaked. For more details see www.equinepodiatry.net and look on their product page. They also have the soaking boots. I know KC and he k

Thrush

2004-10-29 Thread Warren Stockwell
This message is from: "Warren Stockwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have been fighting this thrush all summer and haven't been getting it to GO AWAY! I have been using bleach and had seen some improvement so kept up the good work. I am concerned that with the winter coming that I

Re: Thrush

2004-10-29 Thread David Hagen
pplier in Iowa: http://www.premier1supplies.com/store/prod_display.html?prod_id=79&pcat_id=1&cat_id=7 I suggest buying a few jars of the stuff and liberally applying some all over the frog and elsewhere on the underside of the hoof every other day or so. If the bacteria that causes thrush is an

Sugardine, wounds, and thrush

2004-07-08 Thread coyote
ney mixed with providone-iodine (Betadine) increases the rate of healing, promotes healthy drainage, and reduces the amount of scarring of open wounds, draining abscesses, and some types of burns in humans and horses, compared with other treatments. Cherry Hill suggests using sugardine to

Re: Thrush

2004-06-30 Thread Fhtrp
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] There's also a product on the market called Clean Trax (Tracks) it's advertised in Equus, Practical Horseman etc.. Frodo had thrush several years ago that no matter what I tried ( Thrushbuster, Formaldhyde etc.) it would not go away. So

Re: Thrush

2004-06-29 Thread NordicKees
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 6/29/2004 5:19:28 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > You mix the betadine into the white sugar until you get a thick syrup > like honey or molasses. When you paint it on, it stays active longer > than plain beta

Re: Thrush

2004-06-29 Thread shawna smith
This message is from: "shawna smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I was told to pour white sugar into the sore and I have been doing that and sure enough, - no more infection Rondi Tyler. So. Calif. My dad is a beekeeper and we put honey on any cold sores or canker sores. Also have used it, wi

Re: Thrush

2004-06-29 Thread GD
abscess. I put it in the defect with a tongue depressor and covered with vet wrap which helped it dry on there. I know thrush needs air so I think you wouldn't wrap it. Genie in Ann Arbor, MI This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] When I lived in Nevada we had to deal with thrush occas

Re: Thrush

2004-06-28 Thread Skish19
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] When I lived in Nevada we had to deal with thrush occasionally, and the only thing I ever used was Betadine. It worked quite well. I'm not sure what the addition of white sugar to it would do, because the Betadine by itself did the trick. S

Re: Thrush

2004-06-28 Thread Skish19
When I lived in Nevada we had to deal with thrush occasionally, and the only thing I ever used was Betadine. It worked quite well. I'm not sure what the addition of white sugar to it would do, because the Betadine by itself did the trick. Sara K. Murrieta, CA

Re: Thrush

1999-09-23 Thread Jean Gayle
This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Elaine, one good thing about chlorine is how it dissipates so quickly. The hens are locked out of the coop for four or five hours at which time there is no odor. As you know with tropical fish and chlorinated water, you let the water sit f

Re: Thrush

1999-09-23 Thread Richard Smith
This message is from: Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 08:23 22/9/99 -0700, you wrote: >This message is from: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Regarding treatments for thrush: Because of our >generally wet climate - wetter still in the winter - >thrush

Re: Thrush

1999-09-22 Thread OLSENELAIN
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jean, You might be killing the fleas in your dog house, but you might be hurting your dog, too. The fumes from Clorox can burn lungs, eyes and skin. If I use it in my laundry and there is an animal or bird,( which are very sensitive to chemicals) in the

Re: Thrush

1999-09-22 Thread Denise Delgado
This message is from: "Denise Delgado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dear mary t., good thrush prevention ideas. my trainer does the same thing and has never had a case in over thirty years of keeping horses. copper-tox works well too, but is a lot more expensive then regular 79 cent

Re: Thrush

1999-09-22 Thread Jean Gayle
This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> My big Charley picked up a fungus on his pastern and lower leg when he was first broken. There were heavy crusty scabs that could be pealed off. I fussed with it for years.. One day I was using "coppertox" on his frogs and decided, must hav

Re: Thrush

1999-09-22 Thread Northhorse
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 9/22/99 8:26:07 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << For more advanced cases - but not full-blown thrush - we use the bleach full strength. Wear gloves in this case and don't let it get on your pants l

Thrush

1999-09-22 Thread Mary Thurman
This message is from: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Regarding treatments for thrush: Because of our generally wet climate - wetter still in the winter - thrush can be a problem if the horses never have a chance to let their feet get dry. For that reason we put our horses in stalls wit

Re: Thrush

1999-09-21 Thread John and Martie Bolinski
t were sloughing. We get an occassional case of thrush in the spring when it is very wet here. Our Fjord seems particularly prone. We use 'thrush-X' mostly. But I never heard that cleaning the deep grooves along the frog caused the problem or worsened it.? Martie and Kilar in wet dripp

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1999-09-21 Thread Starfire Farm, LLC
This message is from: "Starfire Farm, LLC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Merek, Because of all of the wet, rainy days we had this summer (sorry everyone who was in drought) we had one horse develop a bad case of thrush also. A complete surprise to us, with similar circumstances. The a

Re: Thrush

1999-09-21 Thread Mary Thurman
This message is from: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] He was appalled a couple > years ago to find a frog > detaching. He talked to his trainer and farrier who > both put his mind at > ease and said she'd be fine. And

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1999-09-20 Thread Northhorse
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 9/20/99 8:26:53 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Pam re "loss of frog" I understand they shed the frog every year anyway?? >> Yes. That's what they said. But I've never noticed it with the fjords, just wi

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1999-09-20 Thread Jean Gayle
This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Pam re "loss of frog" I understand they shed the frog every year anyway?? Jean Gayle Aberdeen, WA [Authoress of "The Colonel's Daughter" Occupied Germany 1946 TO 1949 ] http://www.techline.com/~jgayle Barnes & Noble Book Stores

Re: Thrush

1999-09-20 Thread Jean Gayle
This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Merek, I have been told thrush is like athletes foot. I have Koppertox in the barn, garage and arena, but it is very old. I had one horse with thrush and after several applications and dry weather we never had it again. I d

Re: Thrush

1999-09-20 Thread Northhorse
o both put his mind at ease and said she'd be fine. And grow a new one. Apparently it's not that uncommon for this to happen? She doesn't have/hasn't had thrush since we got her. So, listen to the advice of your farrier and vet, but I'm not worried about my "new&

Thrush

1999-09-19 Thread FJORDING
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, here's a new experience for me. Just got the word from Doc that my horse has a nasty case of thrush. This is a new one for me, as I have yet to have a horse that developed this. Seems I was picking out his feet with the usual rather pointed hoo