Older horse? with bad foot

[RockyToggRanch]

I have a barefoot trimmer coming this morning. I'm always so nervous with new people around my animals. Gjango's foot still looks bruised, but he's walking better. He's almost completely switched over to a good 1st cut hay. I hope that helps. I'll let you know what the trimmer says.

 

[RockyToggRanch]

Hi
The trimmer was a very pleasant, somewhat young, female. She seems very confident and well educated. I was comfortable with her. And the horses were comfortable with her as well. She showed me what was being done wrong with the trimming and what should be done to correct it. She talked about diet, something that my farrier avoids. I think Gjango will be better off with her than my farrier.

One thing is bothering me though....
She trimmed his feet and poked around with a hoof pick and said he has some fungal infection (thrush) and then was looking at the other 2 horses and used the same pick. I thought that was a huge no no....
So even though the other 2 don't have it, I think I'll treat all 3.

She suggested lysol in water and also a half athletes foot/ half antibiotic cream in a syringe squirted into the deep parts. Does that sound right?

 

[patandchickens]

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I would not worry about that in the slightest. The organism that causes thrush is EVERYWHERE. Believe me, your other horses are most certainly already being exposed to it. Whether a horse gets visible thrush just depends on the conditions of his personal feet. Also thrush is totally no big deal at all -- I mean, you want to take care of it but it's not like some terrible threat

She suggested lysol in water and also a half athletes foot/ half antibiotic cream in a syringe squirted into the deep parts. Does that sound right?

Sure, there are a lot of ways to treat thrush, not too awful much difference IME in how well they work, this is one of them

Really, it is not a big deal. You just want to get after it, is all. If she can get his feet in better shape, and when the ground dries out (like, in May

) that will help a lot, too.

Good luck, have fun, hope he does well with his new feeties,

Pat​

 

[luvarabhorses]

I wouldn't use a lYsol mix. I would get Mustads Thrusbuster or the Jeffers Equine half price equivalent. If you only want to apply it once (maybe twice), rather than twenty times to get rid of it.
Did she say how bad she was foundered???

 

[RockyToggRanch]

She didn't seem to think it was that bad. When I asked if he might ever be ridden again, she said she thought he would. She said the farrier has been doing a flat trim and she wants to build up the walls and bring the heel back. (I won't quote her, I could have the wording wrong.)
She talked about nutrition and different ways to put wieght on him without making his feet worse. And told me all of the things that I've been doing that aren't helping him.
I measured him with the wieght tape today and he's around 800 lbs. I'd love to see him bulk up a bit. He was 800 when we got him 2 yrs ago and we had him up to 850 after a yr.

I really want to ride him, he;s such a great horse.