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Hello L gin,

You certainly are under some kind of "black 
cloud" too bad it doesn't have any rain. :-) I 
have used straight bleach and 50/50 diluted 
bleach/water for years when thrush shows up 
during mud season here in San Diego. Has worked 
great on my horses. I do not soak the hooves, I 
spray the soles. I pick out the big chunks, leave 
the rest, spray the sole real good, drop the hoof 
and do the next. No fuss no muss and a cool 
splatter pattern on my pants for a bonus. Do it 
every day for a week then every other day for a 
while and keep cutting back if the thrush stays 
away. Frogs can get a fungus that eats the frog 
and makes them weak and small. Bleach does not 
work very good on fungus. I use EasySoaker boots 
and a borax solution and get good results. I have 
been using powdered Borax hand soap with lanolin. 
One electrolyte size scoop (1.5 oz?) per gallon 
of water. I leave the boots on for at least an 
hour with a few short walks to pump the solution 
into the cracks, keep adding solution as it 
splashes out until the gallon is gone. I did it 
every other day for 2 weeks last year and the 
frogs improved a lot then I cut back to every 
month or so. I need to do that routine again, thanks for reminding me. ;-)
Don Huston


At 07:31 PM 9/6/2007 Thursday, you wrote:

>   Geez  guys-- not only do 3 of 5 have this 
> weird new disease/syndrome  and I am 
> backpedaling to  take care of this mess 
> after(  being down with   The staph infection 
> and cold) and bathing and  trimming  (which I was behind
> on).
>   But now one of the two  who occasionally get 
> thrush ,--- picked up his foot and  started to 
> clean and most of  the frog came off---I almost 
> cried. He has deep grooves and  domed hoof, 
> frog has always been  narrow  and doesn't 
> weight bear like my other barefoot horses.
>   I forgot, that, it isn't during wet ,  that 
> these two get thrush , but when it is  dry a 
> long time.  I had thrushbuster, which usually 
> clears it up, and put it on--wondering if I was 
> doing the right thing or not. he isn't lame, 
> but he didn't like me cleaning it out. It 's like there is a hole in his foot
>  I have epics  I could put on and  pack with?????????????????? (not that I
> have tried them on yet)
>   Or , since I am now hosing 3 horses 2x a day 
> for 20  minutes, would that and maybe 
> spraying  a lysol mix or betadine or cider 
> vinegar be enough? And for how long? I read 
> they don't recommend diluted bleach anymore.
>    It is bone dry here. Only the poop is moist for about an hour.
>     The  100's heat wave is broken , it is only  90's now--- but will
> probably stay dry.
>
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Don Huston at cox dot net
SanDiego, Calif 



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