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Location: In the land of peanuts and cotton | My mare has been battling what we thought was a bad hoof abscesse. She didn't seem to be getting better and I couldn't see my farrier so u took her to one that's always at our nbha shows and he said she had thrush and that I needed to soak her in Clorox water. So I did. First time was Sunday. I bought a Davis soaker boot years ago so that's what I used. She kept kicking and pawing her boot. I had been soaking her in Epsom salt and she acted the same way so I didn't think much of it. I though she was just trying to have a attitude. She has a attitude problem anyway. So when she would paw I would pop her with the lead rope. This went on for a little less than 10min. I took the boot off washed her foot off gave her a handful of treats and turned her loose. Well the next day she was swollen really bad so I called the vet and she said it was from the Clorox and to give her bute and to add more water, less Clorox. So that's what I did. She fussed but not like the day before. I got her out to soak her agin yesterday and she has burns from her hoof line to her ankle on the back of her foot and there so bad that they were bleeding. So of coarse I didn't soak her. I doctored the burns with the only thing I have which is nitrofurizone and turned her out. Today her burns look sooo much worse. I got this mare when she was 5 months old and she's 7 now. I have never had one as trusting as she has been and now I feel like I've completely destroyed that. Y'all can't imagine how bad I feel. I've cried until I have no tears left. I would never had done it had I know that's what would happen. I've never had one with thrush or even knew what it looked like. One of my real good friends dad is one of the farriers that teaches the farriers and he gave me a list of stuff to go get tomorrow to start treating it. He said he had seen worse but she had a really bad case of it but he thinks this will work. It just may take a couple weeks. He said she could have been allergic to the Clorox because he said a lot of horses were but I think he was trying to make me feel better. I was playing with a stray puppy today that showed up at my work and Someone asked me why after working at the vets office for a while I decided I didn't want to be a vet, this is exactly why. If I can't even treat mine, how am I suppose to treat someone else's? I went from wanting to be a vet since I was like 8yrs old and then working at the vet. Now I teach preschool. I don't like it near as good but I don't want someone else's animals life depending on me.
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | I've chemical burned my share, it happens to all of us. Fly spray, poultice, liniment...the possibilities for sensitivity are endless. My daughter's mare doesn't have any hair on her ankles right now. Oops. |
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| Aww, so sorry. She will forgive you and still love you, animals are amazing that way :)
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Location: In a happy place | Sorry. Your mare will forgive you. It is good that you love your animals so much. |
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Location: Midwest | I burned mine once with fly spray, another time with DMSO... happens to us all. Sometimes we kill them with kindness. No worries, she will heal. It happens to the best of us. |
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| It was just a mistake, give her some extra treats and don't beat yourself up over it too much. I accidently burnt my gelding's back with liniment gel. I thought I was doing him good and ended up hurting him. He hasn't held it against me... I think anyways!
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Location: on my horse | she'll be just fine and I promise she'll forgive you. I understand exactly what you're feeling because I've been there too! Furizone is a warming agent, great for sweating a leg but not so great for treating things like burns. It's definitely much better than nothing but Corona cream, bag balm, swat (keeps flies off too), etc. would be soothing and protective. |
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Location: SW MO | 
Your not a bad horse Mom |
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| I burnt mine with pour on fly spray. But they still loved me. It will be ok. :) |
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Location: Florida.. | we all have done it Im sure..she still loves you..
People need to realize that bleach will kill or eat at live flesh as well so to soak it in a boot isnt a good idea..its a shame you did as told by a professional and it happened though..have to make sure its really diluted..
I know using a syringe you can hit the area better.. I personally dont use it but I know some that do..
Edited by Bibliafarm 2014-08-14 8:37 AM
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Location: Mansfield, Tx | I've done that with mine several time with fly spray... I get so mad at myself knwing I either sprayed to much or to close... forgive yourself and treat her.. she will be fine |
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Location: Fort Collins, CO | for thrush, i've made a spray bottle of bleach & water and spray it on the hoof--i've never soaked it. Or I use thrushbuster (the purple stuff). try doing that to treat the thrush while you treat her burns. don't worry--animals can be so forgiving and just put burn stuff on her and swat! |
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Location: 31 lengths farms | Did it twice to my mare, once with fly spray and then again a month or so again with lemon essential oil... Unfortunately its one of those things you don't know how they will react until they, well, react. Good friend of mine burned hers with white vinegar brace. She had used it before on her other horses, this mare just didn't handle it well. |
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Location: Texas | I burnt the faces of my two guys with M-T-G attempting to get rid of a fungus on their blazes. I will NEVER use M-T-G again!
Just FYI... a FABULOUS product for thrush is "No Thrush".
http://www.nothrushshop.com/index.html |
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| A year ago I bandaged a booboo on my mares back leg. I thought it was good but turns out I did it too tight. I came back to the barn the next morning with her limping and that leg was super swollen. Talk about feeling stupid. I called my hubby crying thinking I screwed her for life. It took about 2 days for the swelling to go down. Luckily she has no ill effects from that. Also will second the No Thrush. Worked great for my mares thrush last spring. Didn't realize I can use it for scratches too. I'm treating her for that right now. |
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Location: Sorrow Not! Defending against workplace bullies | I would not try any more remedies and just call the vet out asap. your horse could probably use some pain killer and might need a little minor surgery. And if she has been lame and if she has thrush bad enough to seem like an abscess...why mess around? I am not judging you, I have made similar mistakes. The lesson learned for me was to just call the vet. It costs less in the long run. Also I learned to never put anything on my horse without researching it very carefully.
ETA Another reason for the vet is the risk of infectin and need for antibiotics.
One more ETA: Rereading your post, I would not be sure she has thrush at all. So you aretreating her for a diagnosis from a farrier you dont know well...and not even positive that is the problem.
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Location: Pacific Northwest | Aww I'm sorry. One time after a run I took my horse's boots off and he had friction burns on both back legs. No idea how or why that happened, they were the Classic Equine Pro-Tech boots and I'd been using them for about 6 months with no problems. Completely burnt and tore skin on both legs.
I went to cold hose the burns and didn't realize someone had left the hose on SCALDING hot water and I burnt my horse even worse. I felt SOOO bad. They healed pretty fast but parts of it scarred. He forgave me and doesn't hate me anymore, but I don't use those boots now. |
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| Bibliafarm - 2014-08-14 8:36 AM we all have done it Im sure..she still loves you..
People need to realize that bleach will kill or eat at live flesh as well so to soak it in a boot isnt a good idea..its a shame you did as told by a professional and it happened though..have to make sure its really diluted..
I know using a syringe you can hit the area better.. I personally dont use it but I know some that do..
Bleach solution should be mixed to a 10% solution. 1 part bleach, 9 parts water.
I use bleach solution on scratches and rain rot. You can also use a dilute betadone solution. It should look like weak tea.
But if your horse has thrush, see if you can pack it with Today or Tomorrow cow mastitis meds.
Once you get it under control, I like Trifectant. It's nontoxic and won't hurt them (unless they are sensitive to that particular medication.) You can spray it as often as you want or can.
Don't beat yourself up. Your vet should have told you how to dilute the bleach.
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Location: Sunny So Cal | Everyone has done something like that to their horse. This is why I love animals the most. They are so forgiving. She will still love you just the same. If you have any ZonOx try that. It will help with the burn and the thrush. |
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