DIY Thrush and White Line Treatment for Horse Hooves! Equestrian Hack

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In this month's DIY equestrian barn hack, I will show you how to make your own thrush and white line treatment for your horses' hooves! This treatment will kill the bad bacteria while leaving health cells alone! With just 2 ingredients from your local grocery store, you can kiss thrush goodbye!
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[@tracyjohnson5023]

Iodine can sting for sure but it does kill bacteria. Thrush and white line are different. Yes, formaldehyde does toughen up soles as well as nixing some bacteria. With white line, you have to expose it to the air to get to it. Keratex hoof hardener is a decent product for sole hardening and treating white line between farrier visits. Zinc oxide mixed with copper sulfate powder will kill sulcus and regular thrush. White vinegar and sulfate make a good soak for white line. Bottom line, no matter what you use, you have to do it every day until it's gone. I've found ACV sprayed on bottom of hoof every day or 2 to be great at keeping hooves bacteria free.

[@meganpahl3612]

Can and will this treat an x-thrush infection that is not in the sole? I ask because while my mare's hoof is clear of thrush, the powder-like unexfolliated sole smells like stinky feet.

[@camillecauble101]

Lucky my old horse has really sturdy feet but my cousins horse not so much so I’ll tell her about this😆😊👍

[@amateureventertales8484]

Love the old boys! Hope it helps!

[@dawnparmee586]

Does this actually the bacteria? Or just it just dissolve the dirt?

[@naomiepatterson9764]

Is it okay to use hoof oil after doing this treatment or will that compromise the effectiveness?

[@amateureventertales8484]

It should be fine. This is just to kill the harmful bacteria without being as harsh on the good hoof cells

[@sueglossop2732]

How often should you do this?

[@amateureventertales8484]

You could do it everyday if you need to

[@thegrayandthebay2977]

Would hydrogen peroxide do the same? If you're boiling it out or is there another benefit to it? I'm also battling it on an older horse and we need to harden her hooves but I'm not really wanting to get what the farrier suggested which was formaldehyde and iodine mixed

[@amateureventertales8484]

Hydrogen peroxide is pretty caustic too and formaldehyde/iodine is very caustic and in my opinion an old wives tale that just dries them out...my personal opinion: I don't think there is anything you can put on topically that will actually harden hooves. You need more sole growth and I think a variety of surfaces for them to walk on will help stimulate that. I would try putting pea gravel around water trough or in areas they walk through often

[@thegrayandthebay2977]

@@amateureventertales8484 she has a large pasture that has lots of different terrain so it helps but this time of year everything is wet lol so other than moving we're stuck with squishy soft area. That Vetericyn stuff I've been using I really think has helped but he keeps telling me to use that mix and I'm not about to she's making progress with what I've been doing so I guess I'll keep on going with it! This is a really cool and useful tip because pretty much everyone has the ingredients at home too

[@amateureventertales8484]

I've heard people say tea tree oil mixed with vinegar helps strengthen hooves as well as be a bacteriacidal, I've tried it before on Buck and didn't notice any difference in his hoof tenderness but could be worth a shot

[@thegrayandthebay2977]

Definitely!