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Blondes Are Wild Reg. Sep 2009	Posted 2015-07-09 8:20 AM Subject: RE: Best med for Scratches
Extreme Veteran Posts: 492	My 4 year old mare has what seems to be a pretty mild case of scratches, however, all of her legs are swelled from it. I just started applying Desitin with 40% zinc oxide last night. How long does the swelling usually take to go down? Anything else I can give her to help with the swelling? This particular horse seems to be sensitive to fungus/bacteria issues.
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Sandok Reg. Jan 2011	Posted 2015-07-09 9:02 AM Subject: RE: Best med for Scratches
Expert Posts: 1207	Where can you get Icthamol?
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merdth6 Reg. Jun 2009	Posted 2015-07-09 9:44 AM Subject: RE: Best med for Scratches
Expert Posts: 2335 Location: IL	Blondes Are Wild - 2015-07-09 8:20 AM My 4 year old mare has what seems to be a pretty mild case of scratches, however, all of her legs are swelled from it. I just started applying Desitin with 40% zinc oxide last night. How long does the swelling usually take to go down? Anything else I can give her to help with the swelling? This particular horse seems to be sensitive to fungus/bacteria issues. I cold hosed my geld's leg before I applied the zinc oxide and fungus cream. I also ran my fingers around the area and got all the crusty's off. It took a good 2 days for all the swelling to go all the way down, but I noticed a difference in a couple hours. Make sure you get all the crusty scabs off and apply the mixture on thick. If the scratches are really bad I would take clippers and shave the area so the medicince can soak in a work. edited to say--Make sure you also us an antifungal cream with the zinc oxide. Some sort of athlete's foot cream. It can be a generic cream. Mix the zinc oxide and antifungal cream together. Edited by merdth6 2015-07-09 9:46 AM
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abby2 Reg. Jul 2007	Posted 2015-07-09 2:45 PM Subject: RE: Best med for Scratches
	Sandok , Just about any tack shop that also sells wound care supplies should have it . Big Dee's Tack and Vet Supplies has it in their catalog for 11.95 / 16oz.
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wyoming barrel racer Reg. Apr 2006	Posted 2015-07-09 2:47 PM Subject: RE: Best med for Scratches
Neat Freak Posts: 11216 Location: Wonderful Wyoming	abby2 - 2015-07-09 1:45 PM Sandok , Just about any tack shop that also sells wound care supplies should have it . Big Dee's Tack and Vet Supplies has it in their catalog for 11.95 / 16oz. I think I got mine from Big Dees or Valley Vet Supply. I bought it for a horse we suspected had an abscess but he didn't so I have a big jar sitting around lol.
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Paintbrlrcr Reg. Sep 2003	Posted 2015-07-10 10:39 AM Subject: RE: Best med for Scratches
Color My World Posts: 4940 Location: My perfect world bubble	A good majority of our horses had scratches this year from all the rain. We tried everything but MTG worked the best. Also good to worm again with Ivermectin, and for the really bad horses we gave them a round of Uniprim. Our worst case took about 10 days to heal. With MTG most cleared up in around 3 days.
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