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| ThreeCorners - 2013-11-27 3:14 PM
OK, I was gone visiting my mother and when I came back my mare had her scratches back. So, I'm going to try the sauerkraut wrap to start with. Then follow up with the neosporin and desitin ** I think**. I'm wondering those of you that have done the wraps, how do you do it? Do you do a sweat type wrap or what?
I take a handful of sauerkraut and vet wrap it on, I left mine on for 3 days, but if you want to change it daily go ahead but do not wash in between, do not leave open to air, the sauerkraut changes the ph of the skin so the scratches can thrive, and it dies in a few days. Keep doing this for 5-7 days and it will be gone. |
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| The saurkraut worked great initially for getting my gelding cleared up, but after 3 days I had a heck of a time keeping the wrap on... Im not entirely sure how, but 3 mornings in a row I went out and my fancy vet wrap job was pulled off. To be honest, I think my freak of a horse (or his pasture buddy) was eating the saurkraut... not really sure.
Anyways, after a couple failed days of that, I tried mixing Tea Tree Oil and Canola Oil in a spray bottle, and just sprayed it on the area twice daily... seems to have worked like a charm :) |
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Location: Central California | turtleaut - 2013-11-13 9:37 AM
My Clydesdale has them and I have tried just about everything you can think of to get rid of them.  Mineral Oil and Sulphur helped a little but it's still a battle. I think the main thing is to figure out the cause so that you can provide the best treatment. Some cases are caused by a parasite and others can be from rain/wet conditions. Here is a good link for the oil and sulphur method http://www.wolfmanorestate.com/PreventingScratches.htmlÂ
Turtleaut, I hope you come back and read this as it may help you. Draft breeds because of the long hair have what we think are Scratches but in fact are parisite, MITES!.. I only know this because I was working with two Belgins which I thought had scratches, vet came out and showed me the difference. It took us 4 months but got the boys Ben & Jerry all clear. Vet actually sprayed them with FRONTLINE, she had a special bottle that said horse use.
First visit we wormed them and sprayed not only their legs but manes as well as a criss cross patern on their body. 3 week later I washed them in a shampoo she gave me.
She returned around 45 days from the first treatment and while they were better the MITES where still there. She sprayed them one more time and that was it all gone! |
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| I tried everything and the only thing that worked for me was Banix you can get it at the feed store or tractor supply
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| This is the only thing I've found that really works. I worked for an older vet a few years back and this was his recipe:
12cc Inj Prednisolone
About a dozen Tetracycline capsules opened and dumped in salve
1 cup zinc ointment.
Mix well and slather on daily. It will clean up inside a week. |
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Location: On a paint horse... | werope - 2013-11-28 3:00 PM turtleaut - 2013-11-13 9:37 AM
My Clydesdale has them and I have tried just about everything you can think of to get rid of them. Mineral Oil and Sulphur helped a little but it's still a battle. I think the main thing is to figure out the cause so that you can provide the best treatment. Some cases are caused by a parasite and others can be from rain/wet conditions. Here is a good link for the oil and sulphur method http://www.wolfmanorestate.com/PreventingScratches.html
Turtleaut, I hope you come back and read this as it may help you. Draft breeds because of the long hair have what we think are Scratches but in fact are parisite, MITES!.. I only know this because I was working with two Belgins which I thought had scratches, vet came out and showed me the difference. It took us 4 months but got the boys Ben & Jerry all clear. Vet actually sprayed them with FRONTLINE, she had a special bottle that said horse use. First visit we wormed them and sprayed not only their legs but manes as well as a criss cross patern on their body. 3 week later I washed them in a shampoo she gave me. She returned around 45 days from the first treatment and while they were better the MITES where still there. She sprayed them one more time and that was it all gone!
Can you actually see the mites? |
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Location: Wyoming | The only thing I have found that truly works is a cream with steroid in it. I think it was dex.
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Location: Wyoming | Glittergirl - 2013-11-27 8:24 PM This is the only thing I've found that really works. I worked for an older vet a few years back and this was his recipe: 12cc Inj Prednisolone About a dozen Tetracycline capsules opened and dumped in salve 1 cup zinc ointment. Mix well and slather on daily. It will clean up inside a week. I'll bet that is the stuff I was referring too! It works great! 
Edited by realitycheck 2013-11-29 8:45 AM
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Location: California | SynbioNT Ag Wash is fantastic. Use 50-50. |
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Location: Crowder, OK | there is some stuff called Muck Itch or Muck It....I got mine at atwoods/tractor supply....it works awesome and very fast!!!!!!!!!! just shake it up, spray it all over the area and rub it in real good. it will clear it up fast!!!!! worked on two horses for me and neither one of them got it again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! its very painful for them!
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Location: Where I am happiest | cheryl makofka - 2013-11-27 3:44 PM ThreeCorners - 2013-11-27 3:14 PM OK, I was gone visiting my mother and when I came back my mare had her scratches back. So, I'm going to try the sauerkraut wrap to start with. Then follow up with the neosporin and desitin ** I think**. I'm wondering those of you that have done the wraps, how do you do it? Do you do a sweat type wrap or what? I take a handful of sauerkraut and vet wrap it on, I left mine on for 3 days, but if you want to change it daily go ahead but do not wash in between, do not leave open to air, the sauerkraut changes the ph of the skin so the scratches can thrive, and it dies in a few days. Keep doing this for 5-7 days and it will be gone.
Okeyyyyyyyy. I did it this way the first time and lets just say what a royal pain in the a$$ that was!! LOL. I got more sauerkraut on the ground then on her leg. Plus it took forever! Alot of hers are right around the hairline and all the way around up to her ankle. Soooooooooo, I put my thinking cap on and this is what I did.
I went to WalMart and found a pull on knee support. It is a solid very flexable support. I also founf waterproof bandaging tape. I pulled the knee support over her foot and pulled it up, then slid it down into place. Used the waterproof tape and taped the bottom of it around to her hoof. I could then fill that support with the sauerkraut extremily easy all around her leg and move it around for easy distribution. Then I vet wrapped it. This was soooooooo much easier and efficient and I was done with both back legs in half an hour. Much better then the 2 hours it took me the first time trying to hold sauerkraut in place, wrap some, hold more, wrap some more, all the while she wasnt nearly as easy a patient. lol
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