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| What is the best way to get rid of that crap that horses get on the white of their legs from this muddy weather? |
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Location: Where I am happiest | It is refered o as "Scratches" or "Mud Fever". We got a Twaynas Dash daughter 4 years ago that came with it. Wash with Chlorhexidine Shampoo and they also have a chlorhexidine conditioner you leave on after washing legs. Follow directions. It's best of you can shave the legs so dirt and mud dont collect and you can wash thoroughly and they can dry. I get the shampoo and conditioner from my vet. Then the formula I use as per my vet is a mixture of Desitin, triple antibiotic ointment, neosporin, furacine and 10 cc dex. Put that on after you have washed and th leg is dy. The scratches if left untreated will get worse and worse and can be extremily painful to the horse. It will scab worse and wore and crack, bleed, and ooze if left untreated. Keeping the legs lean in paramount. The scabs will work off as you wash which is what you want but dont pick at them. Scrubbing to hard can exasperate the problem and push it into the bloodstream. So dont use a brush to scrub, just gently wash and use a wash rag.
Edited by ThreeCorners 2017-03-24 6:41 AM
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| I use a product called Muck Itch. It's amazing. No mixing or anything. Just spray on and in a few days it clears up. It comes out like a gel so it sticks on the "scratches" really well |
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | Well when you find something that actually works please share as i have tried them all and im still fighting it on my 1 mare and have been since last june....m |
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Location: Mississippi | Fungicide (you can usually find it at TSC) has worked for me in the past as well as the "hay where's that blue stuff" shampoo. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest | I have one horse that gets it. Shaving his legs as soon as it starts to get rainy, and then just towel drying them every evening in his stall keeps it away. If I don't get them shaved in time then I shampoo them with betadine scrub, usually letting it sit for a few minutes. I rinse, dry, and then apply some sort of topical, usually whatever I have. Honestly keeping his leg hair short and letting his legs dry at some point (at night in the stall) is what works the best. |
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Location: Georgia | Equiderma Neem Shampoo & Equiderma Skin Lotion. You leave the lotion on overnight. |
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Location: East Texas | Hay, Where's the Blue Stuff is FANTASTIC!!!
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