amandal
14th May 2007, 02:28 PM
The first ever bout of mudfever that we got this year cleared up eventually, lots of hibiscrub washing, oilatum as an emollient and protocon and sudocrem, depending on what I had to soothe and protect. Also kept her in, limited turnout in a dry yard, until it had gone totally.
We moved fields this weekend to a field with another mare and a gelding in, this mare had really bad mudfever all winter - is the bacteria in the field ? I thought so but another livery owner has told me I'm wrong :rolleyes: .
Anyway, this weekend it's mostly rained, Ziz was in Saturday as I couldn't access the field (1 family own the other horses and they had the padlock key). Went up Saturday afternoon and turned her out, left her there overnight after I checked she was ok in the rain. I went up Sunday morning to check her again - she seemed fine, settling into the field, not bothered by the rain - she normally shows it quite clearly. Still chucking it down so went up Sunday afternoon so she'd be dry for my planned hack out in the afternoon - Met office said no rain.
Drying her with a towel and she flicked tail and half kicked out - her rump is now covered in rain scald. Well what I've identified as rain scald from the Liphook website, I'm treating it like I did the mudfever, but this is much more sore for her as she's actually tried to kick me.
I'm also keeping her in while there's any chance of rain, but do I need to avoid mud as well until there's been some healing over ?
Thinking that this will minimise need for washing and therefore irritation.
She has a lot of scabs, one on her right rump and a line of coat that's just disappearing in the cleft of her buttocks, all very sore and raw.
Yard advice is, as ever, conflicting, some say rug and turnout, I'm worried about bacteria/heat and the rug rubbing; some say don't rug at all, just protect area and turnout, but that'll mean I need to wash mud/dirt away again increasing potential irritation.
She doesn't have scabs further down her back, just on the rump but is reacting to pressure on her back so am planning to walk her in hand this afternoon as it finally looks like the sun's broken through.
We moved fields this weekend to a field with another mare and a gelding in, this mare had really bad mudfever all winter - is the bacteria in the field ? I thought so but another livery owner has told me I'm wrong :rolleyes: .
Anyway, this weekend it's mostly rained, Ziz was in Saturday as I couldn't access the field (1 family own the other horses and they had the padlock key). Went up Saturday afternoon and turned her out, left her there overnight after I checked she was ok in the rain. I went up Sunday morning to check her again - she seemed fine, settling into the field, not bothered by the rain - she normally shows it quite clearly. Still chucking it down so went up Sunday afternoon so she'd be dry for my planned hack out in the afternoon - Met office said no rain.
Drying her with a towel and she flicked tail and half kicked out - her rump is now covered in rain scald. Well what I've identified as rain scald from the Liphook website, I'm treating it like I did the mudfever, but this is much more sore for her as she's actually tried to kick me.
I'm also keeping her in while there's any chance of rain, but do I need to avoid mud as well until there's been some healing over ?
Thinking that this will minimise need for washing and therefore irritation.
She has a lot of scabs, one on her right rump and a line of coat that's just disappearing in the cleft of her buttocks, all very sore and raw.
Yard advice is, as ever, conflicting, some say rug and turnout, I'm worried about bacteria/heat and the rug rubbing; some say don't rug at all, just protect area and turnout, but that'll mean I need to wash mud/dirt away again increasing potential irritation.
She doesn't have scabs further down her back, just on the rump but is reacting to pressure on her back so am planning to walk her in hand this afternoon as it finally looks like the sun's broken through.