argh! mudfever!! in AUGUST!!

[notpoodle]

i am not amused!!!

noticed yesterday that ponio has a couple of tell-tale scabs on her feet :mad: IT IS AUGUST FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!! stabling isnt an option at the moment, so ive been hibiscrubbing, drying and stcking on that cream the vet sold me in the winter (RVC's very own mudfever cure ....).
any ideas?? slather it in zink and castor oil cream as a preventative? vaseline??

it's the same field she was in in the winter and mudfever bacteria live in the blasting thing, unfortunately, and there is no way of resting the field of killing them bacteria (or is there?? let me know if you know something i dont know!!) :mad:

Julia
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[coyote]

pig oil and sulpher,2cupped handfulls of sulpher to 1 litre of pig oil, applied once every 6 weeks ,will do the trick,if you keep washing and scrubbing it will not get a chance to dry and heal.

[capalldubh]

Try treating from inside out... every horse in a given field is exposed to the bacteria, but not every horse gets mud fever/rain scald. That strongly suggests that it's more likely to take hold if for some reason the horse's immune system is a bit under pressure.

How to boost immune response? you could try supplements, or if there's anything that you can identify that seems to be a long term stressor for her, see if it's something that can be changed or removed.

[notpoodle]

shes on various supplements already :o and she had a course (and then finished the packet) of echinacea recently for her immune system. thing is, all horses bar one got mud fever in that field last winter :o (and angel never had it before that ...).

but, which supplements did you have in mind?

Julia
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[Peanut]

Our fields are so waterlogged that some of the horses have thrush too. :mad:

[capalldubh]

Hmm, I was going to say echinacea... But if she's already had some... I guess treat the outside then and hope the inside is now working well enough to help the topical treatment work?

I am terrible, I know quite well that there are treatments the vet can provide that are supported by research (but often don't work :o) and then there are the wacky herbal things that reason tells me won't have any effect and have no research backing (but sometimes work... OK, OK, maybe it's coincidental). So I am quite guilty of squirting a product on my horse's mud fever that did not have ingredients listed on the label, and his mud rash went away :o:o I really hesitate to recommend it because I still don't know what was in it or whether it just happened that he was in a nice new place and chilled out which is why he got better...

But just in case, it was this (http://www.mudfever.net/) stuff (smelling it suggests it might be pig oil, but with something like iodine/hibiscrub - it's pinkish...)
Or with a bit more evidence base, this (http://www.lincoln.ac.uk/dbs/mudfever/) - though you have to get into their trial...

[SO1]

I can't believe it - those fields are not so good. Does Magic have it too? I am really glad that P is no longer there and at a place where she can be mud fever and lami free. :D

I had a very scary jump lesson last night the jumps were bigger than I had jumped for ages and it was very weird not jumping P as she was so easy to jump, nice and forward going. I got more and more scared as the lesson progressed.:(

Apparently the girl who got ambulanced away last week has a hair line fracture of the pelvis but she is going to okay thankfully and I got this weeks lesson for free.

My lap top has now gone to the menders, but should be up at the yard quite a bit this weekend to ride Rocky as not going to view any ponies so hopefully will see you at some point.

[notpoodle]

nope, magic doesnt have it (yet!!) as far as i know. have doused legs in that 7 day mud away stuff you gave me (not feet though, just the leg up) - wonder if it'll keep the mud off :confused:

[coss]

is there anyway you can wash the legs (until spotless) and leave the horse to dry before said horse goes out? i have used nettex barrier cream for my mare (throughout winter) and used the disinfectant. she got mud fever, i washed legs, allowed to dry, applied disinfectant (from nettex for mud fever not bleach ;)) and allowed that to dry (about 10mins) then put the barrier cream on over the scabs, gradually scabs came off and the barrier cream lasted approx 2 weeks.

[blues mum]

am reading this with interest as my old boy has mud fever and has never had it before.
Anew horse has come down who "always " has it, well he didnt when he came, now he and dusty have it. have been hibi scrubbing, drying and sudocrem, will this do it ?
have also got him on a supplement with good b vitamins, as they are vital for healthy skin

[Sophini]

Marcus has it on all 4 legs to just above the fetlock and all over his muzzle - think it must be from the heavy dew we keep getting :rolleyes:. Am being mean and not doing anything with it as there is no heat or swelling and it doesn't seem to bother him :o

[lizzy]

I think Adam's got it now, can you get it when we haven't had any rain for about 4 weeks now. I just hoping it's an over reach injury :rolleyes:

[x.fat-pony.x]

Can you try those turn out chaps by equilibrium? Never tried them personally but might be worth a shot? :)