"7 day mud away" - allergic reaction

[Bert&Maud]

I arrived at the yard yesterday lunchtime to find my poor boy sweating in his NZ in the field, with a large lump either side of his neck. At first I thought he may have some sort of virus as the lumps looked a bit like some glands might be up, but today the lumps are more generalised spreading down his neck. I started using 7 day mud away on Saturday, spraying it mainly on his neck above where his neck cover goes - i.e. more or less where the lumps started. So it looks like it might be an allergic reaction, and I just wondered if anyone else had experienced similar problems.

 

[SpottedCat]

My horse reacted badly to it too - but in his case the skin peeled. He never used to have sensitive skin but he reacted v badly to Naf Deet Fly Repellent (despite me doing a patch test) and has had horribly sensitive skin (and unsightly white marks caused by the way it caused his skin to blister) ever since.

 

[Bert&Maud]

Oh no SpottedCat, I wonder if there is anything I can put on his neck to stop the skin peeling. Mine isn't normally sensitive either.

 

[SpottedCat]

If it goes the same way as mine did, no there isn't. I'd only done my horse's legs - washed it all thoroughly as soon as I realised but the skin on the inside top of his hinds still peeled

Now I clip all his fur off and the mud comes off with a cactus cloth instead!!

 

[Brontie]

I think ive heard a lot about this, and heard a lot of people having bad reactions to it. Will find out for you

 

[treena]

the best thing to do is to wash the area with a mild shampoo to remove any of the product left on the skin. you can also go to the chemist and buy some anti-hystamines. give him 2 tabs a day untill it goes. this should help. x

 

[Leanne_20]

my horse has lumps come up on her neck after using this, only had a few lumps to start with but got worse and all over her neck after a few days later and are only just going down after a week and half. it was either that spray or something in the field! glad they are going down, saves me a vet bill!

 

[d_s]

My pony came up in lumps too; there were lots of them; and they were quite big but after 3 days they went.

I only put it on once (one lump came up, and then more)

 

[phoebeast]

try pig oil instead, do a skin patch test