ANY MUD FEVER SECRETS?

Nizeroal shampoo! I got this tip of Evelyn on here!

You can get it from any chemists, I got mine from asda. Dilute a little (I use a cap full) in warm water then apply with a face cloth or sponge. Do not wash off after! I put her in her stable and let it dry, although bandages could be used. When my girl had bad mud fever, I used nizerol twice and it completly cleared.

This is my first winter with my girl so I am using pig oil to prevent it. But have my bottle of nizerol at the ready just incase. One of the best tips I have gotten on HHO!
 
Brinicombe Equine - Think Mud Supplement - helps to clear it up and also helps to prevent it :) works wonders with my heavily featherd cob - he hasnt had the slightest bit since i started using it - usually sept/oct - march time
 
Flamazine is good, you can get it from the chemist but is bright yellow and on white doesnt look too good, but I am very vain and ocd when it comes to the horse!
 
We had a horse that used to get mud fever and we tried all of the vet recommended stuff as well as every kind of mud fever preparation made and only one thing worked for us......vinegar. I wouldn't have believed it myself but washing the affected area in vinegar and warm water mix, quite a lot of vinegar by the way, twice a day and soaking/peeling off the scabs and the mud fever cleared up and has never reoccurred and its been 3 years now. If you read about vinegar on the internet you will find it has all kinds of properties and uses you would not have expected. By the way just ordinary white vinegar.
 
lcharles said:
My gelding gets mud fever on his one white sock.....any tricks to avoiding this? He has been staying in for the last 4 days but it is the same, scabby patch!! How long does it take to improve? What can i put on it without spending a fortune and other than if i pull the scabs off - does it hurt them in general ie for showjumping etc?

Thanks in advance!
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1 pint of pig oil or liquid paraffin to 3 caps of Hibiscrub and 2 tbsp of flours of sulpur (sublimed sulphur) shake well. this recipe was given to me by a pharmacist who kept horses, it really works for a treatment or to prevent.
 
Maesfen said:
Don't wash it with Hibiscrub at all; that stuff should only be sold under license, it's far too strong for anything other than surgery needs. In fact, don't wash off full stop. Wait until dry then brush off. If you don't like to leave wet mud on then bandage gently and it will warm the legs up so it dries quicker but don't leave on longer than a few hours. Then use something like Protocon (the solid yellow one, not the one in a tube) and rub gently into the skin every few days without washing the old stuff off. It will protect the skin so that new can form.
The more you wash MF the worst it will get.
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^^^ This

Water is the enemy, so even if they come in with wet and muddy legs, leave it to dry. Once you start using the PO on clean, dry legs, the mud will brush off easily in the morning. I've not heard of Protocon, but I use Zinc Oxide cream on any sore areas (once they are dry), it's waterproof and very soothing.
 
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