Barrier Cream V's Keratex Powder

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Yes, i know we should no longer be talking about mad rush/fever but due to the weather I'm afraid we dont have much choice!

I'm at my wits end with mud rash, no matter what I do Vienna still end up with it! I dont hose, i brush the mud off in the morning & apply a barrier cream but this year it started above her knee where i wasn't putting a barrier!! so god knows what the answer is. I want to find something that works & stick with it. Anyway, rant over, back to the question -

What i want to know is what are your thoughts on barrier cream v's powder? i have always used a barrier cream & have always ended up with mud rash!! someone suggested using keratex powder, has anyone had any experience of this?

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Liquid Paraffin works you can get it from the chemist.

Also i think there is an injection from the vet that is for mites that sometimes works too (ask your vet) i might be wrong.
 
Having tried the lot with my previous horse, we had most success with Keratex, but we got through a hefty amount. It really did work though, that and unfortunately limited turnout.
 
No experience of powder, sorry. The only cream i have found worth putting on is nettex muddy marvel. Any others i have ever tried are too thin and come off in 5 minutes, so no barrier at all. Nettex one is thick and it sticks. I also used turnout socks.
My mare has never had mud fever since being out in a bigger field. There is obviously still mud but because of much bigger area only a small patch near the gate.
 
I use johnsons talcum powder-its very cheap and my normally mud fever prone horse hasn't had a touch this year!!
 
I am a Kerratex fan but I also use turnout boots. I use westtroppe turnout boots and put powder on the legs and inside boots .It cleared up and has not returned but I have to wash the boots every night and dry on the radiator, the smell is lovely
 
It's my first winter with my horse who is piebald and has 4 white legs. Our grazing is dreadfully waterlogged and has been fetlock deep in water since November!
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I started the winter off not hosing his legs and brushing the mud off the next day but this didn't work for him and he got mud fever. I kept him in until it had cleared up and I now use a barrier cream of udder cream, sudo cream or vaseline which I make sure I run in really well so it's not just sitting on top of the hair. He's out from around 8.30am until 4.30pm ish he gets his legs hosed off when he comes in and has thermatex wraps on overnight to dry them quickly. Since then he hasn't had any mud fever although he does stay in for the odd day each week due to our rubbish grazing.

I think this year is really bad for mud fever. Loads of horse on my yard have had it - even ones that have been fine in previous years (and our fields are always rubbish in the winter!).
 
I agree with Custardsmum, powder and Thermatex wraps work very well for me and my horse. I prefur prevention rather than cure and use Keratex summer and winter as my horse can get scabs due to wet grass. I do find it ecomonical though, rubbing it well into the skin, a pot lasts me ages.
 
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