effective boots for VERY photosensitive youngster

[jojo5]

Hi,
A friend on my yard has a youngster who has four white socks - he has had major problems with mud fever type scabs. These have been biopsied by the vet, who has said at the moment that he is either ectremely photosensitive or has a bacterial infection. My fried is trying to think of boots for his legs which fit well enough to block light and germs, yet do not cause sores: she also has to put something under the actual boots so that the possible bacteria do not infiltrate the actual boots. She has tried mud socks and sun socks but they seem to rub. Any ideas? Thanks.

 

[clairefeekerry1]

what about the equlibirum (sorry spelling is awful) ones or has she already tried those?

 

[jojo5]

Thanks - I'll check with her which ones she has tried - I know her mud boots are very close fitting, but this means a) possible sores as he would have to wear them all the time he is out and b) can't fit bacteria block under them. It's kind of a vicious circle....

 

[Dubsie]

What about getting a childrens UV sun suit and cutting the arms//legs off and using those?

 

[SonnysHumanSlave]

Equichaps!

A lady I work for has just sold her horse but he had this photosensitive problem, and I had 2 put equichaps on him every morning!

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[cptrayes]

Can't she just smother him in Sudocreme - contains a high propoprtion of zinc oxide, used by cricketers to stop sunburnt cheeks?

Also she needs to find out WHY he is photosensitive. It's a symptom of liver failure (ragwort poisoning?) and of excessive amounts of wort plants in the grazing.

Last suggestion - keep him in at night.