Getting on top of mud fever/cellulitis (hopefully)

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Well, after the original bout of mud fever and resulting cellulitis it's probably no surprise that the GreyDonk had a relapse. Cue vet back out . . . and taking a more aggressive approach. More anti-bios, pastern dressed with flammazine, box rest with lots of hand walking, bute. Final dressing came off yesterday . . . scabs look like "normal" scabs - no infected/yellow. No swelling. I've left the scabs to air but kept Kal in as it's chucking it down here. I plan to give him another day in tomorrow, with hand walking . . . no scrubbing scabs, no dressing, just keeping the wounds as clean as possible. Hopefully he can go back in the field on Saturday and begin ridden work on Sunday, but it depends entirely on what his pastern looks like and what the weather does.

I truly HATE mud fever. It's so hard to shift. Have to give thanks, though, that it's a relatively simple bacterial skin infection rather than a blown tendon. Just have every digit crossed that we've knocked it on the head now, though.

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I am into week 4 of it and thought i'd cracked it but no it flared up again this morning :(
Never known it this bad and even vet said she has seen so many cases this summer.
Fingers crossed you have beaten it.
 
jacksmum said:
I am into week 4 of it and thought i'd cracked it but no it flared up again this morning :(
Never known it this bad and even vet said she has seen so many cases this summer.
Fingers crossed you have beaten it.
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Good luck . . . it's so hard to beat. GD will not be going out into the field until those scags are healed and/or the way out to the field is dry. I hate keeping him in, but he needs to heal.

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I have been battling mud fever with my mare for around 3 months. Nothing was working on it and as last resort the vet gave me some Equi-oxcide from trus-STEED. We have used it for nearly a month and have to say it has worked wonders on her mudfever. Its a liquid you paint over the top of the scabs 2-3 times a week. When the scab falls off it means that the bacteria causing it has been killed. Will definitely be keeping some in my first aid box over winter.

I have never seen her with mud fever this bad and i truly dislike it with a passion.
 
oscarwild said:
I have been battling mud fever with my mare for around 3 months. Nothing was working on it and as last resort the vet gave me some Equi-oxcide from trus-STEED. We have used it for nearly a month and have to say it has worked wonders on her mudfever. Its a liquid you paint over the top of the scabs 2-3 times a week. When the scab falls off it means that the bacteria causing it has been killed. Will definitely be keeping some in my first aid box over winter.

I have never seen her with mud fever this bad and i truly dislike it with a passion.
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Thats one i haven't heard of or tried. Is it easy to use? And how long till you saw even the slightest result? :)
 
Very simple to use. Product comes in 2 bottles. Mix equal quantities together, mix with the brush provided (it will foam when mixed) and then you just paint on top of the scabs. Leave for 5-10 mins and horse can then go out in field etc. You then apply 2-3 times a week until all scabs removed. I noticed a difference within 5 days of using the product. The scabs just fall off. My mare won't let you take scabs off so we found it really hard to heal. But this product had 90% of all scabs off within 2 weeks and I had been battling for months before trying this product. They also do a barrier spray you can use once a week once all scabs are away to help keep the bacteria killed so less chance of it coming back. I think I may have some pics of her mud fever during using the product. Will post them up for you to look at.
 
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