Help - horse has scabby nose

[kiagirl]

My Friend is in hospital with a broken pelvis after a nasty fall and I have been left in charge. Her elderly mare had a couple of bumps on her nose last week. I went to HOYS for a couple of days and another livery was checking them, came home to find mare's nose had errupted.

It had treated with sudocrem but looked nasty. I have been spraying twice daily with the hypocare spray it seems a bit better but not much.

After much googling it looks like a bacterial infection, so the question is how should I treat it? keep up with the hypocare? Someone has said sudocrem is best as it also acts as a barrier?

Thanks in advance

 

[flying solo]

Castor oil and zinc cream will sort it, my ponies had this a few months ago. Plaster it on twice a day if possible and it will clear up in no time

 

[kiagirl]

Thank you, plastered her up tinight

 

[seagull]

Ours have also had it. And lots more that I know of as well. We have had a terrible wet summer and wonder if its connected. Definitely not sunburn at this time of year!! We used cheno unction and it worked.