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Hi everyone..having been recommended this (amazing) forum by many of my horsey friends, I finally decided to join!!! As a first post..please can someone offer advice on the best way to treat mud fever? there seem to be so many conflicting ideas, and I am quite confused! Thank you everyone so much!!!
 
i think when we last had it we used udder cream, you can buy it from local horsey shop or go to farmers shop where it will probably be cheaper.
smoother it on.:)
 
Hello and welcome. I am not experienced with mud fever but hope you enjoy it here. A friend of mine had told me for over a year I should join, I finally did, and still hanging around 4 & 1/2 years later :D
 
Hi and welcome. My vet gave me something she called "cow tubes" a couple of years ago to put on - not sure what it actually is, but it seems to shift it!
 
If your horse comes in at night, wash the legs with hibiscrub and dry with a clean towel. Rub in lots of udder cream (the thicker stickier iodine stuff works best, can also use baby oil, veg oil, sudocreme etc etc but the udder cream is the best and cheapest in thre long run!)all over the scabs - really cover them in it. Wrap the area covered with cling film - this keeps the heat in to soften them and keeps the udder cream where its supposed to be - then put a stable bandage over the top. In the morning take off bandage and cling film and wash off with hibiscrub (udder cream takes some washing off!) and gently take off any scabs that come away with out too much effort. Dry legs thoroughly. If any scabs left, repeat till theyve all gone. When horse is out slap loads of cream over the legs to stop any mud getting back on them.
Horsese do EVENTUALLY build up some resistance to it but it takes a few years of washing, drying and getting everything covered in udder cream!
 
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