How to get mud fever scabs off?

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Thought this would be read more here than in the vets so apolgies. Calli has bad mud fever. I have gone done the hibiscrub and sudocrem lines and it is just not going. It is more on her hind legs than the fronts but they are affected, but the back legs are bad. I know you pick the scabs off but this would be so painful and I couldn't do it to her plus she would boot me. what is the best way to soften the scabs to make them easier to come off and then can treat the skin underneath.
 
You can buy special lotion which softens scabs so they pretty much fall off...muddy marvel, I think...it's in my tackroom..too dark and late to look right now..but I am sure Muddy Marvel is the stuff!
 
If you've gone down the Sudocrem route and it's not gone, I'd take her to the vets myself.

One of mine had a bout of bad mud fever, strangely in the middle of a dryish summer!

I tried the same as you and it wouldn't go, so a quick visit to the vet and a prescription cream and the whole lot cleared up in a week
 
Do you know what the cream was? I am reluctant to get the vet (that sounds bad I know but) cos I have spoken to a few people who have had £170 and £300 vet bills and still not got rid of it with antibiotics etc etc. If needs be then of course I will. She isn't lame but 1 is slightly swollen.
 
I put on something the vet gives us called pink lotion (i think thats what its actually called!!) sweat it for the night by wrapping the leg (still with cream on) in cling film and bandaging. next day I take it off then wash with hybiscrub and scabs come off easily.
 
I've found a cream from equine America called Fungatrol? works best.
Wash the legs and dry thoroughly. Coat thinly with cream then wrap a layer of clingfilm over the cream. bandage with a stable bandage over the top and leave 24 hours.
Repeat as necessary, then once all the scabs are off (they are so soft by then a gentle rub with an old towel should suffice) coat the cream on again. It's anti funul so works better than sudocrem .
 
theres and old thread on here, you can search it 'mud fever' one lady swears by keretex powder then slapping on udder/sudacream to keep powder on.

I'm going to give this one a try - let you know how we go.
 
wash in tea tree shampoo get some stuff from any equine shop called de-scab from nettex made for this job that will soften the scabs then ease them of slowly then go to the vets and asx for some cream called flamazine it is about 12 pound and works wonders!
 
we've had real problems with this with our pony who is PBA with 2 white socks. I've had the vet out and he was on anti-biotics and flamazine cream but hated having his scabs washed. i've been putting epi-heel frm mark todd's range on which has helped and we can put it on without having to twitch him,thank god. It also smells lovely which makes a change! The scabs have softened and fallen off.
I've been told to be very careful with hibiscrub and to dilute correctly as it can cause a reaction.
2 weeks down the line he is being ridden again and the skin is looking pink and has stopped oozing.
We have also started him on mud-guard.
 
My horse gets a bit of mud fever on her heels and also suffers from feather mites. The scabs that the mites cause are really bad. to get all of them off i massage in liquid parafin which i do every day until they are gone and then just keep an eye on them and hibi scrub them
 
I found putting sudocrem on and wrapping with cling film for a few hours worked a treat for removing the scabs

Then I found a source for dermobion and haven't had mud fever since! (pm for link)
 
Are you sure it is mud fever?

If he has white legs at this time of the year it may be harvest mites.

If so leave the scabs on and try a tea tree oil based cream.

Try a search for harvest mites on the web.
 
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I've found a cream from equine America called Fungatrol? works best.
Wash the legs and dry thoroughly. Coat thinly with cream then wrap a layer of clingfilm over the cream. bandage with a stable bandage over the top and leave 24 hours.
Repeat as necessary, then once all the scabs are off (they are so soft by then a gentle rub with an old towel should suffice) coat the cream on again. It's anti funul so works better than sudocrem .

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Fungatrol is excellent, by far the best cream for mud fever IMO! My horse has mud fever atm- all this wet warm weather creates ideal conditions for it
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Pigs oil and sulfur works to prevent mud fever - its what most show people use for their heavies. Although you need to allow the legs to heal first (I think).

I have always gone down the hibiscrub and sudocrem route (sweat off if required) and this has worked then sudocrem and turnout boots (which have to be cleaned between turnouts) but this year will try the pig oil and sulfur route.
 
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