Leam_Carrie
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Once this patch has cleared up, I found pig oil and sulphur great for prevention- with no leg washing and brushing off all the mud before applying.
Could try Honey Heel from Red Horse perhaps? https://redhorseproducts.com/shop/skin-care/honey-heel/
Have not had much mud fever here but I've had great success with Red Horse products and continually hear wonderful things about them, including from my farrier. Our gelding cut his heel earlier in the autumn and had the beginnings of thrush - I used their sole cleanse and field paste (after flushing cut with chlorhexidine) and it healed beautifully, despite him staying turned out in a very boggy field 24/7. Their field paste and honey heel are designed to stick really well.
Do you feed any supplement high in copper and zinc? If not, I recommend you start. Lots of people, including me, report no mud fever once they get high copper and zinc.
Regarding the supplement, is there a particular one I can get?
HEEL TO HOOF is the only cream that actually works with our TB's and it sticks to anything. Biggest bit of advice i can give you is NOT TO PICK THE SCABS OFF lather the area with heel to hoof daily...rubbing it in just enough to loosen the scabs in a few days but let them fall off with gentle rubbing rather than picking at them. Its the raw skin that will reinfect and then your in that dreaded cycle...the heel to hoof not only gets rid of the mud fever but also future proofs the skin avoiding reinfection but only if you dont over fiddle about with the area. TBH i lather it on and dont worry to much about if the area is super clean or not, living in the real world my horses legs are never gonna be mud free unless i stable them 24/7 which really is practical. Also worth noting one of my TBs had a nodular sarcoid on his belly, i had some spare heel to hoof on me from treating his leg and without thinking wiped it on his sarcoid (hed had it 2 years)...2 days later when i was brushing him the sarcoid had gone!!! just a small patch of hairless skin where it had been, 2 years later and it never came back.
Regarding the supplement, is there a particular one I can get?
HEEL TO HOOF is the only cream that actually works with our TB's and it sticks to anything. Biggest bit of advice i can give you is NOT TO PICK THE SCABS OFF lather the area with heel to hoof daily...rubbing it in just enough to loosen the scabs in a few days but let them fall off with gentle rubbing rather than picking at them. Its the raw skin that will reinfect and then your in that dreaded cycle...the heel to hoof not only gets rid of the mud fever but also future proofs the skin avoiding reinfection but only if you dont over fiddle about with the area. TBH i lather it on and dont worry to much about if the area is super clean or not, living in the real world my horses legs are never gonna be mud free unless i stable them 24/7 which really is practical. Also worth noting one of my TBs had a nodular sarcoid on his belly, i had some spare heel to hoof on me from treating his leg and without thinking wiped it on his sarcoid (hed had it 2 years)...2 days later when i was brushing him the sarcoid had gone!!! just a small patch of hairless skin where it had been, 2 years later and it never came back.
I use equimins advanced complete.
The mud fever seems to be spreading to other legs now. I was just looking at this supplement and I can't see copper on the breakdown unless I'm missing it?
2 lots of copper in it. Hopefully this link works.
https://www.viovet.co.uk/Equimins-A...0Q5Qb-EAYYASABEgIyI_D_BwE#subtab-extra_info_1
sorry link didn't work as I hoped
you need to click on "More" under the description part of that link
I don't think so - I believe the sulphur is what blocks up spray bottles, so yours is likely just oil. It should say, though. If it doesn't mention sulphur, it won't have any!The pig oil I have this year is the one in the spray, does that one contain sulphur?
I don't think so - I believe the sulphur is what blocks up spray bottles, so yours is likely just oil. It should say, though. If it doesn't mention sulphur, it won't have any!
On that note does anyone have any tips for applying pig oil with sulphur? I shake some onto an old facecloth and wipe but it's a messy business! Anyone have any better ways?!
The mud fever seems to be spreading to other legs now. I was just looking at this supplement and I can't see copper on the breakdown unless I'm missing it?
First time this year for my mare and we're midway through antibiotics it caught hold so badly. A number of horses on the yard have it for the first time too and we're all in overight. It could be the weather but the vet said some soils are more likely to hold the bacteria than others.
Hmm, would supplementing copper and zinc have helped? Just want to be sure on my next move before spending the money. The rain this year certainly hasn't helped either.
Genius. Added bonus of confusing other liveries when painting his earsPaintbrush is pretty good!
Still battling the mud fever, just seems to be getting worse except the bits that I was putting Heel to Hoof on. More keeps appearing in other places.
I was just thinking, would pig oil with sulphur not help treat it? As it is a barrier with the antibacterial properties?
I'm just struggling with the creams as it all builds up in the fur and collects more mud so it's hard to clean off and reapply without having to wash the legs which I'm trying to avoid doing.
I'm going to start bringing her in on the rainy days as I don't think it'll get any better at this rate.