How to treat rain scald/rot

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Hello everyone, this is my first time posting on here but I'm told it is a really useful tool so I wondered if anyone has any Indepth knowledge/advice/experience in dealing with rain scald? I had a horse delivered this last week from Devon, an 8 and a half month old filly who has lived out thus far.. On inspection she has the tell tail flaking skin and scabby lumps mostly on her back , a little on her neck... Iv kept her in the stable this week to let her settle and now want to get stuck in treating it.
I want to know if anyone knows any good remedies or anything you have used that worked ?
 
If it's really bad then clipping her might be the easiest option but then she'll be bald most of the winter, plus I wouldn't fancy trying to clip an (un handled? ) weanling.

If she'll let you bath her, scrub her with a good antibacterial and anti fungal shampoo. Make sure she's entirely dry then rub lots of pig oil and sulphur into the scabby bits, working it right in and prising off scabs as you go.. Reapply the oil every day, removing scabs( they soften and come off easily within a couple of days) until she's scab free. If she won't let you bath her, just the pig oil and sulphur will work.

It's messy and doesn't smell great and will wreck a rug but it works well. The oil eaterproofs and forces damp out the skin (the rainscald bugs love damp skin) and the sulphur is a good anti fungal and bacteria agent.

My 3yr old has a bit of rainscald due to removing his rugs on a fence, naughty boy, and just had a hot water bath yesterday and is getting oiled and sulphured today.
 
My (then) yearling developed a patch of rainscald last summer. He really wasn't keen on having it bathed and no way would he let me tease the scabs off and with him being so young I really didn't want to force the issue and make him wary of being handled. So I brought him in to dry off properly every day, gave him a brush to get him as clean as possible and applied Equitech Mud Stop (I used the gel). The scabs fell off after about a week. Brilliant stuff. And no drama.
 
With a youngster that's not been handled very much the less trauma you can cause the better as far as I'm concerned.
I would certainly look at the diet as good health comes from within and will show in a good coat and skin condition. I'd also buy some zinc & castor oil cream (nappy rash cream) and slap that on and rub it in then repeat that every few days. You should find the scabs start dropping off as you rub the cream in but don't pull the scabs off, that would be far too painful for her. It will take a few weeks to clear but will be less traumatic than baths or clipping. Also try to keep her as dry as possible while it's healing but don't allow her to sweat under a heavy rug as that will cause more rain scald again.
 
I find with rain scald / mud fever as Maesfen stated above its a dietry imbalance somewhere. Start with a good multi vitamin / min (or reduce any excesses if over dosing vits / min) and it should clear up quite quickly and not reoccur.
 
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