Mud fever advice please-Sorry again

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We have had my sisters horse 6 years and NEVER had mud fever with him, anyway in all that snow because she couldnt ride him we still turned him out for a few hours every day and he got mud fever, I swear it was standing about in the wet snow.
Anyway we are not people that wash wash wash legs, so we have put that Aromesse heel stuff on and had good results all scabs are off and its just pink skin- Now the question what do we do now, I said now the skin is pink and healthy lets leave it to breathe/get air to it. Well the minute we stop putting the cream on, the next morning it was bright red very angrey looking, bit of swelling and scabby again, so we are back to putting the cream on, Ive jabbed him with LA penicillin and give him a couple of bute to help swelling, today it has calmed down alot and back to pink skin.
I have worked in hunt service and seen mud fever and are usually successful at cureing it, but this has baffled me, cant seem to get it past the "pink skin" stage without it flaring up.All his legs are chestnut no white-not that I think it makes any differance.
Millioniares shorbread and a cuppa for any advice.
 
I know what you are saying but mud fever is also caused by too much wetting the legs.
I used to work years ago for a well know show producer, and his horses never saw the field in winter, just went in the school, legs hosed off every day, and those horses had the worse scabby legs Ive ever seen and they never saw mud!!
 
omg i know how you feel, i have never had it till this year it tested me big time. i used that cream you used but my boy had it on all 4 and up legs as was spreading, it helped but never fully cured my boy, so i tried everything vet has and online and got great tips here. in the end what cured mine was, udder cream mixed with powder penacillin, now he had been injected and given powders in his food ect but was going on forever and not working vet was sick of it too. only thing worked is that udder cream, i got larger tub and put 4 powders in it mixed with my hand had a glove was so thick had to do it by hand so was like a powder aday as i need large tub and put on his all 4 legs and that tub lasted me 4days you can do same with wee tub and less powders. i washed his legs in hibiscrub and dried very very well and applied mixture everyday and wash every 3days in 10 days was all clear, but he got udder cream all under is stomach and tail as he lay down, so tooked alot of washing when he was clear. so i finished of washing in hibiscrub and dry abit and applie baby oil alo vera is the one i used i used 1 bottle as 4 legs. as hibisrcub stopped bateria coming back and kept clean , dried awee bit as baby oil likes abit of moisture rubbed it all over where he had it. done this every 3-4days for 2 weeks and then just once every few weeks and touch wood all good.

you see the hibiscrub kills the bateria and the oil returns moisture and helps waterproof keeps his skin great and he loves it. hops this helps and sorry for spelling mistakes.

my boy got it in sept and i had it cleared just before the snow mid november, so know how you feel, also he hadnt any mud in field but wet weather and long grass as we had him in fields that hadnt been grazed, also when low in vits this can bring it on quciker and with out mud, i got my boy a lick and i think that helped too. best of look.
 
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We used Tetra-delta Intramammary Suspension and it cleared up within 3 days and hasn't come back.

You can only get it from vet as its used for bovine mastitis but work wonders for mud fever.
 
Oh okay, never had experience of mud fever through water but obviously happens. I do use Pig Oil and Sulphur to prevent it and it has done so far this winter. Last year I wasn't so fortnate and the poor horse had to stabled all winter as like you, couldn't get through the pink skin stage :/

I'd be interested in the recommendations...
 
It might just be that although the skin is clear of scabs it still needs some protection before it is ready to be left open to breath? Either continuing with the aroma heel stuff or just a normal barrier cream like nappy cream (as long as you know it won't irritate him!).
I would stay well away from any washes/hibiscrub/powders etc as it just sounds like sore weak skin, rather than infected skin if no scabs.
If you want to 'wean' him off creams on all the time, then I sloosh my mares legs in veg oil every week or so - it helps protect against the constant wetting in all this rain and mud, while giving the skin a break from being tinkered with - no fragrances or preservatives etc that can often upset still healing skin. Lots of people swear by pig oil instead, but I would avoid adding sulphur while the skin is still pink and weak as it can irritate.
 
hibiscrub will be harsh on skin if just washed and left, but if sponged washed the areas and dry lightly then rub all over the areas with baby oil alo vera one if you can, it restores the oil and softens skin and heals it also helps waterproof well in field. hope all goes well.
 
I would put green oils onto the bits of pink skin, then put mud shield powder onto their legs to stop any mud getting near. I swear by green oils, iodine and udder cream - there isn't much they can't clear up!
 
I use gold label udder cream. It has the same antibacterial as hibiscrub but without the harsh soap. Then when the sores are gone, use gold label event grease as a barrier. It also has a mild antibacterial in it. Its great.
 
My boy used to get it and it ended up him not getting turned out as that was the only way to stop it. However I was told to try pig oil and sulphur powder which I did and this year we've had no mud fever.
 
Try neem oil, paint it on when leg dry with a small brush and within a week scabs etc gone and hair growing (well it's always worked for me) I used to pay a lot of money for the tiniest pot from local chemist but just discovered someone on eBay who sells large bottle for less than £10.
 
Are you sure it's mud fever? My mare has never had MF but has got a very nasty condition at the moment. Two results have come back from the lab - waiting for the third - and it is a streptococcyl (can't spell) infection of some sort.

She was really really lame as it was on all four legs - she is kept out as there is no other option. Vet recommended daily washing with coal tar shampoo (Polytar) every day until full results are in, and that plus Danilon has certainly eased it a lot.

I think it's been one queer old winter.I keep hearing of horses who've never had laminitis who've had winter laminitis, and all sorts of leg and hoof complaints. Roll on spring!!
 
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