Mud fever again

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ok so I coated the legs in sudocrem and wrapped in clingfilm overnight, this removed all the scabs (although I found one I had missed last night, and how the h3ell do you wash the sudocrem off?) washed the legs with shampoo mixed with hibiscrub and dried. What do I do know to treat the mud fever? I have googled it and some say keep legs clean and dry others say keep applying cream. I am keeping him in and it is not infected but he has huge raw patches and looks like a plucked chicken. Help??
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Sounds like it's pretty advanced, and I would ring your vet for some topical antibacterial ointment to apply.

Now you've done an initial wash, don't repeat. Just keep applying the ointment until the hair starts comming back.
 
when I say raw patches I don't mean raw flesh I mean raw skin as in no hair. I will treat it for a couple more days and if there is no improvement I will get the vet out. So I keep applying the sudocrem? thickly all over the legs or just on the bald bits?
 
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So I keep applying the sudocrem? thickly all over the legs or just on the bald bits?

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SC on the bald bits - baby oil over the rest of the legs to create a barrier agasint the mud.

You shouldn't need a vet visit just to buy the ointment.
 
I wouldn't say it sounds as if you need a vet, just sounds like normal pink skin after removing scabs. My boy has got a bit, and even though he only had a couple of scabs he was still very pink.

Just keep putting the sudocrem on, it's the best thing, really soothing. Should be ok within a few days. Just keep an eye out for any more scabs although they should be ok now. Then vaseline on before turn out in future and you shouldn't get it again.
 
you need a steroid cream - fuciderm is the one they usually give at the vets, sudocrem will help keep soft but as its so tender and skin very soft needs help to toughen up a bit so bacteria doesnt get straight back in.
 
Put pig oil and sulphur on now that the skin is healing. It will help to condition the skin, is anti bacterial and the oil will prevent mud sticking to the legs.
 
I would keep clean and dry until it looks less raw. Then turnout with turnout boots on and kerritex powder applied. The boots will need washing and drying each night but legs won't need washing just dusting with powder.
 
Best thing I have come across is wash affected areas with hydrogen peroxide (what you bleach your hair with) it fizzes and hisses but gets rid of dead tissue. Mud fever is a fungus not bacteria only need anti biotics or anti bacterial if infected or you are wasting your time and money. i have used HP on 2 horses a 3/4 tb and a pure arab. both healed really good and never got it again. avoid any brushing , washing etc of legs as all you do is make the skin softer which lets the fungus in which causes the scabs. If you can bear to in future don't touch the legs unless you really have to. My 2 horses have both got white legs and come in a night plastered in mud, but by morning their legs are clean and dry as the bedding (straw in my case) has taken all the mud off the legs. Also something to bear in mind mud fever is more prevelent in some areas than others all to do with the soil.
 
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is wash affected areas with hydrogen peroxide (what you bleach your hair with) it fizzes and hisses but gets rid of dead tissue

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Yes looks dramatic but really does work, you can buy it in boots. My arab was a real nut and even he let me do it. I was told this tip years ago by my vet.
 
I would never in a million years put hydrogen peroxide on my horses! It can cause harm to healthy tissue, not just dead stuff. Each to their own of course but that's a massive no no for me.
 
I would advise the you avoid using oily creams (especially baby oil!) as they create a warm moist environment on the skin surface which the bacteria will thrive in. An antibacterial spray or a cream or gel which will 'rub in' would be what i would go for.

Gold Label Tea Tree Mist
Gold Label Aloe Vera Skin Gel
Dettol antibacterial cream

Hope this helps. x
 
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I would advise the you avoid using oily creams (especially baby oil!)

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I use baby oil to keep my horse beautifully MF free. I agree, however, that you would not put it on the affected area. However, it's very usefull for creating a barrier against the mud.
 
I would avoid washing as much as possible...just leave the sudocreme on.
Also...can you move fields because the bacteria is in the soil but not all soils. My friends pony moved to my field with mudfever. She treated it with sudocreme everyday and despite living out 24/7 in deep mud, it cleared up and never returned.
 
Pig Oil, Pig Oil, Pig Oil!!

Can not recommend it enough! After battling with a small but very persistent patch of mud fever I got some pig oil and haven't looked back since!

Initially treated the same way you have, hibi scrub wash & dry, then plastered in sudocream & cling film to remove the scabs, and I have now been using pig oil for a couple of months. Just paint it on with a hoof oil brush and away you go...I also massage it into his feathers to make sure everywhere is covered and I'm then left with lovely soft hands too
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I don't understand why he is so badly affected he is a TB, no white on his legs, no feather and I NEVER wash the mud off his legs. His field is a swamp though but I try to keep him in when it is really bad.

I was looking at pig oil and sulphur, perhaps I'll give that a go
 
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