Mud fever for the 1st time help!!

[Charlie77]

SORRY IM SURE THIS HAS BEEN DONE TO DEATH but, I have a lovely yearling with long white socks who I think has the start of Mud Fever, I have horses 20 years and so far have never had to deal with this so please help. For now I have cleaned the area & put some sudo cream on it. I have heard talk of pig oil & sulper but I have no idea what that is? Also he lives out and the plan was for him to live out all winter with my other yearling and there granny, they have a field shelter that they all share, will I have to stable him to rid it, or will I win the battle while he lives out? Do any of the feed supplements work? The other thing that worries me is the other yearling also has 2 white front feet im guessing she will get it if he has as they are both turned out together? I bought him in February & he’s always lived out he didn’t have any problems coming out of winter is there any chance this may not be Mud Fever?

 

[m3gan]

Hi there,

I have just discovered that my boy has mud fever and I have posted on New Lounge for treatments and preventions of mud fever, I have had lots of helpful advice so have a look and I hope you get it cleared up soon.

I think due to the current weather loads of horses will be suffering ATM. What a b****r! it is too.

Good luck!

 

[mandy4727]

Mine has it really bad. And she too has 4 long white socks. The mud rash is up the sides of her legs and all round her fetlocks but not at the back of her pastern. i went down the hibiscrub, dried it and sudocrem and it got worse. Probably cos she was going back out in the muddy field. i have kept her in for 4 days and used Pettifers Green Oil Gel that someone lent me. Used the whole tub but the scabs are just falling off with a little rub from my hands. I would say (and not what you want to hear) is the only way to get on top of it and get rid of it is to keep yours in. And then try to get rid of the scabs as they are holding the bacteria in.

 

[ExRacers]

I have used Aromaheel very successfully on my horse this year. He had a huge crack right across his near hind heel which was obviously very painful for him too.

I applied the Aromaheel every morning and night and it has healed up beautifully. I'm now using it as a preventative measure & so far so good! Can definitely recommend it.

 

[kellyeaton]

clean with hi scrub or tea tree shampoo then go to the vets and get some flamazine its not exspensive it works great try and keep there legs clean and dry as poss i know it is diffucult try a barrier cream like vasaline so the water just falls off so the skin dont soak the water in!

 

[kwalker]

Keep on top of picking the scabs off then lather on udder cream. It works wonders and acts as a barrier too.

 

[Rana]

I found that NAF Mudguard works as a brilliant preventative measure, but doesn't really help to clear it once the horse has mudfever. To give you an idea, my mare used to have mudfever literally all winter, 5 or 6 courses of injectable antibiotics, box rest etc. With Mudguard, I barely find a scab on her.

When she does get a scab or 2, I use Heel to Hoof cream (I think made by Barrier Animal care or someone), which works really well. Helps to soften the scabs so they can be removed painlessly.