Mud Fever... Help!?

[ChestnutHunter]

Had my horse 6 weeks and it caught mud rash because the fields are like swamps!
Its cleared up now from washing and drying off the mud, and udder/barrier cream on every day. I still do this every day even though its gone, but when she's stood in the stable overnight her fetlocks on the back are quite swollen, but when she comes out of the stable she can walk it off and it doesn't affect how she moves and she still works and jumps fine.

Only concern is although the scabs have gone and there is no heat, she seems quite reluctant to let you do anything with her hind left and keeps picking it up when you try and touch it.
She doesn't seem in any pain other than this so just wondering if anybodys had anything like this?

 

[ameeyal]

I think your mare is just anticipating you to pull scabs off her legs, it will take a few days/week for her to get over it.

 

[Charem]

My cob x was like this. He seemed to think his leg was going to fall off everytime i touched it, plus he would go hoping lame for a couple strides! He did get over it in a few days after realising that it no longer hurt.

 

[Tnavas]

Buy some Nizerol and use it weekly on her legs through winter. It can make the skin very tender before even showing signs of oozing and scabbing. She may still be developing some mudfever beyond the healed area.

Try and avoid picking off scabs as it really does hurt and will often cause the legs to fill. The Nizeral gently removes the scabs really easily. Dilute with hand hot water and a facecloth to lather it up also helps remove the scabs as it is gently rough.

 

[Honey08]

The filling in her legs says to me that the mudrash has not gone - as someone said, there may be more forming...

We have two horses that suffer a great deal with it, and the swelling is the first sign usually. We use babyoil on the hair to waterproof the legs - it is gentle (olive oil does well too. Haven't tried pig oil and sulphur - have heard of too many horses that were allergic to it, however many praise it on here...). It also helps remove the scabs too. In the evening, when the horses come in, we rinse the mud off with cold water (gently with a watering can, not the hose) then dry the legs with a clean towel.

If the mudrash does develop into scabs, we use muddy marvel descab to remove them (follow instructions) as its works just as well as the flammazzine that the vet would prescribe, but is cheaper, then dry the legs off, pat diluted hibiscrub onto them, then dry with blue roll/kichen towel. We leave the legs to breath and dry over night - straw beds seem much better with wet legs prone to mudrash. When they go out they have either baby oil (if the mudrash isn't bad) or muddy marvel for worse cases. Udder cream is not thick enough for our horses/mud, and comes off much too quickly.

If the mudrash is persistant, and you can't keep it away, you may have to keep the horse in for a while, and only ride on dry roads/bridleways until it goes. We have four horses, two manage quite well with a bit of baby oil on their legs to prevent it, two get it quite badly, and end up spending Dec-March in a dry turnout paddock that has hardcore underneat the grass. Otherwise they get it too badly. I find frozen sunny days are good for them - I try and leave the legs bare and let them be out in the sun on days like that. Beware of baby oil on white legs/pink skin on sunny days - even in winter..

Good luck. Its hardwork keeping it away if you have a horse prone to it, and mudrash in your grazing.

 

[Tnavas]

If you use the Nizeral please would you let me know the outcome as I am trying to keep records of it's use and how successful it is.

When I see what many of you go through to keep it in control I'm really glad I've found this shampoo. I used it on my 4yr old who gets some every year on Monday and already it has reduced dramatically. Will wash his legs again today and expect it to be gone by Friday.