Mud Fever - I've lost the battle

yes, the bottle is pink(or used to be) and the lotion is pink. Your local supermarket should have it. Agree with the pinks skin being part of the healing process...
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Smother them in honey, clingfilm over and bandage over night. I tried this last year on mudfever and some small cuts. Scabs started falling off mud fever and hair was growing back within a week. Wash only when absolutely necessary. Too much washing weakens the skin and leaves it more open to bacteria and infection. A good smothering with honey before bandaging then again in morning before turn out should last a few days
 
Thanks ktsval. No scabs, otherwise that would have been a wonderful suggestion, and one that I was aware of.

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Yep, just keep washing in hibi and Naff T Tree shampoo, keep massaging in Flamozine and he will get better and his legs will be back to former glory.
My very old TB had it very bad last year (he was a boxwalker/weaver) and was impossible to stable him so unfortunately it was a bit of an onging stuggle with him but it had never got as bad as it did last year, swollen hind leg, lameness,...vet/bute/antibiotic etc etc 2 weeks box rest (which was a nightmare for him) anyway once he was over the worst I kept washing/treating even when the hair was growing back to keep on top of it. All vets are different but I bandaged his leg because of the swelling and she said don't bandage as fresh air needs to circulate around the area, warm conditions make it worse, I used to cold hose and massage the swollen leg, which really did help. However that was my vet and I not in anyway telling you what to do I'm just sharing what worked for my horse.

Hope he gets better soon x
 
spanishmustangs - Interesting when I first left school I went to work at a local stud, the YO wife had been a model in the 70s & had lovely skin & didn't look her age, She told me that as a teenager her skin was not great & when she was in her early 20s a skin specialist told her to only use bay lotion on her face (un fragranced) as a cleanser & make up remover & moisturiser & that's all she had used ever since. I to only ever use it now, mostly because im to tight to bye any thing else but I also have good skin.
 
Agree with OP, I wouldnt bandage overnight. I found it best to let the air get to it. But to be honest I think you will probably have to avoid getting his legs wet for a week or two otherwise every time you go through the gate its exacerbating the problem. Could you turn out in a menage (or anywhere where there is no mud) for a short time
 
Arab on our yard used to suffer terribly until I gave them some of my pig oil and sulphur which I use on the hairies. She applied it daily - mud slipped off as legs dried and gave oily protection and sulphur is great for keep skin complaints at bay.

Another excellent thing I make up and is great for scrapes, scabs, keeping midges off sheaths, small cuts etc is a tablespoon of sudocream mixed with a teaspoon of sulphur and 5 drops of teatree oil. Really helps the healing process and acts as a great barrier so could be very useful smeared on the pink skin.

Hope he clears up - shame you can't grown lots of feather - none of my haires have mud fever problems just cover the hair in P&S and forget for the winter.
 
I feed mine Herbal Skin Mix from Pegasus Herbs - I'm not joking when I say I went from having to fight a constant daily battle (Hibi/Sudocreme/Flamazine) to not doing anything at all. My white footed TB stays out all year now and hasn't had a scab once. Changed my life!
 
i would wash with hibscrub and put a kind of barrier cream on it and try and find away of keeping out the mud section a clean bit possibly
i wouldnt cover with any thing in less it gets worse i would just let the air get to it
 
I give my boys (the ones prone to MF) a supp called MudX made by Global herbs, this is their winter supp. This if you've already got scabs, heals them from the inside out, and keeps them away even in the boggiest of fields (as mine are! like WW1)
I do think it works, its expensive, but a personal choice.
And....the real plus point, is that i don't touch their legs as in scrub them, just let the supp do the work.

Good luck - MF is horrible.
 
I wash my horses leg in warm water with some hibiscrub in, dry thoroughly and plaster in 'Boots' Nappy Cream. Like sudacream only cheaper. Has antiseptic properties but sill allows the skin to breathe. Leave on for 3-4 days of possible, will look gunky but it's fine, then when needed repeat again.
 
No guarantees at all, but .....

I had a TBx mare that was very susceptible to mud fever, it would start as soon as the grass got damp in the autumn, and in the winter she came in every night and I put vaseline or baby cream or something on her heels every day, but she would still get it.

Until I started feeding her Top Spec Balancer or Top Spec Comprehensive supplement. I had been feeding a balancer before, so it was definitely the switch to Top Spec. I just realised as the winter went on that she hadn't had any mud fever at all, and she never did again the whole time I had her, she was out on loan, and still fed on Top Spec. I still put the barrier cream on in the morning as before, but I am convinced it was that which stopped it.
 
Got to agree with MFH - The bacteria for mud fever is in the ground - due to the amount of mud (which hasn't a hope in hell of drying out in the near future) my actions would be to dry the legs over night - brush off the mud and clean the legs before whacking on tonnes of Protocon - don't pick off scabs or wash or heaven forbid cover it up with boots as this would be a haven to breeding bacteria!!!
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We've got mud fever in our winter field and we've all decided not to tackle with the picking/bathing/anticeptic cream route as they'll only recatch it when they've cleared it up (unless of course it's caused an infection and the legs are hot and swollen - this is a whole new kettle of fish!) It clears up usinng Protocon - it's good stuff!

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Last year I think it was Tia, suggested Shapley's original MTG to clear up mud fever. At the time I hunted high and low for it as my boy had mud fever on his 2 white legs but gave up as I could only get it from America and shipping would have taken too long (and been too expensive.)

I had good results with NAF mudguard and hoof to heel. I put the NAF mudguard on before turning out and hoof to heel after drying legs in the evenings. Also worked on another pony whose fur was falling out from the pasterns down (all of it) due to standing in a field which was laying water all day and then having her legs hosed at night, and not dried, so they were constantly wet.

This year at Olympia I discovered a stall selling Original MTG - shiny show horses - and bought a big bottle "just incase". Thankfully I haven't had to use it yet but all the reviews about it for mudfever seemed positive.
 
Heya x

Don't give up lol. My Cob has mud fever and cracked knees and has done since september! and I feel like you do. I've tried EVERYTHING. even clipped his legs totally so I could keep them clean. But I believe I've found a solution. A cream called "fuciderm" i think you can only get it from the vets. and i wash it with very weak hibiscrub first just to clean it. AND MAKE SURE ITS DRY BEFORE YOU PUT THE CREAM ON.
i've tried neat hibi scrub
nappy cream
heel to hoof (apart from it made him go bald)
betadine
etc...

Hope this helps. coz its really starting to help my horse and we've spent loads of money trying to cure mud fever and cracked knees
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