Mud Fever Scarring

[Mid]

Even after a year's daily treatment (plus injections from the vet) Ozzie's mud fever still looks pretty nasty. It hasn't re-occured at all since we got him, so this is just scars, and it's a LOT better then when he arrived! Vet said this is probably as good as it'll get... When we first got him it was twice this size, really red and infected, sore, bleeding in some places... Poor boy

Our vet said it was the worst she'd ever seen, and that he must have gone at least a year of severe mud fever without any treatment

Anyway, here's the photos from tonight. Don't look if you're squeamish!

My poor horsie

 

[monica987]

Looks very sore, poor thing - Will it net even get slightly better?

 

[Mid]

Nope

He doesn't have any feeling in it though, which is good, I wish I'd taken 'before' photos from last march... He was hobbling, it was so bad

I asked the vets if it could be removed, but they said it was too risky because of the muscles of the pastern...

 

[monica987]

Oh

Sparky has similar, but it is form a rope burn, I posted pics when he did it and will take another. He has a massive sausage of scar tissue under his fetlocks

It is grosse but he cant feel it and doesn't affect him in the slightest

 

[minmax]

Ouch!
My gelding has a scar from mud fever, while at full livery he was left out for a 'few' days in bad weather. I treated it with steroid cream but the hair hasn't grown back. It has left a scaly patch that gets rubbed by boots.
I don't think it will ever heal completely.

 

[Booboos]

Camrosa is brilliant for this kind of thing. It helps prevent the mud fever in the first, can help prevent scarring if it has already occurred, but not too sure if it could help now. However it is reasonably priced and maybe worth giving a try? (Google it and you can call them up and order - they dispatch really quickly).

 

[Minnies_Mum]

Poor chap! Must have been horrible when it was sore and new, at least he can't feel it now.

 

[Mid]

When we went to see him he was fetlock deep in manure, pretty sure that was the cause :/

Thankyou, yes, I'll get some Camrosa and give it a try