mud fever.. swelling.. should i bandage?

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Im so confused with all the different ways to clear this up... hes got it in one back leg on top of his fetlock.. it swells if stood in so has barrier cream on and turned out during the day.. hes sound to ride.. how can i stop the swelling..?
 
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im currently putting flammazine on them as advised

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Brilliant stuff - and really helped my horses MF. Are the scabs ready to come off? And have you clipped the hair off the offending area?

Personally I wouldn't bandage - as it will just give the MF bacteria the conditions they thrive on.


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the flamazine cream will be of no good unless you can get it undeath the scabs. my advice would be to wash the leg off with hibiscrum and let the water soften the scabs. once they are soft, remove them gently. it will look red ans sore underneath, but at least you will be able to get the cream where it needs to be. i would keep in a dry area for a couple of days just to give the skin time to heal over. hope this helps x
 
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the flamazine cream will be of no good unless you can get it undeath the scabs

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The famazine cream should help to soften the scabs quite quickly, enabling the OP to remove them with ease after only a few days.


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surely if i wash his legs im givin the bacteria a breeding ground..? theres so many diff opinions on this its really hard to know what to do if you havent experienced it before
 
mud fever is a bacteria that thrives on warm moist skin. so all the time you have that bacteria under the scabs it will keep multiplying. the quickest route to clearing this up is to remove the scabs. this is vets advice.
 
Rinse legs in cold water, this closes the pores and allows you to wash mud off safely without the skin drawing in further dirt etc, then wash legs with T- tree shampoo and hibiscub with warm/hot water, get all the scabs and loose/dead skin off, this will be sore and you may have roar bits but it must be done, rise with cold water again, this will help sooth and reduce any swelling, dry off with towel and apply the flamozine cream only in areas where there is infection and leave area open and dry, do not bandage as others have stated, oxygen and lots of cleanliness kills mud fever.

Try adding seaweed and garlic supplement to your horses feed, it improves the skin and will help horses that are prone to mud fever.
 
a good way to get the scabs to soften is to hibiscrub the area, wash off the hibiscrub, add some sudo cream, cover with a loose layer of cling film and then bandage - yes it's moist and warm but this softens the scabs (and hopefully you've washed it well so it's a clean as poss area)
the scabs should lift by the heat/moisture/sweaty area you've created - then you can wash and thoroughly dry the area, keep it clean and let it heal. Camrosa is always recommended for skin conditions, have only used it a bit with mud fever conditions.

don't pick the scabs it it's going to make them bleed everywhere - ideally they should life off with minimal picking
(and don't forget to wash under your nails after! :-P )
 
my pony has mud fever atm

the vet clipped off as much hair as possible off her leg, but it was sore so couldnt get all of it off!!!

she was on danillon and nordine twice a day for a week

she gets her leg hibiscrubed twice a day. we covered the scabs in dermosil, and once the scabs had cleared we put sterile cream on, however that made her leg pink... so we stopped doing that!!!

when she comes in i wash all of her legs with cold water, really dry them thoroughly with a towel
the leg with mud fever i then hibiscrub, leave it, dry it off and then cover it in sudocrem... this seems to have done the trick!
once its cleared properly, we are going to put camrosa on it.
hers isnt on her heels though, its up her leg

when it has cleared her t/o boots will go on over the top of barrier cream.

i bought the boots as she had pink heels, and i didnt want her to get it and to stop cutting herself; unfortunately i was too late and shes got mud fever.

she is a fine tb, with three pink legs and has never had it before until now....

if your obsessive about keeping it clean and dry it properly it will be fine :-)

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mud fever is a bacteria that thrives on warm moist skin. so all the time you have that bacteria under the scabs it will keep multiplying. the quickest route to clearing this up is to remove the scabs. this is vets advice.

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You are absolutely correct. However, you should never 'force' the removal of the scabs, and one of the actions of Flamazine is to soften existing scabs, as well as helping prevent further. Scabs can then be removed without causing pain and further distress to the leg, allowing the hair in that area to be thoroughly clipped, and treated with a further application of flamazine.



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