Mud Fever

[Chinsky]

Hi
What is the best treatment for Mud Fever?

 

[Nailed]

keeping legs clean and dry.

Lou x

 

[china]

ditto wat nailed said. the best selling cream is MSM cream. i sell alot of it. its a very very good barrier cream. but it must go on clean and dry legs to be affective.

 

[Persephone]

You needed to wash the area with the recommended dilution of Hibiscrub.

Now the gross bit! You need to get all the scabs off and clip/trim away hair in the way.

Then treat with Ilium Dermapred (from vet) make sure you wear gloves.

Keep repeating the above daily and keep the legs clean and dry until healed (few days generally)

In future use a barrier cream when turning out to prevent reinfection.

If there is swelling/heat in the legs or it covers an extensive area you will need the vet as antibiotics may be needed.

Jo

 

[Magicmadge]

My girl had a terrible mud fever last autumn. Had to get the vet as i tried all sorts with no improvement. Vet prescribed flamazine. It is expensive but got it cheaper on the net and vet matched the price. Brilliant stuff used with hibiscrub and applied to dry legs, it cleared it all (and there was a lot) in a couple of weeks.

 

[_unregistered_]

Conotrane cream - get it from the chemist - it's brilliant and no need to pick the scabs it softens them for you and they just rub off then.

 

[Broodle]

There are literally dozens of treatments for mud fever, and everyone you ask will tell you that their method is the best

. I use pig oil and flowers of sulphur on dry clean-ish legs after picking the worst of the scabs off. I use a squeezy bottle to get it on the leg and a soft nail brush to work it in to the skin. Twice a week till the scabs clear up and then once a week thereafter.

Tis working well for me and mine!

 

[Cobbysmum]

Wash, dry thoroughly and plaster with sudocrem - worked a treat on Ben! Hiyeeee

 

[Meandtheboys]

http://www.organic-equine.co.uk/detail-muddle.shtml

I have in 20yrs never used a better product..........retails @ aprox £8 and no I do not sell it...........I just have to cope with mudfever

 

[mistymoo]

Mud Fever Spray from www.mudfever.net

This is the best product ever! My mare never has mud fever now where as she used to be awful and everyone i know that has tried it says the same, you can put in on wet/damp legs, it gets all the scabs off and can last a couple of days! FAB!

 

[bj666]

IV Horse Mud Fever Prevention is excellent . Dont wash legs everyday as it dries the skin out and then it cracks and re infects ... So wash and dry once then put the MFP stuff on ... within 2-3 days ( depending how bad it is ) you should see a vast improvement .

 

[kellyeaton]

wash in hibi scrub apply flamazine until healed then apply udder cream every day before turn out!

 

[Albertina]

Hibi scrub and Sudocream is the best, my boy has reacently had a really bad bout on all four legs and Sudocream was the only thing that cleared it up.

Don't bother with supermarket own brand nappy cream it has to be the proper stuff (no I am not on commision!!)