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I know prevention is better than cure;)

But what are your methods for cureing mud fever and lifting those nasty sore scabs with out breaking the skin? I know every one does it differently so just curious to see. :)
 
I know a man the puts urine on his horses and they never have mud fever :|

Personaly I hibi scrub their legs every now and then just to check nothings about to go wrong (:
 
Warm water with hibi scrub in. If the horse will stand with his legs in rubber tub trugs even better. I always swore by sudocrem, but have recently been converted to udder cream (with tee trea oil in it) and this has cleared up the legs very quickly. Just hibi scrub every other day and rub the scabs gently. If they don't come off you could put baby oil on and leave for a bit before trying again. They don't all need to come off at once but should be gone by about a week if you keep doing this every day or two. Then make sure the legs are hosed in cold water daily, and keep them freshly udder creamed. If the scabs start again then maybe hibi scrub again, but otherwise leave alone else it will wash away any natural oils.

I'm not a fan of pig oil and sulphur, its such a harsh substance to use on sore, delicate skin.
 
ive used pig oil for years, never had a problem, but can be best to do a test patch. its just runny vaseline really, if no broken skin just use pig oil to prevent mud getting in.
 
Sudocrem. My TB gets it on his one white sock, so I wipe off any mud etc with an antiseptic wipe (or spray onto kitchen towel) and pack the stuff on. The infected area turned to grey scabs after a day or two, but continue with Sudocrem which softens them (no need to pick) and before you know it it's all cleared up and you wouldn't know he'd had it.

Hope this helps :)
 
the thing is i have always been really god at both preventing and cureing mud fever, useing the technices you've listed, but my horse seems to be incureable...! :( It started with a mild case and i washed and applied udder cream , which usually does the trick, but no it go worse, so after about two weeks with no improvement , i changed tacktics and polticed at night for three days running, then in the morning bathed it with warm salty water to ease off the soffened scabs ( he is super sensitive) . Drided gently by hand not rubbing, then applied wound powder and kep him out of the mud . It is getting better though ihave stopped polticeing every night as i just cant afford £10 in poltices every day:eek: so perhaps more my question is how do i get these sacbs off with out picking?
I did know someone that used honey, mustard, vasaline and cling film , but i cant remember in what preportions?
 
I've never done it but have come close to smothering in oil (veg or baby) and then wrapping in cling film for a few hours. Some say overnight but i would be worried that would be too much. Depending how bad the scabs are your vet may be able to perscribe something to clear them up better, it has come to this in the past with horses i have known.

Would be wary about using mustard, but honey might be good. i would just try some oil first though, it's less messy and no nasty chemicals.
 
i had such a good result with neem oil and keeping affected area dry for a couple of days that i wouldn't hesitate to use it again.
i would be a bit worried about wrapping anything with clingfilm in case it constricted - maybe laying a piece of clingfilm under a bandage would be safer.
i'm not a fan of hibiscrub - it irritated my skin so much. .
 
i use mud guard stuff (£13?).... dont hose the legs - let it dry and brush it off

the horse has 2 scabs on her legs but wont let me pick them

im lucky to get near her with the cream tbh

i did use sudocrem but i think this stuff ive started with is better to get rid.. i hope!
 
Wash with hibiscrub

Dry thoroughly

Apply udder cream (with aloe vera) or neem cream or aloe vera gel

Wrap in cling film over night

Massage the scabs off in the morning

Apply more cream and keep legs clean and dry

To prevent I found Keratex powder to be the most successful.

Since changing my horse from a molassed feed to a 'barefoot' diet, he hasn't suffered from it at all (since 2007).
 
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