Mud fever

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Hello, when I had my new boy vetted, she told me he'd had mud fever previously, though his legs are clear now.
He's been home and in for 2 days to settle in and let wormer work his way through him, and I have put him out for the first time today.
When I next bring him in, is it worth washing his legs off and putting a barrier cream on (what would you recommend?) or just leave it and avoid getting the legs really wet- 'if it aint broke don't fix it'!?
None of my others have had mud fever before so am new to this!
Thanks in advance.
 
I would absolutly leave well alone.

My pale skinned, sensitive flower, grey mare never gets as much as a sniff of mud fever when left to be her normal mud loving grubby self! Her legs quickly get scabby and sore if I try and keep her clean and rinse her off. No matter how coated she is I just pick feet out (and usually scrape the worst off her hooves with the hoof pick!) and then leave totally alone. Occasionally (say every couple of weeks) I do give them a gentle rinse off - no soap or hibiscrub etc though; and then put on clean stable wraps on over night. Then in the morning I put veg oil from knee to hoof. If we need to be tidy then it brushes off just fine in the morning.
 
Pig oil! Fantastic stuff! My boy has never suffered with mud fever but as a preventative I have been using it this winter. Coat legs upto the knee and rub into heels once a week. Any mud just slides off, leaving beautiful clean legs! :)
 
I'n not a fan of washing horses' legs unnecessarily.

If you are worried, bring your horse in, put something like Thermatex leg wraps on and when his legs are dry brush the mud off and check for any signs of mudfever.
 
Totaly agree with leaving legs well alone, if you have time, brush the mud off when its dry then apply barrier before you put them out. I HIGHLY reccommend camrosa for prevention and cure, from experience with really bad cases, but obviously each horse reacts differently to ointments.
 
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