Mudfever help - sorry, know this has been done loads!

[lisan]

Right, its on her white sock just above the fetlock, got all the scabs off Friday night, she has been out this week, plastered in Udder Cream, but tonight there is some heat in it. Have hibiscrubbed in warm water, carefully towel dried and left for an hour, and have left her smothered in Sudocrem.

So, is this the best course of treatment? Can anyone recommend anything better? Should I give her a bute?

And should I cover it tomm and let her out? or keep her in? It is a bit swelled and she hates staying in!

She is in at night and out during the day.

 

[_jetset_]

Don't use warm water... it opens the pores and lets the infection get deeper.

I am having the same problem with Grace at the moment. It's one white sock, above the fetlock. She is now on antibiotics for 10 days to try to get rid of the infection, have removed the scabs (udder cream and cling film) and have been applying a barrier every time she has gone out.

There is heat still in her leg but the swelling has now gone down. So I am hoping we are getting there. I have also bought her some Equilibrium leg warmers to dry her legs off at night.

 

[flyingfeet]

Turnout socks - even a pastern wrap has helped mine.

Granted I cheated and use a wee bit of precious dermobion.

I have also been using atheletes foot powder with good results - probably the same as the Keratex powder!

 

[lisan]

It was coming along nicely until I first hibiscrubbed it in warm water!! Typical, I should have left well alone and carried on with what i was doing - letting it dry over night, brushing the mud off and plastering in Udder Cream to go out.

I only hibi scrubbed it as there was allsorts stuck to the uddercream!!

I had decided against turnout socks as thought once they get wet they would stay wet all day, and would be hell to get clean/dry for the next day.

Where do I get dermobion from? And at what stage would I use it?

Thanks

 

[stewartb]

Betadine topically can help also

 

[filly190]

yes, I have a horse that gets it really bad. I bought the mud fever turn out boots that are breathable and this morning put them on her for the rest of the muddy winter.

From using them for three winters previous, they work extremely well. I take them off a night and just leave them in the stable to dry and stick them back on. They really are worth their weight in gold.

I have two sets on the go and pop them in the washing machine at weekends.

I have found this is the only way to keep the mud fever away. I have tried all the lotions and potions going and yes it helps and clears it up, but it always comes back.

 

[Tempi]

ive been using 'aromaheel' on Bloss and ive got to say its the best stuff i have ever used. if you do a google on it it will bring it up.

i used it to get rid of some old scabs she had that just wouldnt come off, and hey presto after 4 days of putting it on every morning and not washing her legs they were all gone! i then hibiscrubbed them on the 4th day, stuck her thermatex leg wraps on over night and all the scabs had gone! it also acts as a barrier cream.

it does smell funny tho!

 

[AmyMay]

It may well be that you have a little bit of infection brewing - so may need some Antibiotics. However, the udder salve (not cream) is fantastic stuff, and healing as well. So I would continue with that rather than change personally.

 

[lisan]

Thanks for the advice guys, much appreciated! Should have stuck with my instincts and not messed with it!

 

[archoak]

I think you might need antibiotics but sudocream worked best for me.

 

[perenzo]

hello, we use lard on our horses legs...just the cheap stuff from asda, you need to soften it first then apply to the horses legs, it really works its also good if the horse has mud feaver already as it softens the scabbs and they often come away very easilly.

 

[lisan]

I've got some antibiotic cream which I put on tonight, she did'nt seem lame tonight and the heat had reduced, just slightly warm, so think I will carry on with the sudocream for now, but will look at getting some turnout socks!

 

[lillie]

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ive been using 'aromaheel' on Bloss and ive got to say its the best stuff i have ever used. if you do a google on it it will bring it up.

i used it to get rid of some old scabs she had that just wouldnt come off, and hey presto after 4 days of putting it on every morning and not washing her legs they were all gone! i then hibiscrubbed them on the 4th day, stuck her thermatex leg wraps on over night and all the scabs had gone! it also acts as a barrier cream.

it does smell funny tho!

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[MDJO]

Hi
I don't think you can get Dermobian anymore - used to get it from the Vets but I think (not sure) it might be banned - good stuff but need to be careful as there is a high risk of bringing on laminitis - the best thing I have found having suffered from the annual mud-fever is camrosa ointment - put it on don't wash it off for a couple of days and it lifts the scabs painlessly and also acts as a fantastic barrier cream - never had mud fever since (I also moved from Lancashire to the North East where it only gets a fraction of the rainfall so that helps too

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[lisan]

Its actually looking much better today, heat and swelling have gone and she did'nt appear lame when she b***gered off round the car park this morning!! Obviously feeling OK!

 

[pfarrugia]

My vet gave me something called surolan - I think it's meant for dogs but worked a treat - cleared up within days. Great stuff!!

 

[barkinghorse]

Right, will probably get shot for this, but here goes...
I clipped the area around the mud rash, whacked on a poultice over night to draw out the gunk and left it to dry for a couple of hours.
Then i smothered it in Sudocrem and turned him out, touch wood it hasn't returned and that was 10 days ago.
Not the most common or ideal way to treat mud rash but it worked for my horse!

 

[parsley]

I have just started feeding mine with echinacea to get rid of very persistant mudfever - and it cleared up within a couple of weeks after months of trying - I have no idea whether it was coincidence or whehter it worked - but it might be worth a try. My boy is 16.2 and about 700 kg - he had 5 tablets in the morn and 5 in the evening - I used the ones from Tesco and Asda.

 

[lisan]

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Right, will probably get shot for this, but here goes...
I clipped the area around the mud rash, whacked on a poultice over night to draw out the gunk and left it to dry for a couple of hours.
Then i smothered it in Sudocrem and turned him out, touch wood it hasn't returned and that was 10 days ago.
Not the most common or ideal way to treat mud rash but it worked for my horse!

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Will definitely keep that in mind! She seems fine now, its much improved from last week, have slapped the sudocream on and chucked her out today!

 

[lisan]

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I have just started feeding mine with echinacea to get rid of very persistant mudfever - and it cleared up within a couple of weeks after months of trying - I have no idea whether it was coincidence or whehter it worked - but it might be worth a try. My boy is 16.2 and about 700 kg - he had 5 tablets in the morn and 5 in the evening - I used the ones from Tesco and Asda.

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echinacea - will pop and get some of those!! Anything is worth a go.

 

[PuddingandElla]

I know you might not believe this BUT - i have just learnt that if you put oil on their legs, fetlocks etc - the mud does not stick to it. I know it sounds mad but a girl at my yard suggested it and it really works. Use any kind of oil, get a glove and yous kind of wipe it on....And their legs come in sooooo much cleaner, the mud just seems to slide off them!