MudFever .... Product recommendations ....

Muddy buddy magic cure cream. Bloody fab stuff and uses silver tech. U put it on the scabs and the scabs fail off, within a day on my lad.
I won't use hi bi scrub it's to harsh
 
I would scrap the hibiscrub, you're just irritating the skin further and potentially the scabs you are dealing with will be cracked skin. I would rinse off any mud in the evening and either leave to drip dry or very gently pat dry, then leave to dry over night in a clean and dry bed (straw great for this). In the morning, brush off the legs and put on sudocreme or other suitable cream.

This method work for me - but others might have other options :)
 
Yes, heat is normal with infected skin.

I use coconut oil.

But since I started feeding extra zinc in the diet, he has been more resistant to infection.
 
Muddy marvel descab is great for getting the scabs off, and then I dry and put sudocreme on. I like sudocreme because of the drying action it seems to have on wounds.
 
Muddy Marvel descab and then get some Flamazine cream (fantastic stuff) from your Vet. Then, once mud fever free, use Muddy Marvel barrier cream.
 
Basically you need to do two things.

1) Remove the scabs as the bacteria hides underneath them. It's sore to pull them off, so soften them first. You put some kind of cream on for the night and then massage the scabs off in the morning. If it's really bad and the scabs are tough - you can wrap the legs in clingfilm for the night with the cream underneath.

2) When the scabs are off, use a topical lotion that is anti bacterial but gentle on the tissue.

You are dealing with sore and infected skin - like nappy rash, so use whatever lotion or potion that doesn't harm live tissue.

I wash with hibiscrub in the first instance. Then (when the legs are dry) I smother with coconut oil for the night. Then more coconut oil with massage in the morning.

I've used udder cream, sudocrem, aromaheel, Aqueous cream in the past.

To prevent mud fever, I like Keratex Mud Shield Powder as well as a diet low in sugar and high in zinc.
 
You could try an over the counter product, but if the area affected by the mud fever swells, you will need a stronger treatment (eg Flamazine) which you will have to get from the Vet. :)
 
Another vote for hypocare, i have trimmed all the hair back with clippers (he's a tb so not overly hairy but the less hair for the scabs to hang on to the better) then washed all the scabs off, then squirted with hypocare and then patted flowers of suplhur into it to dry the skin out. I repeated the hypocare and sulphur dailly and just kind of rubbing any new forms of scab (not picking but more a rubbing) It's taken almost 2 weeks (he had some really deep scabs) and most have gone and only a couple remain which i hope will be gone this weekend!
 
I used muddy marvel to clean it up then washed off with vetrasept, dried them off completely, sprayed with Terramycin foot spray (for sheep) then once that was dry liberal application of pig oil. I've done that once every couple of weeks and sprayed her with the Terramycin and pig oil every night as well. It was terrible when I got her but improved rapidly with that treatment. I haven't got mud which helps but it's rained a lot! I wouldn't wash off routinely. Stand in to dry off and or towel off.
 
My ID mare has just had mud rash for first time ever and she's 16 now so came as a surprise to me :eek: When I rang vet they advised to wash once with diluted hibiscrub then completly dry with a towel. From then on soften the scabs with Protocon cream and remove, keep applying protocon until cleared up and don't turn out.

Took a week to clear up.
 
Took a week for my mare's to clear. Kept her out the field for most of it too.
As what everyone else said but....
I also used stable bandages because her legs would swell over night.
And pig oil is amazing for keeping the mud away from her skin once she was able to go back into the field.
 
Haven't read all the replies so sorry if I'm repeating anyone!

I used to use Pig Oil & Flowers of sulfur.. Would bring in at night, wash legs off and let them dry overnight.
In the morning mix the pig oil & fos together (it makes like a paste) and slap on all fours! Works extremely well, the mud just doesn't stick to it. :)

Recently though have found that just feeding NAF's MudGard is enough to keep it away. Brilliant, brilliant supplement in my opinion :D
 
I swear by Protocon, still as good now as when it first came out when it was hailed as a bit of a miracle back in the very early 70s!

Agree with ditching the hibiscrub; dreadful stuff and should only be used very highly diluted for wounds or as a wash. Allow the mud to dry overnight, brush off in the morning then smear with the cream of your choice and repeat that daily, putting the cream on top of the old for a day or two. The scabs will gradually soften and as you put the cream on they'll start rubbing off but don't pick at them, that will make the horse sore and probably fidgety. If the cream goes clumpy after a few days which it will, you can gently comb the clumps out and start again. I used this method on advice from an old vet on a show horse with four whites which had been washed most days of the summer; MF had spread beyond his knees and hocks, it was a right mess but he was clear with good healthy skin within two months in spite of it being winter with corresponding wet mud to contend with.
Also, look at his diet it can have a huge impact on the skin.
 
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We wash initially with a hibiscrub solution and remove any scabs (just this first time) then apply fusiderm (from the vets) and cover either with sudocrem or camrosa. On our horse it heals faster with the camrosa but this does not suit every horse, some people hate it, and it is more expensive.
 
Angela_1987 said:
Is it best to leave in when, treating mud fever?
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You want the skin to stay dry and have time to heal - so dry turnout only.

If you can't get dry turnout, then walk in-hand as often as you can.
You don't want them stood in too long and legs filling - circulation heals and movement = circulation.

Prevention is better than cure - so once you get over this episode, look into nutritional support and barrier methods.
 
Charlie Bucket said:
I used to use Pig Oil & Flowers of sulfur.. Would bring in at night, wash legs off and let them dry overnight.
In the morning mix the pig oil & fos together (it makes like a paste) and slap on all fours! Works extremely well, the mud just doesn't stick to it. :)
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I am led to believe that this is for prevention but not recommended for a treatment as it's too caustic on raw skin?
 
For nasty mud fever, I've got some lotion which my vet makes up, and it is absolutely brilliant. My horse had a couple of scabs on one heel back in the summer - I painted the lotion on, and left him. Two days later, the scabs fell off and he had healthy skin underneath. I'll have a look at the bottle later and tell you what's in it - maybe your vet can make some up for you. It does contain steroids, so needs to be handled with gloves on, and you can't use it if competing under FEI rules.

I'm currently hosing his legs off when he comes in, drying them thoroughly, and checking every inch of his legs for suspicious looking scabs. Nothing so far, but I have the Muddy Marvel disinfectant, scab remover and barrier cream ready just in case.
 
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