Owned for three weeks and I'm losing it

[Meowy Catkin]

Interesting!
The vet that came said to take them off, although I have to say, my instinct is to leave them as well. Is there something I can use to soften them, or help them heal. I do have the cream the vet gave me.

Flamazine cream from the vet, applied to dry legs. Also an oral antibiotic in the feed. This helped a bad case of mud fever. Once cleared, I used a barrier cream to help prevent further issues. I did also try the turnout chaps but my mare didn't get on with them.

 

[milliepops]

Interesting!
The vet that came said to take them off, although I have to say, my instinct is to leave them as well. Is there something I can use to soften them, or help them heal. I do have the cream the vet gave me.

lincoln muddy buddy kure cream is AMAZING for softening the scabs and helping the ones that are ready to come off. it seems quite soothing (though for a really sensitive one I'd warm it up a bit indoors rather than use it at outdoor temperature). it's not cheap but I was absolutely amazed at the difference overnight and my horse didn't mind it at all. he arrived with pretty severe mud fever which needed attention.

i put it on overnight and then flamazine the next day, which could then get to the skin in the areas where the cruddy old stuff had dropped off.

 

[Squeak]

lincoln muddy buddy kure cream is AMAZING for softening the scabs and helping the ones that are ready to come off. it seems quite soothing (though for a really sensitive one I'd warm it up a bit indoors rather than use it at outdoor temperature). it's not cheap but I was absolutely amazed at the difference overnight and my horse didn't mind it at all. he arrived with pretty severe mud fever which needed attention.

i put it on overnight and then flamazine the next day, which could then get to the skin in the areas where the cruddy old stuff had dropped off.

I've used this cream as well and would highly recommend. I used it to keep small breakouts at bay and it did such a good job that I haven't had a chance to test it on a full blown mud fever case yet.

 

[tallyho!]

Hang in there gal! Winter tests the most stoic of us all. I swear that I'm giving up horses EVERY winter, yet here I still am like some mug with a neurotic affliction.

If the mud fever doesn't clear then you may be dealing with a touch of 'fungal' dermatitis which can't be touched by antibacs. I found out that mudfever can be cause by either bacteria or fungus or even both which is horrible! What you might need is something like NIZORAL. You could even wipe on some CANESTAN Cream like what you'd sort thrush with (human/horse whatever) - you just need an antifungal. Keep it as dry as poss.

You might want to increase skin health too ready for next year - a high quality supplement should do the trick. It's not immediate but might save the skin next year. Something with lots of Vit E will help and decent amounts of copper and zinc.

Good luck everyone - hang in there!

 

[LadyDarcy]

Flamazine cream from the vet, applied to dry legs. Also an oral antibiotic in the feed. This helped a bad case of mud fever. Once cleared, I used a barrier cream to help prevent further issues. I did also try the turnout chaps but my mare didn't get on with them.

I have antibiotics, but can't get them in her

 

[AmyMay]

I have antibiotics, but can't get them in her

Have you tried a jam sandwich?

 

[LadyDarcy]

I've used this cream as well and would highly recommend. I used it to keep small breakouts at bay and it did such a good job that I haven't had a chance to test it on a full blown mud fever case yet.

Will order some!

I've got nettex at the moment, but not had a chance to try it yet

 

[meggymoo]

Just think LadyDarcy, three or four months struggling through rain and mud, sleet and snow, more mud, then just for a change, more mud, you will be getting used to her. She will be starting to trust you, weather will be getting better, things will look a lot brighter. Then.......... she will come into season! . Sorry. I'll get my coat........

 

[LadyDarcy]

Have you tried a jam sandwich?

I did try today, she wasn't having it

 

[LadyDarcy]

Just think LadyDarcy, three or four months struggling through rain and mud, sleet and snow, more mud, then just for a change, more mud, you will be getting used to her. She will be starting to trust you, weather will be getting better, things will look a lot brighter. Then.......... she will come into season! . Sorry. I'll get my coat........

Lol
Well, i also told myself this, minus the coming into season bit lol.
I said we can get to know eachother over the wet and cold season, and by the time the nicer weather comes around she will have settled and we will have created a bit of trust between us God willing!

 

[Illtellyoulater]

I did try today, she wasn't having it

I have to mix antibiotics with strawberry yogurt and syringe in

 

[meggymoo]

Lol
Well, i also told myself this, minus the coming into season bit lol.
I said we can get to know eachother over the wet and cold season, and by the time the nicer weather comes around she will have settled and we will have created a bit of trust between us God willing!

Sorry, I wasn't trying to be a pessimist! Its just sods law that any progress always seems to be tempered with something else to test you! You are already making progress, you haven't been too proud to ask the question and you haven't rejected every suggestion out of hand. You are going to be just fine.

 

[windand rain]

I know its not conventional but could you beg, borrow or get you hands on some old fashioned sugar beet pulp to put her ABs in if it works you can buy a bag if not you wont have lost a lot. Other suggestion is liquidised carrot and poured in food but again its not guaranteed. Syringed in through a worming bit is the best way if you can get it to mix properly. Apple babyfood or liquidised apple sauce if she likes apple. Some like marmite too although mine dont. My ponies love extra strong mints so can usually disguise medicine in powdered mints

 

[Orangehorse]

Mud fever is really miserable for the horse, very sore. I found Equine America ointment very good for healing, and I used just plain vaseline, non medicated cream, to put on dry skin before turnout to help prevent it.

However, this is just my experience. I found when I changed my horse's feed she never had mud fever again. Also current horse is out in mud, yet does not get mud fever (and when I bought him he had patches all over and it was noted on the vetting certificate).

I changed the feed to a feed balancer, so just a small amount. The first one I can't remember the name, later it was Top Spec. After a while I realised that she hadn't had mud fever. Ditto with the present horse I have had for 20 years. He has mostly been on a vitamin/mineral mix for barefoot horses that I have continued with called Pro Balance, which I buy from ebay from a firm called Progressive Earth.

I'm not saying that it would work for your horse, but it worked for 2 of mine.

Some horses do weave when they move homes, a sign of being anxious, and they do settle down. Have you tried some Tellington-Touch body work? It isn't massage, but all touches. Some horses don't like it, others love it and it helps them relax.