Pink skin, what to put on for protection, suggestions please?

[Enfys]

Painted pony (I know, she looks like a cow) pictured here, has flaking, peeling skin around her eyes, it's not raw, or sore but I'm wondering if I should put some sort of cream on it to protect her in this cold weather (-10C is warm right now) and if so, does anybody have any suggestions as to what please? Vaseline perhaps? I know that she's probably going to need plastering with sunblock in the summer! Thankyou.

 

[Zebedee]

As it's so near the eye you probably need to ask the vet, but if you think that what you apply won't end up in the eye when she blinks I'd have said Aloe Vera or sudocreme. I wouldn't think any kind of water based gel would be any good as it would freeze wouldn't it?

 

[Tia]

Fly mask. Will keep UV rays off her eyes and help with the brightness of the snow.

 

[Enfys]

Thankyou.

I wasn't sure about the cream as the temperature concerned me, so I'll try the fly mask. Can that be worn at night then? I have never needed to use one before you see. EEEEEK, they come in colours! Is white preferable to a dark one?

 

[welshies]

Hi, i was going to say vaseline. I know it's very close to the eye vaseline is very gentle and doesn't contain anything harmful. You could also maybe try vaseline lip balm with uv protection in it? My boy has a lot of white on his nose and has to have factor 50 baby sun cream on, as i have found none of the horsey products work.

 

[fairhill]

Lots of people use the fly masks twenty four hours, you've just got to make sure it fits nicely - they can see through the mesh.
Not sure if there's a difference in colours - white might get very dirty quickly.
There's a fly repellent over here that is also a sunblock and glosser and safe to use on their eyes, and it's main ingredient appears to be vaseline, so I think you could probably apply some to moisturise the area.

 

[vicijp]

Surely vaseline will just magnify the sun?
I use factor 45 baby stuff on my grey, with sunscreen which comes in lip stuff around the eyes (think thats about factor 60).

 

[goeslikestink]

use a fly mask 24/7 that will heal her eyes and protect them from wind and sun light

 

[GatefieldHorses]

we used vaseline on the paint horse we had. worked wondered

 

[Tia]

The strength of the sun in England is not really comparable to the strength of it all year round here in Canada though.

I would never ever use Vaseline on a horse for anything over here; but I'm sure some people probably do.