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<font color="blue"> My mare has white legs and has mud fever on one heel. She has never had this before (she is 8years and I have had her since she was 9 months old).

I have tried pig oil &amp; sulphur and am currently applying HEAPS of sudocream on everyday.

She is due to go on loan to a fantastic home in a couple of weeks. But there is no way they will take her with mud fever. I really really do not want to miss out on this and am DESPERATE to get rid of this mud fever as quick as possible....

Can ANYONE help?! PLEASE PLEASE!!
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Mud fever needs to be dry to heal, sudocream is a good barrier, but if you haven't cleared up the mud fever, you are just covering it up.

Speak to your vet and some malseb shampoo to wash the scabs off and dry the legs thorougly afterwards, keep her in for a few days if you have to and get a cream from the vet rather than a home made remedy.
 
<font color="blue"> Thanks - think i am gonna have to go down the vet route.

Its such a good home I do not want to miss out. They won't take her as mud fever bacteria is catching and my mare could end up spreading it about! </font>
 
sudocreme is a really good barrier...but as ''tracey01'' said, you need to clear the mud fever first...

try hibiscrub (can be bought cheapish from chemists and is cheaper than a vert visit!!) dilute it and pickle of any loose scabs, wash her legs through with the hibiscrub and DRY THOROUGHLY, maybe keep her in at night?? or turn her out in a field that isn't too muddy?

you could also try putting on sulphur after DRYING THOROUGHLY the hibiscrubbed leg, as this will help to dry up any remaining scabs...

once all of the scabs have cleared then apply lots of sudocreme or udder cream to act as a barrier =) xxx

(and tbh the people should take her still...tonnes of horses get mud fever and it isnt like a really terrible thing like lameness! lol) xx
 
I know what you are saying. But it is the bacteria which causes mud fever which is catching. My mare has never had this before, so I want rid anyway! We do not have much mud and the moment, so think it may have been bought on by flies (but this is the same bacteria causing exactly the same problem).
 
My in foal mare has recently had the most terrible mud fever on all 4 legs having never had it before. It started during dry weather no mud in sight!! It has cost me close to £300 in vets visits and various lotions and potions, but what has worked has been flamazine from the vet. It is too expensive to use to soften scabs over a large area as mine was, so after bathing softly with hibiscrub and rubbing in udder cream straight after to soften and lift the scabs i dried very throughly then applied the flamazine. Over the worst areas i wrapped in clingfilm, bandaged, to keep the area hydrated and the scabs just peeled away with little discomfort leaving nice pink skin for the flamazine to work on. I have battled with this for over two months now and the flamazine has made a difference in two weeks!! I got the second lot of cream cheaper online and my vets price matched saving me £20!!!!! Hope this helps.
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Mandk - mud fever is "catching" because the bacteria that causes it lives in the soil and loves wet muddy conditions, which is why it is mostly a winter disease. The wet muddy conditions soften the skin around the horses' feet/legs and tiny cracks in the skin can appear, similar to if you stay in the bath too long. That is the prefect opportunity for the bacteria already IN the soil to strike and infect the horse. It can be a monumental (and expensive) nuisance for some horses but on my yard, a couple of horses get a bit of mud fever, one had it quite badly and the remaining 17 were fine! So it isn't a dead cert that ALL horses would get it!
 
Really I don't think you need to panic so much but thats just my opinion. do you keep her in at night? (as ideal opportunity for her legs to dry out propely if you were going to hibi scrub)
sudo cream is great for appliying to clean dry legs, works wonders in days on my coloured if I get a hint of a pink heel.

Is the loan home seriously not going to take her is she had mud fever? (I'm a bit shocked as its such a common winter ailment and no big deal unless the horse had it really badly).
I hose legs with cold water when I bring mine in at night, I bought her with mud fever 18 months ago and haven't had it since (except odd pink heel), others say leave to dry and wash every now and again with hibi scrub, so whatever works for you...
 
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