Please recommend a wash for my poor horse!

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Got my poor TBxSection D home from loan about a week ago.

He arrived back with his full winter coat intact (not even started to molt yet!); thick with grease, scurf and impregnated mud. I bathed him a couple of days ago and clipped him out this evening. Underneath he is covered in little scabs, healing nicks, scaley patches and lots of scurf - even after the thorough warm bath he's had already.

Honestly, he's covered head-to-tail in these bald patches and hard little scabs. None appear to be rain scald or ring worm but he simply looks throughly motley and flea bitten. Clipping was a nightmare with all the little dried scabs throughout his coat.

But whatever these marks all are, he'll need washing in something that is soothing, antibacterial and antifungal.

Just wanted to ask what people recommended? I've obviously got Hibiscrub kicking about, but thought that would be too drying for repeated washes, and that it's not anti-fungal in anycase.

BTW, the vet check him over this morning (before the clip) and wasn't particularly bothered by the little marks and scabs throughout his coat - although it's only now that the horse has been hunter clipped that the huge number of them is clear.
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There is a Lavender wash from Barrier (its a white bottle with green writing) and its great. Not very foamy so its more of a slosh wash - especially if you can use warm water.

I used it this year on our mini shetland that was covered in scabs and had scratched bigger scabs in places. I think it was a bit of rain scald, but whatever it was the wash did the trick - I also used Gold Label Wonder Gel for skin on the scabs and the combination have cleaned her up and healed everything after just a couple of washes - both are relatively inexpensive as well.
 
Have you checked for lice? Horses often get scurfy coats if they have or have had lice. If there are any i would use coopers to treat them.
I would use lavendar wash. You dont have to rinse it off and lavender is very good at soothing. You can put it on neat on small cuts/grazes.
Could he also have ticks? They can sometimes be tiny but cause scabs/oozing of skin.
 
Poor wee chap, good that you have him home again.

I'd give him a bath in Nizeral - you buy it from th echemist. Dilute in warm water and lather up well working well into coat. It is great at ddealing with fungal infections and also clears up the dandruff. It can also be left on to dry.
 
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Poor wee chap, good that you have him home again.

I'd give him a bath in Nizeral - you buy it from th echemist. Dilute in warm water and lather up well working well into coat. It is great at ddealing with fungal infections and also clears up the dandruff. It can also be left on to dry.

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Thanks for the recommendation. I was laying in bed last night, wondering about human shampoo and where one might be suitable. I've not used the Nizoral shampoo before - so are you saying that it doesn't need to be rinsed?
 
As long as it isn't too strong a solution. I've used it on my foals when they've developed rainscald - one at only a few days old.

I've actually used it neat too and left it on a very bad patch of rain scald. Rubbed in the Nizeral and covered the horse. A few days later the damaged area came away easily and the new growth came through well - you'd never know that he had lost and area the size od a saucer.
 
I bought some Nizoral from the chemist at lunchtime. I told the chemist what it was for and it was the one he recommended to me! I already had it in my hand, so that was a good choice.

I'll probably use that on him in the next day or so, and then follow up with the Lavender Wash and Wonder Gel (I've got both of those) until he's looking better.

He's not itching or rubbing, and there are no obvious signs of lice or nits in his mane, tail or coat, so I doubt he's infested - he's black, so they'd show up pretty clearly; but I'll probably treat him with something mild, just in case, once his sore skin has improved. Maybe louse powder.

Thanks for the recommendations everyone
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