Quick and easy solution for mud fever

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My Tb has mud fever (god knows how) and I need a good way of getting all the scabs off without picking them as he is very sensitive and kicks out a lot when I try.

Does anyone have a good idea of an easy way to do this?

Thanks
 
There aren't really any quick and easy solutions to mud fever:(

My Mare had severe mud fever when I bought her. Very briefly, we used an Animalintex poultice, left on for 24 hours to soften the scabs, or you can use baby oil, cover with cling film (not too tightly) and stable bandages. It depends on the severity, but it can take a few days of this routine to soften and remove all the scabs.

Hope this helps:)
 
sweat them it is also vets advice to do this you need

Gamgee
animalintex dressing
vet wrap

wet animalintex place over mud fever wrap around gamgee and put vet wrap on so making a bandage leave for 24hrs when you take it off the scabs will be come of with a gentle wipe all soft and animalintex will draw out any gunge then give a quick clean and put a cream of your choice SORTED.

a alternative to animalintex =
cover affected area with loads of sudocrem wrap in clingfilm then apply gamgee and vet wrap as a bandage

it will remove all scabs no scrubbing and making it sore or annoying your horse
 
Medical grade manuka honey works miracles. Activon from eBay is cheap and effective. Can also get from boots etc I think. Med grade much better and stronger and often cheaper than the stuff from supermarkets. Put on the scabs one or two times per day and wash off every 2-4 days as necessary. Otherwise udder cream and yellow sulphur is excellent.
 
Flamazine, but it is POM, so you have to be prescribed it by a vet (what my vets prescribed for my horse with mud fever). Clears it up in no time, by far the best thing I have ever used.
 
Muddy Marvel. :)

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I bought this set when my mare had terrible mud fever. I now only buy the barrier cream as she hasn't had it since I started to use the BC.
 
charlimouse said:
Flamazine, but it is POM, so you have to be prescribed it by a vet (what my vets prescribed for my horse with mud fever). Clears it up in no time, by far the best thing I have ever used.
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flamazine is very good, but also very expensive.

Muddy marvel 3 step is very good - as good as flamazine. You use the scab removal cream on their legs, take it off, use an antiseptic (step 2). I always dry the legs with blue roll (big tissue) afterwards. I'm not a fan of wrapping the legs in anything - they need to dry out really. The 3rd step is a barrier cream for when they're out, but ideally they need to be kept out of the mud..

If its not that severe, baby oil can gently remove the scabs.

Poor OP, you do realise that you will get 45 replies on a topic like this, and none of them will say the same thing!!
 
My horse had annoyingly recurrent mud fever for a few years (in that every time we got down to the last few scabs and thought we were nearly there it would flare up badly again), think there was something underlying that was making his esp difficult to totally clear up as when he moved to his new loan home with different ground and was taken off some of his medication as he didn't really need it any more at the time, in combination with a new approach to treatment it finally totally cleared up. Anyhow things I've found to be good are malaseb shampoo (POM V, so vet needs to prescribe, but have heard nizerol (sp?) is a good alternative designed for humans that can be bought from chemist) good as you leave it on to soak and it softens all the scabs, aromaheel (be warned once it goes on it'll never come off again, or at least not without serious effort on your part!) once you've been putting this on for a few days the scabs will just wipe off, sudocreme is also good for softening scabs if you keep putting it on for a few days, muddy marvel barrier cream is good for keeping the mud off and stopping it sticking but not much good at softening scabs (I didn't find the whole "3 step" package did a lot of good tbh), mudguard by NAF is also good for keeping mud from sticking. The thing that eventually did clear my horse's up was a combination of udder cream and wound powder (wound powder 1st then udder cream I think, was loaner that did it not me!). Think there are some powders put there spec designed for the job, which may be worth a look at for helping with drying out stage after the worst of the scabs are off
 
JosieB said:
Aroma heel, just slap it on thickly, reapply next couple of days.. Scabs just slide off, easy.
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^^^this!!^^^^^

Can't rate the stuff enough! It's so easy to use and so effective! Trust me I have a very sensitive tb who has suffered for years, I tried everything! IMO flamazine is cr*p, costs loads and does nothing!
 
Damnation said:
Udder cream!!! Amazing stuff :D
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I 2nd that! cheap as well:D. just rub it in every day, gradually the scabs soften and come away without leaving any sore exposed skin.

If infection has already set in then that's a different matter and antibiotics will probably be needed in one form or another.
 
Can I be the third person to say udder cream? Hubby used to used it on his and says it is ideal and cheaper than mud fever specific stuff. Only prob is now I'm pregnant he is threatening to use it on me too!lol
 
I’ve got a grey arab (can get mud rash on all 4 white feet) and a bay TB with one white foot (you guesses it, mud rash on that one foot!). Ive tried every single method .. keeping in … trying this … trying that … and the best thing is:

VASELINE!!!!!!!!!

Brush legs/feet with a soft body brush - clearing all dried mud off. Smear loads and loads of Vaseline over scabs and massage into skin (I mean really massage in!) and throw out in the field!!! When the come in (and their legs are fully fully dry, brush off excess mud and then brush the scabs (not soft but not rough) – the ones that are ready to come off will easily drop off but there may be some not quite ready – don’t pick as they’ll bleed and get reinfected … just slap a load more Vaseline on and keep repeating until scab free legs!! The key though is to massage … you will find a lot of the scabs come off when you’re massaging.

Vaseline also keeps mud off legs so you’ll find they come in with a lot less mud too – another one is baby oil (when no mud rash) mud will just slide off!!!

My friend on the yard is trying my easy method and she keeps laughing as it’s working and she’s old school – likes her lotions and potions!
 
I'll '4th' the udder cream, in conjunction with antibiotics if neccessary.

I'd also remind people that you should never use arnica on broken skin - and the idea of painfully scraping off scabs, is, to me, quite counter productive and results in an edgy and distrusting animal.
 
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