Rain rot treatment

[Sassenach_1234]

Hi, I’ve just noticed some marks on my horses barrel. They aren’t round more like lines. There are scabs which flake off and pull away her coat. She doesn’t keep bothering by the when I’m looking at them but I think it’s might be rain rot. She is rugged and out 24/7 so doesn’t really get wet. Sometimes sweaty after riding but not on the part (only girth and neck usually)

any recommendations for bacterial spray? Or ointments?

obviously if it gets worse or doesn’t clear up I WILL call the vet.

 

[Sassenach_1234]

 

[Sassenach_1234]

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

You could try either tea-tree oil spray or blue foot spray for sheep.

 

[Gloi]

Give the area a wash with Nizoral or a similar shampoo.
If the horse isn't young starting being prone to skin infections can be a sign of Cushing's.

 

[Sassenach_1234]

You could try either tea-tree oil spray or blue foot spray for sheep.

Thanks I just ordered some Hibiscub so hopefully that will help.

 

[Sassenach_1234]

Give the area a wash with Nizoral or a similar shampoo.
If the horse isn't young starting being prone to skin infections can be a sign of Cushing's.

She’s 8. Hopefully it’s just because it’s winter and we live in Scotland!

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

Thanks I just ordered some Hibiscub so hopefully that will help.

I always find that Hibiscrub is too strong for more than 1 treatment and I'mnot sure tht itisi anti-fungal, which you need for rainscald.. Can you leave the rug off?

 

[Sassenach_1234]

I always find that Hibiscrub is too strong for more than 1 treatment and I'mnot sure tht itisi anti-fungal, which you need for rainscald.. Can you leave the rug off?

the BHS seem to recommend it for Rain Rot….I can’t really leave her rug off as we have 60mph winds due and rain ?

 

[Carrottom]

Gold label wonder gel is good for softening the scabs and helping the skin heal.

 

[HappyHollyDays]

As the owner of a pony who gets rainscald in the height of summer and who learnt through getting it wrong please don’t use Hibiscrub, it is very strong and can make the new skin under the scabs even more inflamed and angry. You need an anti fungal shampoo or Malaseb from the vet to start with and then a cream such as Muddy Buddy from Lincoln to help soften the scabs. Under no circumstances pick the scabs off, let them fall off naturally or you will end up with more sites for the infection to enter the skin.

 

[Equi]

My minis would get this under their manes most springs so I usually clip when I notice a spot, but if I can’t I at least clip a small section around the scab and use a tea tree oil spray and some head and shoulders. After that I whack the sudocreme/botanica on and it clears in a few days. I wouldn’t use hibiscrub.

 

[twiggy2]

Its been mild this winter where I am in Scotland and rain scald (rot) is not caused by rain, its a bacterial infection that is far more common when the skin is compromised and the immune system low.
could she have been sweating under her rug at all?
How often is her rug removed and her given a good groom?
I tend to just massage the scabs with my fingers tips and let the air get under them, I don't tend to wash and wouldn't use hibiscrub it's quite an aggressive wash. They dry out and clear up once the air gets to them.

 

[Northern Hare]

My old horse had rainscald across his quarters one year when he first had Cushings (he was treated with Prascend). The vet recommended using a very dilute Hibiscrub solution, leave it on for five minutes then wash off. She said to only do this once, rather than keep repeating. I found it did work and the scabs came off within a few days, but tbh the underlying cause was the Cushings in my horses case (late teens at the time).

 

[SEL]

As the owner of a pony who gets rainscald in the height of summer and who learnt through getting it wrong please don’t use Hibiscrub, it is very strong and can make the new skin under the scabs even more inflamed and angry. You need an anti fungal shampoo or Malaseb from the vet to start with and then a cream such as Muddy Buddy from Lincoln to help soften the scabs. Under no circumstances pick the scabs off, let them fall off naturally or you will end up with more sites for the infection to enter the skin.

^^^ this is the advice from my vet this week. Horse gets a patch on his back just by his withers. He's got a thick winter coat so I clip the hair around it.

 

[Lurfy]

Another vote for Malaseb shampoo, it works really well on mine for this type of skin problem.

 

[HashRouge]

I'd be thinking she's getting too warm under her rug. As others, Malaseb is really good. I'd also be looking to change her into a lighter rug, and/ or give her some time without her rug if you can.

 

[Sassenach_1234]

I'd be thinking she's getting too warm under her rug. As others, Malaseb is really good. I'd also be looking to change her into a lighter rug, and/ or give her some time without her rug if you can.

You could be right, I’ve just popped a 50g one on instead of the 150

As the owner of a pony who gets rainscald in the height of summer and who learnt through getting it wrong please don’t use Hibiscrub, it is very strong and can make the new skin under the scabs even more inflamed and angry. You need an anti fungal shampoo or Malaseb from the vet to start with and then a cream such as Muddy Buddy from Lincoln to help soften the scabs. Under no circumstances pick the scabs off, let them fall off naturally or you will end up with more sites for the infection to enter the skin.

Was the hibiscrub too strong even when diluted?

 

[HappyHollyDays]

Yes, the Hibiscrub is far to astringent for such delicate newly grown skin. It’s needs to be treated and kept moistened rather than dried out or it just cracks again and becomes reinfected. My pony had it from his withers all the way down both sides of his body and was in such pain I could hardly touch him. The vet gave me the Malaseb which you work up into a later and leave on the coat for 10 minutes every few days. It took about a week before he would let me touch him without getting upset and I have never used the stuff again.

 

[MotherOfChickens]

I have and I would use hibiscrub for this, few horses might react to it but it is used as a surgical scrub and neither this nor povidine iodine deserve their bad rep and they are both very useful for cleaning up wounds and infections if used as directed. Dilute it properly, wash and leave on and then rinse. If it’s not too messy an area, a smear of sudocrem or protocol will help protect it.
they get rot when they don’t get a chance to dry out properly, I’ve even had it in unrugged natives in very wet winters, it part of the reason I like to have stables available so that they can dry off. if she’s not getting a mineral balancer then one might help.

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

Wash with malaseb then use an athletes foot spray on it daily to keep it from coming back.