Scabby backs of knees on my cob!

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Hi there ! im new to the forum and i've noticed a previous discussion on melleners and sallenders ! i have been battling with my cobs scabby knees for 3 years now, having spent a fortune on potions and lotions. Does anyone have a miracle cure? Am about to try an old remedy, washing soda in water for cleansing and then iodine or sulphur applied when dry. Has anyone tried this ?
 
No and to be honest it sounds rather harsh.

Despite loving application of pig oil and sulphur, Cairo can flare up with small grease patches.

What I like to do is to mix 1 tablespoon of sudocream and a teaspoon of sulphur with 5 drops of tea tree oil and then gently rub into the crusty area each day for a week. It gets very messy but leave it.

At the end of the week I wash off with warm water and a little hibscrub. Gently rub the crust to remove the top layers.

Let it dry and then repeat with the cream.

Normally gone in 2 weeks. Then keep with oil and sulphur to keep it at bay apart from the two little patches that seem impossible to cure.
 
I'd just hibiscrub and leave it.... I am very happy to finally hear someone else say salanders and malanders (the spelling I was taught) as I haven't seen it since the mists of time in an old vet book! Love the name though, makes me think of salamanders!
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I find it works well to wash the legs in hibiscrub (to kill bacteria and soten the scabs), then drying them abit (with a towel, rubbing quite hard to remove more scabs), and then rubbing zinc and castor oil cream (which you can get from chemists) into the really tough scabs that are still attached, this will soften them a lot and most just fall off. Any that don't you can treat again the next day and you should find they fall off then. After this it's just a case of checking every week or so and reaplying the cream if nessecary. I don't think you can ever get rid of them permanently though, it's just a case of managing the condition as best as you can.
 
Thank you all for your suggestions. I have been scrubbing his legs with hibiscrub and applying a cream called Aromesse, this has been sort of keeping it under control but as soon as i stop it returns. I wondered if anyone new of a complete cure. After giving it some thought, i decided not to use washing soda as i also thought it would be too harsh! The problem i have with using greasy creams is that he has white feathers from the knee down and the cream collects so much dirt. Not much fun when you 're getting ready for a show !
 
Heel to Hoof soothing cream from barrier health.
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cleared my cobs knees up in 3days (having used various stuff on it for 5yrs).
 
i am having problems with this condition on a fell pony mare where i work at on the livery yard... do you think taking the feathers off would help?
 
No,taking the feathers off didn't help my boy! and he looked awful! in fact, when i had his legs clipped he also got quite bad cracked heels as it was winter, muddy and cold! i honestly think the feathers protect the heels, not sure if the same applies to the knees though! but you cant really just clip behind the knees, might look a bit strange

Peibaldsparkle , Thank you for suggesting Heel to Hoof, I did actually use this in the early days and was thinking about trying it again. It is possible that it improved the condition, but at the time i think i was using too many other products and not giving it a chance ! So i will give it another go. Do you find the legs dont get scabby at all ? cos if so you will have made a lot of people very happy!
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Golly, old fashioned or what - it's almost as bad as glanders and farcy! Here's the spelling I know ; Mallenders and Sallenders

and a reference I found on Google

Alternative forms: sellanders, and sellenders

"On the inside of the hock, or a little below it, as well as at the bend of the knee, there is occasionally a scurfy eruption called "mallenders" in the fore leg, and "sallenders" in the hind leg." (Youatt)

Origin: F. Solandres, solandre.

Source: Websters Dictionary

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So now I know.

PS It it eczema?
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Easy way to get the cream off is to use hand hot water and grannies soap flakes from Tescos - put the flakes into boiling water and whisk up then add cold water. They clean up the hair really well and are gentle. I also add equine blue to remove any yellow in the hair.

If you have really oily legs from pig oil, I like to use fairy washing up liquid and hot water for my first wash out after the winter to get the oil out. Make sure you rinse for ages though.
 
I use baby oil its cheap and readily available. I apply it every night before I put my girl to bed - dont want to apply an oil in this weather in the morning as she'll burn. Once fully cleared up I apply once a week to keep it under control.
 
hi there ! just had to let everyone know that the Heal to Hoof, recomended by piedbaldsparkle has worked a treat ! Merlins knees look better than they have ever ! so hopefully we have found a cure! Thank you piedbaldsparkle X will let you know how they go !
 
hi there! just read through these & am going to try Heel to Hoof, my vets just told me this condition doesnt get better but also doesnt get worse but my case did get worse, with bad management, when i sent my cob away. the best iv found for cleaning is Mud Marvel Descab leave on overnight & scabs come straight off. I managed it last year by spraying with a barrier spray & washing with surgical shampoo, it is very time taking but seemed to work. will let you's no how i get on x
 
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