scabby nose and lips on white muzzle

[Jericho]

Our new little rescue pony who has lots of white on his face and pink lips and nose is getting lots of scabs and nicks all over his muzzle, probably from the sun/rumaging in the hedges / flies so I am helping this with liberal amounts of sunblock and then sudocrem at night to soften the scabs. I have also bought a nose net to see if that helps a bit.

The main problem is that he has very old man wrinkly lips especially in the corners and then these are splitting and looking a bit sore (NB this is nothing to do with his bit as he is hardly ridden (and he obviously cant now because of the cracked lips) and even when I got him a month or so ago his lips were very wrinkly just not cracked completely) Up to now I have been putting sudocrem on to help but what else can I do to help him?

Any ideas appreciated?

(Cross posted in Vet)

 

[LivingTheDream92]

i find sudocream can sometimes be a bit drying because of the antiseptic, i'd go for vaseline

 

[Fransurrey]

Check that it's also not buttercups. Some horses can be oversensitive to them and this results in ulceration/scabbing around the muzzle. Agree about sudocrem being drying and would also try vaseline, as it'll act as a barrier, too (if it's buttercups!).

 

[legend22]

i use the horse sun cream - think it's Barrier Health - white bottle, green writing (I think!). This works brilliantly on my coloured with simlar markings and is water based so not oily like human sun cream!

 

[lh1975]

Try zinc and castor oil cream - it's very effective but gentle on tender skin. I used it on my first mare for years.