Summer dermatitis?

[sjdress]

My veteran mare has suddenly got really sore cracked heel/dermatitis on one leg. I’ve picked the scabs off but they are looking really sore again with some swelling. She lives out 24/7, no mud ground is dry and rock hard at the moment. Could it be from sun sensitivity … waiting for call back from vet but anyone have any experience with this and how to deal with it?

 

[mini-eventer]

Seems to be a lot of this sort of thing about? does it sound like what we are discussing here?

Is this mud fever?

Highland pony never been an itchy boy but has started bubbling round his pasterns. I had a feel about and there’s some lines of rock hard scabs. I’ve put some tea tree gel on it and he enjoyed the attention very much. Do everything loose in the field so can’t have been too sore or he’d have...

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[pistolpete]

I feel your pain? Not dealt with anything like it before. Currently using some tea tree gel and a bit of extra fly spray on legs to keep flies away.

 

[TheMule]

Filtabac is brilliant stuff for this- my sensitive white legged ginger gets this every year and I’ve tried all sorts, this is the first stuff that has really worked

 

[Ali27]

Cushings can cause skin issues so maybe worth testing for it!

 

[Spotherisk]

Bit different but my dog has it - first time. Vet gave him a steroid injection - that worked for a couple of weeks. Then recommended cleaning with hibiscrub every time he’d been outside, drying thoroughly, and applying their cream.

I’ve gone rogue and he’s now on one piriton a day (started a week ago) and a daily leg spraying with Avon Skin so Soft (two days so far). He’s stopped niggling his feet and the angry redness has gone.

As Avon SSS is used a fait bit for sweet itch cases might be worth a go?

 

[sjdress]

My mares leg blew up so now on antibiotics and bute

 

[Esmae]

Test for cushings. Mix sudocrem and flowers of sulphur together. The cream is the carrier for the fos. slather it on daily until the scabs fall off by themselves. Do not pick. Was the only thing that helped my old boy and he was a martyr to it every August. Good luck it is a right royal pita! Hope your mare is okay.

 

[pistolpete]

Contemplating cutting feathers off to treat but he lives out and no stable option.

 

[olop]

My 24 year old gets scabs below his pasterns every summer normally starts in April/May through to September. I’ve had his bloods run and tested for cushings all clear.

He lives out 24/7 and last year I started putting over reach boots on him during the day. This has stopped it happening. I’m not sure if his were reactions to fly bites but it certainly has helped putting the boots on him when he is out, might be worth a try if yours is getting them lower down the legs.

 

[P.forpony]

Any buttercups in your field?
There were some in one of my paddocks and the 2 tbs with white legs both had the same.

I switched fields and use conotrane, it's a human cream that's antibacterial and antifungal, its precribed a lot for nappy rash and bedsores, and half the price of anything marketed for horses! Use it liberally a few times a day and it softens the scabs so they just wipe off with a gentle rub.
If I tried to pick scabs off my chestnut filly I'd be regretting it very quickly!

 

[pistolpete]

Udder cream is lifting the scabs off my boys weird dermatitis.

 

[paddy555]

My veteran mare has suddenly got really sore cracked heel/dermatitis on one leg. I’ve picked the scabs off but they are looking really sore again with some swelling. She lives out 24/7, no mud ground is dry and rock hard at the moment. Could it be from sun sensitivity … waiting for call back from vet but anyone have any experience with this and how to deal with it?

what colour leg?

 

[sjdress]

what colour leg?

White leg!

 

[paddy555]

White leg!

guessed it was.

leucocytoclastic vasculitis is ie photo aggravated vasculitis?

if so you will need to keep light off it.
I've dealt with it and it takes some time to clear and it is not mud fever and doesn't work treated like mud fever.

If you vet confirms then look at Sox. ie silver whinnys. these are like a long white knee length stocking you keep on the leg to keep the light off.
I'm sure if you search on here you will find info. Plus search on here for vasculitis.

My vet supplied a cream he had created. Mine used udder cream as a base plus a steroid and I'm not sure if the other was an anti biotic. Your vet will know what they normally prescribe.
leave the scabs, whatever you do don't use hibiscrub. Keep it dry. If it is this when your vet supplies cream just rub it in and let the scabs come off on their own. It is very sore, don't get kicked.

 

[santas_spotty_pony]

I’m dealing with the same! Itchy back legs (white legs with pink skin) He’s 25 and I’ve never had this problem before. Had his liver tested and aloe cushings tested and all was fine. Tried a steroid cream which helped a bit but didn’t get rid of it. Bought him some UV chaps to keep the shnlifrh off them but that didn’t seem to make much difference.

Yesterday he has had a dectomax injection for mites and will be having another in two weeks just in case but Vet said he isn’t the usual type and there really isn’t any sign of any scabs.

Other suggestions to try are antihistamines and oral steroids. I’ll be trying antihistamines next if this doesn’t work. Vets are a bit stumped!

 

[TheOldTrout]

guessed it was.

leucocytoclastic vasculitis is ie photo aggravated vasculitis?

if so you will need to keep light off it.
I've dealt with it and it takes some time to clear and it is not mud fever and doesn't work treated like mud fever.

If you vet confirms then look at Sox. ie silver whinnys. these are like a long white knee length stocking you keep on the leg to keep the light off.
I'm sure if you search on here you will find info. Plus search on here for vasculitis.

My vet supplied a cream he had created. Mine used udder cream as a base plus a steroid and I'm not sure if the other was an anti biotic. Your vet will know what they normally prescribe.
leave the scabs, whatever you do don't use hibiscrub. Keep it dry. If it is this when your vet supplies cream just rub it in and let the scabs come off on their own. It is very sore, don't get kicked.

This is what my mare turned out to have on her white stocking. It's clearing up with oral steroids and aqueous cream with steroids and antibiotics added. Scabs are coming off easily and the skin underneath is quite dry.

 

[sjdress]

My mare has had to have a second course of antibiotics as leg blew up again and was hot and she had a temperature. Leg is still scabby. I am removing the scabs but they seem to keep forming. Have been using Filtabac but not sure it’s making a difference. I used Aromaheel before as helps to get the scabs off but this time it just seems to make the leg a wet mess but the Filtabac seems to make the scabs dry so difficult to remove. Arghhhh!

 

[mini-eventer]

Lincoln muddy buddy lotion cleared my boys up pretty quick. It is a greasy vasaline texture.

I'm not 100% what caused mine though, it's been very dry for mudfever, he's got no white legs etc. I had half a tub of this that someone gave me and it worked so it didn't think too much into it

 

[lizziebell]

Not sure if it’s down to the weather, but my farrier said he’s seeing a lot of it this year. One of mine gets a little on her white legs but it’s been more prevalent this year. Luckily she’s not bothered by it and it’s never sore, just scabby. I don’t pick the scabs though, just keep applying an antibacterial barrier cream and scabs soften and fall off when they are ready leaving nice skin behind.

 

[Gloi]

My method was to use wondergel or another aloe Vera to soften and remove the scabs and then a good coat of filtabac and some flamazine on anything that looked infected.

 

[pistolpete]

My method was to use wondergel or another aloe Vera to soften and remove the scabs and then a good coat of filtabac and some flamazine on anything that looked infected.

Flamazine is good stuff. Don’t think my vet will give it to me without a visit though.

 

[Gloi]

Eexpensive too

Flamazine is good stuff. Don’t think my vet will give it to me without a visit though.

Expensive If you need a lot. Conveniently I have a supply from an elderly relative who got prescribed it then passed away.

 

[buddylove]

I searched some old threads as one of mine developed a scabby heel on a white sock, he is super thin skinned so we are using filtabac where we can see pink skin and acriflex cream on the scabs, which are now dropping off after a couple of weeks with perfectly healthy skin underneath, no picking!