Turn out boots/chaps and mud fever ointment??

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diluteherd

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Can anyone recommend the best turnout chaps/boots, I like the equilibrium ones but they come with a nice price tag too! The shires ones on ebay look good too and are at a price that means they can be replaced if the get ripped of torn..

What does everyone else use?


Also...... Cream/ointment for mud fever? Whats the best, my TB has come back suddenly off loan - theres a completely separate thread on this! :( But what is the best cream I can use to treat it.. if it is actually mud fever :confused: Its just on the front of his hind cannon bones, and looks like a black, crusty layer under his hair and if I pick a little off you take the hair off and get pink flesh.. So Im sort of thinking its mud fever :confused:

Thanks for any help and guidance!
 
It sounds like equine cannon keratosis, if you do a search you will find out more about it.
One of mine used to get it and I found the best treatment was washing well with hibiscrub and no cream put on, it healed really quickly once the greasy layer was lifted off and over a few days it dried up and went away.
 
Oh thank you :)

I will admit I wasnt sure as it was mud fever, I tried to point it out to the vet when she can to check him over once we got him and home and she seemed a little dismissive of it.

Will give him a hibiscrub tomorrow and google it now.

Thank you again
 
Protocon cream for MF, haven't found anything better for many years now.
Don't wash it, always brush mud off, smear cream all over the scabs and leave; apply more cream the next day over the top of before, don't pick at it. The next day rub the cream on in a circular motion and some of the scabs will peel off but still don't pick at them. Repeat as necessary. It's the most painless way (for the horse) and you're hands will be super soft afterwards too; might take a couple of weeks but you should have healthy skin pretty quickly. It goes without saying to try to keep horse out of the mud while you're treating it. Once healed, protect it when going out with a barrier cream of some sort; udder cream is excellent but the less you wash off the better, should be totally unnecessary (that's my vet talking BTW!)
 
:):)Premier Equine turnout bootsI found superb,and have found better than Equilibrium.They are also breathable and supportive.My lad wore them overnight in the field after an old tendon injury failed to heal properly.and he was much easier in his movement.Lovely fit and around £30.
 
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