Turn out socks vs stable wraps?

[Bri]

Have been reading lots of previous posts on mud fever and am now just very confused!!
Mare gets it badly (damn those 4 white feet!) currently using sudocream but it keeps coming back. She got it a fair few weeks ago before it was even really muddy so I'm assuming it's something she's going to be prone to most of the time.

Should I use some sort of t/o sock?? Some people have recommended them whereas others have said it makes it worse? Or should I just use a barrier cream when she's out and then use wraps/bandages over night? Will bandaging actually help??
Thanks guys!

 

[Chex]

I'm sure it depends on the horse, but I wouldn't use either on mine. Turnout socks would irritate his skin, very sensitive around the scabby bits. Wouldn't used stable wraps/bandages either, they would just provide a warm, moist area for the bactriea to multiply lots. But Chex has funny mud fever, his legs don't dry over night, just get more damp and horrible. I think t/o socks might worka s a preventative, but not if they already have it.

 

[Bri]

My girly has very little hair there - so legs usually dry off very quickly. Just gets very scabby and oozes

Wasn't sure about bandaging over night - just someone mentioned it in an earlier post I was reading and wondered whether it actually helped at all?
She's staying in at the moment in an attempt to get rid of it!

 

[KatB]

Don't use TO socks if already got it as will just cause it to spread....
Best thing I found for my Cob was to cover clean dry legs in an antiseptic ointment, then wrap in clingfilm to sweat scabs off. Then use a barrier cream to TO with.

 

[Lucy_Ally]

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Don't use TO socks if already got it as will just cause it to spread....
Best thing I found for my Cob was to cover clean dry legs in an antiseptic ointment, then wrap in clingfilm to sweat scabs off. Then use a barrier cream to TO with.

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Ditto except I used caneston thrush cream and cling-filmed and bandaged over night, then used udder cream as a barrier for turnout. Worked brilliantly.

 

[AmyMay]

We've had fantastic results this year with Udder Salve (not cream). Loan horse had some pretty bad weather beat under her elbow come up overnight which was cleared up very, very quickly with the salve.

She also has three very white legs which have been plastered in salve once a week, and has not even had a hint of mud feaver (she is very prone). She's out 24/7.

I've never used turnut socks - I really don't fancy them.

 

[Bri]

Thanks guys - she only has it in the groove bit between her coronet and pasterns (not sure what it's called?) so no point in bandaging is there??

 

[KatB]

Nope! Wack aload of cream on it, wait for scabs to drop off, then use loads of barrier cream before turning her out. Do you use boots in her when riding? Just be careful nothingv rubs the area and makes it open to bacteria/sore.

 

[sunny123]

Sorry to hi-jack thread but do you use the barrier cream while they have it? My boy has got it and i have been washing once a week, plastering in anti bact cream then with vasaline before he goes out. seems to be working but i dont know whether i should be washing the vaseline off every night and putting on more anti bact. the vaseline also means that i cant brush off dry mud in the morning so it is just staying on top. helllpppp! i hate mud fever!

 

[KatB]

Only use barrier cream with antiseptic properties as otherwise it is just sealing the bacteria in. So use something like NAF mud gard, or something that will treat it and protect. Try not to wash it too often either, this opens the pores and makes it worse, as the bacteria just keeps thriving in damp conditions. Don't worry about mud sticking to the top of the barrier cream, it being like that is better than washing it every night, if there are scaps try and get those off with the barrier cream (should soften them) and keep washing to a minimum. If you do wash it, use an antibacterial shampoo like Teatree or Nettex muddy marvel. IMO the best stuff of all is Keratex mud powder as keeps legs dry too, and mud doesnt stick!!

Bit jumbled, but hope that helps!!

 

[TLL67]

My boy was in for 3 weeks with really bad mud fever, he now has NAF mudguard & is turned out with Sportabac Turnout Socks and touch wood he has been clear for the past 5 weeks. Find the socks a lot easier than messing about with creams and what not.

 

[Hanz]

Sudocream is a water-based cream so when you put her out it will mix in with the moisture of the ground and come off!

I hosed the legs down every night after bringing my mare in, cleaned it with HibiScrub, let it dry then put on a little bit of sudocream. Before she went out on the morning I put an oil based cream [protocon] over the scabs to keep the wetness away.
Depends on what works best for your horse I suppose, Phoenix just ripped her t/o socks off so that idea didnt work very well.