Using Hibi-Scrub on mud fever?

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As title really (Ridiculous I'm asking about mud-fever in July
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), I have been given two bits of conflicting advice, one saying you shouldn't hibiscrub mud fever and one that you should. I always thought you shouldn't but now I've had hibiscrub chucked at me by someone (not literally
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) and being told I should be scrubbing his back pasterns/heels every day. So, what is the 'correct' thing to do? Any advice either was would be appreciated!
 
I don't. I tend to wash them once with a mild solution of hibiscrub - then not to wash again.

Plaster the legs in Udder Salve (not cream) and the infection should clear up in no time.
 
Ty got mild MF on his heels last year and I washed every day with hibiscrub and sprayed on purple spray and it heeled quickly.
 
When starting to treat mud fever, washing the area with a very, very, very weak solution of hibiscrub once can help debride the area and get the mank off, but after that using hibiscrub will slow healing and possibly irritate the area more, so I would avoid it.
 
Hibiscrub is great in warm water as part of treatment for mud fever but you don't say if he has it or not. I get scabs off with warm water and hibiscrub and then put on Sudocrem and it seems to work. Secret is catching it early before it really gets a hold.

Mud fever is a bacterial infection and can be got at any time of the year - I had a mare who was fine all winter and then got it in a mud-free field in the summer...!
 
i used hibiscrub in the winter and had no luck using it...in fact i think it made it worse because then the mud fever was wet. So in the end i bought some powder which i have had a mind block and cant remember its name, but it worked wond <font color="purple"> </font> ers.
 
He has very mild M-F right now, however last winter he had it pretty bad, bless him. I've always used MSM and Udder Cream and he seems to have been fine, which is why I asked what hibiscrub would do
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Thanks for all your advice everyone
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My (grey) mare has got awful mud fever at the moment (as you say, in JULY, for heaven's sake). I would wash the area just once with Hibiscrub to make sure it is clean and then cover it with Protocon/Sudacrem or similar. Don't keep makign the area wet as you just compound the problem (but like licking your lips when they're chapped - it "helps" initially but then just makes it worse).
If you can keep her in somewhere dry obviously that will help. I'm a but stuck as the mare is still at the stud so I can't exactly do what I'd like with her but I did clean her feet and legs off yesterday and covered her in Sudocrem Unfortunately she then had to go back out into an apocalyptic thunderstorm and rain like a power-shower. It's not actually muddy either, it's just that the grass is soaking wet all the time.
 
I wash then once to clean them, then dry and then put emollient cream on cover with clingfilm, bandage and leave overnight. Usually all scabs softened by the morning so remove them and just keep rubbing emollient cream in until its healed. Once healed he goes back out with his legs covered in oil. I worked very well last year and he only got 2 small flare ups. The year before I hibiscrubbed every day and it didnt clear until the weather dried up.

Keep the legs as dry as possible.

Baron has an infected cut on his leg at the moment, I have been having to wash it with hidiscrub (as advised by vet) and hose his leg for 30 mins twice a day. On that leg only he has got mud fever and hes in 24/7. It just shows that washing and scrubbing the legs can actually cause mud fever so I personally dont see how it can cure it.
 
use hibiscrub to soften and remove as many scabs in the first instance then apply heel to hoof, then apply this daily do not wash off just keep adding more in layers. heel to hoof is great stuff as it allows the skin to breathe but creates a waterproof barrier...
 
if you do wash them - ensure that they are dried as best as poss. my lad got MF, used to hibi scrub dry them really well and then coat in sudocream.

Dosesnot get it any more since I let his feathers grow back
 
My boy had the first signs of a bit of MF two weeks ago. I thoroughly washed his legs and then hibiscrubbed then to get the skin really clean, then left him in overnight to make sure they were dry, then when he could go back out I put sudocrem on to protect them.

you really can't put any barrier cream on unless the skin is completely clean, otherwise you're sealing in the dirt which could cause more probs, and hibiscrub is good for getting it really clean.
 
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