Waterproof turnout boots for hind legs

[spotty_pony2]

Any suggestions?

They are for the photosensitive Friesian so I want them to come ideally to just below the hocks. He’s still wearing his fly boots and they are helping but I think we are going to be needing something waterproof for the winter. All of the ones I keep seeing look a bit short but it’s hard to tell from photos.

As breathable as possible too is a must but I’m hoping with the shorter days he might be able to have them off when he’s out at night soon.

 

[blitznbobs]

Water proof boots are a really bad idea they will fill with water and then the water can’t escape … end up with trench foot or whatever they call it in horses

 

[spotty_pony2]

Water proof boots are a really bad idea they will fill with water and then the water can’t escape … end up with trench foot or whatever they call it in horses

But surely if I carry on with fly boots they will just remain soggy? or would you think fly boots in the winter would be better still? I have to stop the UV rays getting to them and then they are fine.

 

[Abacus]

Is there so much UV in winter to cause a problem? Could you use suncream? Agree that any kind of boots will get wet inside. Many years ago I tried the Equilibrium turnout boots and they were a muddy mess in minutes.

 

[Gloi]

Can you keep a good layer of filtabac on the legs?

 

[spotty_pony2]

Can you keep a good layer of filtabac on the legs?

I think this might be an option! We are going to try no boots as soon as we get to proper winter and see how we get on.

 

[Redders]

Just a word of warning about a layer of cream! And I would never have considered this a problem until I had a mishap. I love Filtabac, however, this summer my mare (white legs) was being bothered by the flies on her legs and stomping, and she had a couple tiny scabs (like pin head sized, nothing I would write home about!). I popped on Battles summer fly cream (another cream I really like and is also a UV block) to help keep the flies off, which did really help. Then I noticed the scabs getting worse (but still not ‘bad’, so I cleaned them and started using Filtabac instead. Long and short of it, I essentially gave her summer mud fever because I made the legs damp and creamy which was the perfect breeding ground for bacteria to spread yes I know and I feel like a pillock. I am still dealing with the fallout now, although we are very almost healed fully. (Peptivet foam is great by the way, because I resolutely did not want to use more cream! After washing with Ermidra shampoo because I had to be really mindful of trying to keep her natural oils and skin barrier healthy, as we are coming to winter wetness and I want her natural barrier to be healthy and not stripped to prevent actual proper winter mud fever when it gets wetter). I also tried various fly boots based on a search on here and they just slipped down and got tight around her fetlocks, and I’m sure they would have been great in normal circumstances but because of the scabs I needed them to not tighten like they were, so I ended up getting a set of Shoofly leggings (American) recommended by someone on here. They are absolutely fantastic. And they may well be enough of a UV barrier for you? As you get 4 in a set, the cost was actually pretty reasonable at around £55 on Amazon, take a while to arrive though as they are from America.

Not saying it was the creams fault, just be careful with them, you would probably have to wash and dry and apply new daily (I was doing every other day which clearly wasn’t enough) which runs the risk of chapping the legs by stripping the natural oils and setting mudfever off. Maybe my mare was just suddenly sensitive to them, but it’s made me cautious now as I do not want a repeat of it!