What are they ?

[WallisM]

My old pony has had a rug on now for about a month and I have noticed when grooming and just looking at his rump he has little scabs under his coat, When I touched them he appears to like it

. I have picked one off and it is like yellow crusty stuff

and tuffs of hair come off but doesn't leave baldy patches.
Anyone elses pony/horse got this ?
x

 

[AmyMay]

Sounds like a bit of weather beat.

 

[WallisM]

Is that like rainscald ? and how would I treat it ?

 

[AmyMay]

Yeah the same sort of bug. Wash the area with hibiscrub and get all the scabs off. Then keep moist with something like baby oil or topical treatment cream. Is ponio over-rugged and getting too hot - this can result in causing similar symptoms.

 

[WallisM]

He just has a Masta rug on and it not to heavy a rug, But will wash it with hibiscrub and pick them off am sure he will enjoy it.

Thanks for your help.

 

[miss_bird]

If it is rainscald, after washing with hibiscrub cover with petrolium (sp) jelly and leave the rg off the jelly is waterproof but breatheable. if you put the rug back on as rainscald is a bacteria it will breed under the rug. I would leave the rug off until the rainscald has nearly cleared up.

 

[Scarlett]

my highland had the same thing last year - vet told me it was caused by him sweating up under his rug (it was only a light weight!!) and to chuck him out naked!! i gave him a good bath with hibiscrub and chucked him out either with nothing or a rainsheet to stop him getting soaked and filthy and it never came back - this year he has a rainsheet and nothing else...