What methods/ointments/creams/washes do you use to cure/prevent mudfever?

feisty_filly said:
udder cream for cows, seems to work wonders!
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I second that! I'm on my second tub for the mare that I ride and it really is good. Rub some in every day and the scabs gradually soften and come away without leaving any raw areas.

Obviously if the mudfever has become infected then a different course of action is required but if you catch it before that stage "tit cream" as I call it :o) is brilliant. Cheap as well !
 
Aromaheel. Google it, it's great stuff. My boy suffered with it for years every winter, tried everything on the market, used to result in costly vet bills and the Flamazine he used to give me never worked! Last winter I bought some Aromaheel and within 2 days all the scabs had gone! This winter as soon as I noticed any scabs I slathered it on and they were gone. In total he had 2 scabs this year so I suppose it works as a preventative too!
 
My patented sweet fa method!! I religiously do not do anything!! No hosing/washing/rubbing etc of legs, heels, feet at all. V gentle brushing off of dry mud if needed to be smart, but not everyday. Not a spot of mud fever despite being out long days all through the winter in a wet and muddy field. The only time she got a sniff of it was when she had her legs v gently rinsed off every fortnight to be clean for competing. Then she had a v gentle rinse off (no soap/shampoo or rubbing at all, just run a hose over or squeeze over warm water from a sponge) and stable wraps put on overnight in the stable to ensure legs were fully dry without any towelling or rubbing - seemed to sort the prob.
 
Sudocrem if mud fever DOES get hold, but we seem to be able to keep it at bay by washing legs thoroughly and towelling dry. These horses are stabled at night, so don't know what I'd do if out 24/7 and had to deal with it.
 
Hollysmum said:
This is what we are currently trying with Holly to clear what she has up... Do you find it is only of use as a preventative or can it help clear it aswell?
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Don't know personally about clearing it up as I've only used it this year and put it on before any signs appeared, but I was told it can help.

Previously with Punky pony to clear it up I've scrubbed with hibiscrub,
picked off ALL scabs,
dried the area fully,
then applied Equimins Aloe-Vera gel
http://www.equimins-online.com/acatalog/Equimins_Aloe_Vera_Gel.html,
then kept applying the gel every day whilst keeping the horse in for a few days so there is no chance of getting the bacteria from the soil on it.

And he'd never had his legs washed off as he was living out and he still got it, also someone said about not having mud, you don't need to have mud, it's bacteria in the soil , my WB can get it in the summer after a rain shower.
 
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Nothing

We haven't touched legs now for 4 winters. From November to March we don't brush or wash them and they have both not had a sign of mud fever in all that time.

We let the cobs feathers grow and the other is IDX.
 
MickeyMoo said:
Nothing

We haven't touched legs now for 4 winters. From November to March we don't brush or wash them and they have both not had a sign of mud fever in all that time.

We let the cobs feathers grow and the other is IDX.
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As above - ive had 2 winters with my mf prone cob and whilst lots of others at yard - who washed and dried daily had lots of problems, i havent had any at all
 
At the moment, nothing! We struggled with mud rash for years (grey mare with 3 white socks and v sensitive skin) but nothing really prevented it altogether. Then a few years ago she got mud rash in summer due to very wet weather and we spoke to our vet about it, having just changed to a new practice. The vet suggested we tried washing the mud off using water only and towel drying her legs, so that she had nice clean, dry legs over night. And I swear to god, it worked a treat! Since then we have been able to keep her mud rash free for two years despite their field being a mud pit when it's wet. Obviously in drier weather when she comes in with little or no mud on her legs, we just leave them. It's amazing though, because I had been taught for years that it was better to leave the mud on that wash it off. We tried all sorts of protective creams and barriers, but none of them worked.
 
I never turn out in mud as we have an all weather turnout, but when I did, and my horses got mud fever, then I found I could cure it in one go by firstly soaking the scabs in a hibiscrub solution and then gently removing them. I then spray the wounds with terramycin (need a prescription from vet) and it's completely cured in one go.
 
Thank you :) Some useful tips here...

To give some background I have owned Holly for 2yrs now and she had never had mud fever/rash also on checking with previous owners she has never had as far as they are aware (I know her history right back till she was weaned at 9 months old)

So from that I never done anything which obviously seemed to work up until now when I noticed she was uncomfortable on Sunday morning at first I didn't actually notice the mud fever due to where it is (and yes I feel awful for it :( ) I assumed it was the large stone I found in that hoof that had made her 'footy'... So we hosed her legs down and kept her in when I asked my YO to check her in the morning which is when she found the mud fever and we started treating with the pig oil and sulphur... I feel guilty as hell and I am just hoping she will be right as rain in not time...
:(
 
Cow Udder Cream!
If you have a horse you know is prone to it, slap this stuff on and just top it up every day, It doesn't shift (Good luck trying to get it off!! :D ) Its good for softening up paticularly bad mud fever scabs. If you get the udder cream with iodene in it, even better.
Its probibily cheaper then most remedies out there too!
 
Wagtail, interesting to see that you need a prescription for Terramycin, I forget how regulated and restricted the UK is, that would drive me nuts having to ask my Vet for something that I can just pick up off a shelf.

Hollysmum. Nothing, we don't get it, everything lives out and doesn't get brushed/cleaned off unless there is a reason.

Mind, we don't get mud either until Spring when everything melts and then it only lasts a couple of weeks thankfully.

Before, when I lived in a wet place with fields like rice paddies, with a white hunter I used to put baby oil on his legs (with a sponge) every 3 or 4 days, the mud just slid off over night, I didn't wash his legs on a daily basis. For scabs, I never touched those either, just covered them with sudocrem, wrapped it with clingfilm and left it for 24 hours. The scabs came off when the cream was wiped off, left with nice pink skin ready to heal, no scrubbing or picking.

I tried Aromaheel, and although it did the job it was SO messy that I rarely used it.
 
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Wash with Nizeral - you can buy it from the chemist. Dilute in hand hot water nd lather up well - a face cloth does a good job. can be left on no need to rinse. Find it clears up within a week.
 
Here is a photo of Holly's leg on Wednesday I think it was....It is looking a lttle better from then x
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Does anyone use Activwash and/or wondergel on theirs?
 
sudocreme with sulphur powder mixed in. my cheaper version of a sulphur based cream my local vets called 'arthur wason heel cream' no idea what else they put in it but it was bright yellow!

don't do any washing etc with ours but frank who often gets scabby elsewhere has actually got scabby on his white back legs this year, even though they aren't particularly hairy, or bald, having clipped them out this winter but they have fair regrowth now. They will be coming off again tomorrow so I can treat/air it better. Clearing up nicely now though :).
 
*DONT* over wash them! Getting them constantly wet triggers it, I personally disagree with washing the legs of horses who live out obsessivly, and those who live in need them thoroughlky dry when washed. My old horse got it really bad every year, used lots of treatments washed daily etc... one year I just left her be, didnt wash legs often and she didn't get it at all! I'm not saying its the cause but it definitely doesn't help.
If they do still get it, hibiscrub and sudocrem!
 
I very rarely wash her legs if I do its in the evening before she is in over night washed with Robinsons Activwash this morning have left her chilling in a dry bedding free stable and wll go back to apply the sudocrem later :)
 
As soon as the ground starts getting muddy, I use Gold Label Leg Guard. Fred is out 24/7, so try to put it on every day. It works great on him as it acts as a barrier and washes off so easily. The times that he has got some mud fever, I've found that Equinat AromaHeel has really helped!
 
Our horses live out 24/7 all year round and some parts of the field do get very very muddy (though they can always stand clear of the mud if they choose and can get onto concrete). We have never had a problem with mud fever in any of our horses and ponies in 20+ years of ownership. We don't touch their legs except a quick brush before riding or a wash with water before the farrier comes.

Basically, I can only conclude that in my experience they are best left alone. :)
 
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