Wow the aloe vera appears to have worked

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Started feeding my boy liquid aloe vera (as recommended by ppl on here) to try and boost his self healing properties.....he had a nasty mud fever rash that wouldn't clear and had also noticed any little nicks he got didn't heal very quickly. I started giving it to him last thursday, and over the last 4 days the mud fever rash has been visibly retreating....tonight it is virtually gone.

So thankyou HHO'ers, and anyone else with horses that have mud fever that wont go away...give it a go!!
 
thats fantastic news. Its something im thinking about feeding to my mare, she doesnt have mud fever but has some kind of skin problem.

can I ask where you bought it from? Holland and Barrett? and how much you fed?
 
Yep I got it from Holland and Barrett, it was the max strength juice and was about 8.99, but it was buy one get one free...

I fed him 3 capfulls for about 4 nights then reduced it to 2 capfulls a night, have enough left in the first bottle for tomo nights feed, so a bottle doesn't last long....he's 15.3hh TB.

I dont think I could run to feeding it constantly though as it gets quite pricey....£8.99 a week! Will probably use whats left and save the other one for future. All the little nicks he had on his legs that hadn't healed have also healed up in the last week too which is good - squeeky clean legs!
 
i bet you are so so pleased - much cheaper than forking out for anti biotics and expensive creams.

my mare is only 14.2hh Haflinger and i havent got a clue really what is wrong with her skin (apart from its scabby - looks like rain scald) and i bought H&B aloe vera gel which i started to use on Thursday and alreay some of the scabs have lifted off - still loads and loads to go though but it seems to be working, so was going to feed the liquid as well for a boost
 
also thuja cream (can get from boots) good for mud fever
and feeding marigold flowers (dried from a herbalist - get mine off ebay) good for any skin complaint.
 
Its amazing really, I was quite unsure as to whether it would actually work or not as I don't really have much confidence in herbal remedies etc (not formed this opinon for any reason other than ignorance really) but I have been proven wrong!
 
Just checked out that website and it is £9.25 per litre. If you buy online from Holland and Barrett it is under £5 per litre.

I feed my boys (all in the 17hh region) 1 capful a day as a maintenace dose. I up to 2 caps if I'm going to a show as I find that it works as a calmer also.
 
Daisy: might be worth getting the vet to look at your horse. Mine came back from summer turnout, mixing with about 30 other horses, and picked up a bacterial skin infection that looked like rain scald. It was slowly spreading so the vet took a skin scrape and pinpointed the problem. Then he had to go in every week for a bath in a special shampoo to kill the infection.
 
Great fan of Aloe Vera Juice. I always buy from Holland & Barrett as they nearly always have some offer on. Be careful buying equine versions as I found many are watered down so you need to give a lot more, which makes it more expensive.
 
Don't mean to rain on anyone's parade but many, many, many injuries/infections/etc heal on their own anyway. If this happens at exactly the same time as an owner feeds aloe vera or any home remedy, then it's easy to think the home remedy was responsible for a miraculous recovery. The danger is that the owner will then religiously stick to that product in the future when the horse needs perhaps urgent veterinary attention. If any of these products actually did work on every horse without fail, then vets would be prescribing them or they'd all be out of work while we self medicated our horses.
 
Box of frogs: I'm quite happy to say that in my boy's case it could just be a complete coincidence, however he had this particular bout of mud fever for about 2 months now, the vet has seen him and prescribed some lotion, whilst using the lotion (for 4 weeks!) there was absolutely no improvement, although it didn't get any worse at the same time. A week after feeding him aloe vera I could actually start removing the scabs as they were coming away on their own which has not happened once since it first flared up, so maybe it helped, maybe it didnt.

Personally speaking, if any of mine get mud fever or rain scald (although I've only had a case of rain scald once) I self treat for a few weeks first before resorting to getting the vet, so for me in future this is just something I will add into my normal management of mud fever.

I personally don't think there is any harm in trying to self treat a minor skin infection rather than get a vet straight away....its hardly a life or death condition.
 
Box of frogs I feel your post is a little offensive.

NO ONE has said they are going to use it instead of calling a vet. Most of us will try and treat a minor problem without calling the vet first and there is NOTHING WRONG with that.
I was one who suggested using it and that's because it was my own vet who originally prescribed it. Not too mention that not all veterinary products work for all horses anyway so why should this be any different??
 
I would never suggest it will work on every animal, and never use instead of veterinary care for anything that warrants a veterinary call out, which I would never hesitate with.
 
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