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Post by oldschooler on Dec 26, 2015 19:25:57 GMT
Advice needed for a horse on my yard. TB, blanket clipped just over 4 weeks ago but currently not rugged. On Probed bedding. Has been fed on haylage but now being fed on hay to try and eliminate possibility of a feed allergy. Has last week or so started to come up in odd lumps, some disappear some do not. These are on the clipped parts and the unclipped parts. Some on the flanks - spread over about a 4cm by 4cm area, turned overnight into one large swelling, but covering a much larger area. Some have become scaly and itchy. This is not ringworm and there seems no pattern , eating well and exercising well, so owner is loathe to call in the vet, however this is on the cards if we cannot get to the bottom of it. Currently being washed off with a herbal medicated wash on the lumps. Any thoughts?
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Post by gillwales on Dec 26, 2015 20:20:44 GMT
sounds like rain scald to me, you could add some epsom salts to feed to reduce the heat in blood, very old fashioned but does seem to work. Also bath , use hand soap like dove or simple soap, massage around the scabs but do not pick; rinse well and rug with a clean rug, Rain scald in a form of mud fever, keeping everything clean will help to prevent infection.
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Post by oldschooler on Dec 27, 2015 16:38:31 GMT
sounds like rain scald to me, you could add some epsom salts to feed to reduce the heat in blood, very old fashioned but does seem to work. Also bath , use hand soap like dove or simple soap, massage around the scabs but do not pick; rinse well and rug with a clean rug, Rain scald in a form of mud fever, keeping everything clean will help to prevent infection. Thanks for your thoughts. Horse doesn't go out at all, could this still be rain scald? certainly has all the looks of mud fever on the scaly bits. Will definitely suggest epsoms salts. Have been helping her to keep horse exercised as feel standing in all day doesn't help it, but epsoms salts could help. Amazing how you forget the age old remedies. Thanks again.
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Post by gillwales on Dec 27, 2015 16:52:21 GMT
yw, neither of these remedies are expensive and neither will do any harm. Only use the salts once a week, about a desert spoon full. Put a towel next to the skin under the saddle with plenty of padding, keep to gentle work rather than getting a sweat up. It could be an allergy, which some consider that mud fever / rain scald is or could be. Anyway good luck and lets us know what works
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Post by comanchediva on Dec 27, 2015 21:16:52 GMT
I know you say it's not ringworm but it's surprising how they pick it up. A squirt of Bactakill will get rid of it if it is ringworm and you haven't lost anything if it isn't that.
Good luck, this wet warm weather doesn't help with any of these things.
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Post by gillwales on Dec 27, 2015 22:19:04 GMT
regarding the above, Comanchediva is right, there are different types of ringworm, not always in a "ring" and some are more contagious than others, however the ones that are less contagious tend to be more difficult to erradicate, make sure you wash your hands
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Post by oldschooler on Dec 28, 2015 14:07:25 GMT
regarding the above, Comanchediva is right, there are different types of ringworm, not always in a "ring" and some are more contagious than others, however the ones that are less contagious tend to be more difficult to erradicate, make sure you wash your hands Thanks all, will certainly take all this on board, particularly the hand washing as my pony is in the next box - but solid wall between thank goodness. Will try and let you know what works. Suspect myself there are 2 things going on here as the lumps are definitely 2 types - one type like rain scald, but will also treat as ringworm I think, and the other type are like what we called hives.
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