Last week my arab, Banshee came up lame with a swollen leg (left front). The leg had a whole bunch of what looked like scratches with scabs over them.
We looked it up and it looked like mud fever so we looked up treatment options. We found a treatment many people said had worked for their horses that said to pick the scabs off then add a cream made up out of three creams you can get buy from the drug store: fungus cream, vaginal yeast infection cream, and anti-itch cream.
We missed 1 weekend when we had to go help move stuff from my grandmothers house to my aunts house and when we came back the scabs had come back and Banshee would not let us touch her leg. When we tried she would rear up a bit and knock whoever was picking up her leg over. Whats more, it has spread to her nose!
We are going to get her a vet appointment, but I was wondering if this really is mud fever and what you guys use when your horses get it.
We looked it up and it looked like mud fever so we looked up treatment options. We found a treatment many people said had worked for their horses that said to pick the scabs off then add a cream made up out of three creams you can get buy from the drug store: fungus cream, vaginal yeast infection cream, and anti-itch cream.
We missed 1 weekend when we had to go help move stuff from my grandmothers house to my aunts house and when we came back the scabs had come back and Banshee would not let us touch her leg. When we tried she would rear up a bit and knock whoever was picking up her leg over. Whats more, it has spread to her nose!
We are going to get her a vet appointment, but I was wondering if this really is mud fever and what you guys use when your horses get it.