So what whether my horse is within a cold climate, have rainrot, and can't be bathed?
I recently resqued a young mare who has a truthfully bad case of rainrot. She is very skinny and we live contained by Vancouver so the weather is cold now and I really don't want to bath or clip her... are there any non- bathing/clipping solutions?
use a curry comb or a sheding blade and benevolently remove all the bumps they feel kinda like ticks once youve done that put a sinewy layer of MTG on it mtg is a medicion u can get at ur local tack shop oh and in armour u didnt know make sure u sterilize the clippers and all teh brishes and anyhting else that have come into contackt with the rain rot it is very smoothly spread adn it isnt fun for horses it hurts them adn there skin peels off :-(
Last year I bought a 2 yr old-fashioned QH who had rainrot all over his neck, stomach, and legs...it was winter and I live in Southwestern Ontario...so it is really cold here in the winter!
To carry rid of his rainrot, I used betadine solution (about 1/4 cup diluted in 1 1/2 cups of warm water)--I just used a sponge or scarf to soak him down with warm water and afterwards waited about 3 minutes until the scabbies were loosened up and i used a scrubby pre-operation sponge (vets use them to scrub up up to that time surguries--you can ask you vet about them--they are sponge on one side and plastic brissels on the other), you could also use a hard plastic curry, to get them rotten and then i applied the diluted betadine solution where the rainrot was and next about 1/2 an inch around the area to make certain I was treating the entire area...and I left the betadine on for roughly 5 minutes and then sponged it off really well--about 3 rinses...and then dried him sour completely so his coat didnt keep the moisture in and let the rainrot spread and more...
Good Luck! Its so tough to treat in the winter!
BB
Mix apple cider vinegar and water 50/50 and spray on the effected area next take a cloth and rub into the effected area. Do this as regularly as possible, at least once per day. Should clear up in give or take a few a week.
Get a bucket of hot water, a towel, a sponge, some babe-in-arms shampoo, and a fleece cooler.
Bring her into the barn and if you have it, a wash cove. Just wash where the rainrot is after brushing and currying her gently. Squeegee her sour and use a towel to get her pretty dry and throw the cooler on top of her to wick away the remaining moisture. Keep her within until she's dry, then apply some antibiotic ointment or cream, and re-rug her and put her back out. Keeping her rugged will relieve her a lot by keeping her dry. If possible, keep her stalled when it's raining or snowing if she's not rugged.
Rain rot is a bacterial infection and can be treated with antibiotics. I would contact the vet and ask if, given the stocky coat and cold weather, a round of antibiotics could be tried to get it under control. The vet may also prescribe an antibacterial ointment of greater strength than you can buy commercially, and that can be applied topically surrounded by conjunction with systemic antibiotics. The organism causing rain rot have properties of both fungi and bacteria, which is why many people verbs it with being a fungus infection.
We rescued a TB with rainrot during the winter and used medicated powder on him such as Goldbond or the stores equivalent.We would cover him beside powder and work it in to his coat. As the powder dried up the scabs, we would brush him out and then cover him with powder again. He looked similar to a ghost but it worked and it wasn't very expensive (especially if you use the store brand)
Groom her. groom her profusely and make sure you get down reflective in her coat.
Using brushes and curries to bring the rot up to the surface of her tresses and then use your fingernails to pick it out. Be REALLY careful you don't pick her until she bleeds. It might take a few sessions over a course of a week.
Answers: Curry and pick as the preceding poster said, then spray her twice daily with Micro-tek spray. http://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?... The stuff works great. It works best when accompany by the Micro-tek shampoo, but since it's too cold to bathe her, use the spray by itself. If you get a heat surf, bathe :) I got rid of some fairly gooey grunge on my mare in about a month, but it may be quicker if you're a bit more diligent than I was. (I did good for the first 2 weeks, then slacked :))
YEP! Use betadine in a spray bottle. Spray it on the patch where there is no hair. Its a short time ago from standing outside with rain river standing on their hair too long. Rain scald effects all of my horses just approximately. This will fix you up.
I use Listerine mouthwash a short time ago spray it on and leave it do this every day until it is gone. You can also use the cream for athletes foot it is anti-fungal and rain-rot is a fungus.
when my horses get rainrot i use mouthwash, put it into a spray container and spray it on the rainrot. keep doing this until it goes absent. this helps it go away faster.
i would see whether there was any centers near you that have a heating water facillity and im sure whether you explained your situation they might let you use it to sort your mare out for a small fee.
id variety sure she was rugged up in the steady and was nice and warm afterwards, makes certain shes properly dry though afterwards put a cooler on her.
if you keep her in up to that time letting her out then she will stay nice and dry and it will be easier to treat the rain rot and that way you could clip her aswell of late keep her rugged up.
:)
good luck!
