rainscald!

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my horse rosie has had rain scald since i bought her, which i have been told to bath her with shampoo but its sooo cold i dont want to let her get cold, with my look she'll end up with numonia, but she has been itching it like mad and her coat is darker in the patches it is in. whilst she is itching this she gets little lumps and sometimes bleeds.

Does anyone know of any cream or anything i can try instead of shampoo?

i have been using a barrier cream which protects this from getting worse if it does rain whilst in the field but i could do with geting rid of this as show season starts soon.

cheers Nick x

[Debbie]

I agree, if you can keep her dry, that's a huge boon for her! The rainscald is caused from a depressed immune system and fungus (which can be very hard to shift). If you can keep her dry, so much the better.

Best of luck shifting it when the weather changes

[ryebrook]

Used to have a Welsh on loan that came to me with rainscald and was told to try Cornucresine, absolutely brilliant as it cleared up in about a week and the new hair shot through!! Bit messy but it does the job!

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thanks for the advice guys ill go and get some. cheers x

[greydales]

Mine have never generally suffered from rain scald (touch wood!!!!!) but last winter when it was extremely wet Toby got it in the middle of his back - mainly because he was so fat he had a little gutter that the rain just sat in and couldn't drain away LOL! It was like his own personal little pond, I should have put some rubber ducks in it ;D

I just cleaned away all the scabs and put some greasy mud fever ointment on it and it didn't come back. I think if the treatment is quite thick like cornucrescine it acts as a barrier to the wet and allows the skin to heal.

[Daftmare]

Try using mud-x from global herbs it will clear it up in no time plus it will prevent her getting it again. fantastic stuff I swear by it for my mare that gets rain scald and mud fever terribly

[loopylou]

I have been told the best way is to keep them dry and just use a light weight rain sheet, even in the summer if we have a spell of raining days.

Might be worth, ringing the vet and seeing if there is some cream you can use until the weather starts to warm up.

[mrsp]

This sounds disgusting and only really works on ponies roughed off but we used to melt down lard(the slightly salted as it acts as an antiseptic) and poor it over the ponies backs then it hardened to make a sort of raincoat! Filthy but effective!

[baroquefarm]

Can you all get Shapley's MTG (Mane tail groom)?

[tinastephenson]

i would go with daftmare on this, mud x, then once its clear, I would use a light rain sheet and on really fine days pig oil.