mud fever

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Claudia has very bad mud fever. She came back from having her baby and i noticed some very hard huge scabs from her knee right down her tendon to he fetlock. I had a tb who was prone to it and i used to be able to get it cleared up with just some dermoline, hibi scrub and hard work. I clipped her legs out and started to treat it but within a week her leg had swollen up so we got the vet out who said because it had been left the infection had gone into the leg. She went on anti bios which got rid of the swelling and we got some cream called flamazine to use. But 10 days later it has started to swell again and im struggling to keep on top of the scabs even though i treat it twice a day. We have got another 12 days of anti bios but i just wondered if anyone else had had any success with treating it.
This flamazine isnt very good and very expensive.
Someone has suggested that there is a supplement thats quite good.
Any feedback would be appreciated.
Thanks Jo

[lisa]

When Lea broke out with cellulitis on her back leg from having surgery I was given Flamazine cream from the vet & thought it was really good, & yes you're right it is VERY expensive but it does contain silver so is good for healing, but depending on how bad it is you'll just have to accept that it will take sime time.

I had a big tub & only used half of it so since you have already paid for it i would stick with it to be honest. I have been using it on other cuts and scrapes that she has come in with since & they have healed up really nice & quick.

I know you say your horse has mud fever, & Lea had Cellulitis so it's a bit different but I was initially given 5 days worth of AB as her leg was red hot to touch, very angry & very swollen, after the 5 days, it still had a bit of swelling in it so she was given another 5 days of AB.

She had the flamazine applied twice a day & leg bandaged on a night to help with the swelling.

To give you a bit of an idea this is what Lea's leg looked like.




Then when the scabs started coming off it looked like this

Front


Back


It did take a couple of weeks to clear up completly & I did speak to my vet as there were still small traces of it to heal over & he said that it was to be expected & to just keep applying the cream & to be patient. I trust what that particular vet tells me as he has done a lot for my accident prone beastie including rescueing her when she fell down the cattle grid & i really do rate him.

I don't know how similar your horses leg will look to the pics I have put up but it did take time to clear, so it may or may not give you a bit more of an idea. I hope some of this has helped, if not sorry.

Only problem I have now is that loads of the hair has grown back over white, & it looks terrible. I will try get a pick of how it is now if you want when I go up tonight.

Hope you see some improvement soon!!

[Daftmare]

Amber suffers from the most horrific mud fever, its preads all up her legs and belly and even over her back. The only thing that has ever worked is global herbs mud x. Fantastic stuff works brilliantly but it smells like nerve gas. Its side effect it reduces scarring and scar tissue so all the scars on her from previous mud fevers have almost gone too!!

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God leas leg looks awful the poor thing, well done you for getting it better i bet it took some time. I would like to see a pic of her now just out of interest to see how shes getting along.
As far as the flamazine cream goes, im sure its good stuff but i just dont seem to see any better results with that than any other cream, and i used two tubs when my tb got it but went onto dermoline in the end and it did the same job. i think its just a case of getting rid of the scabs. And now iv heard about others claudias seems minor! Im such a drama queen!

Daftmare, thats the one iv heard about mud x. Have you just used the cream or have you tried the supplement? Im running out of flamazine so i might try some. There is no mud in her field so im not too worried about a barrier cream but i might invest in some turn out socks.

Thanks guys. Jo

[bevbob]

I use MudX too and this is my 3rd year Iv had Bobs on it. I did notice a big difference last year as I started it in Oct and fed right through winter.
The year before that I didnt start it until Nov when the mud was already very apparent.
I find it best to start it early before the mud bacteria has a chance to take hold.
LOL Sarah, it does smell awful, Bobs smells like a cats wee'd on him!

[Daftmare]

Yes it is the feed supplement I use, I use pig oil as a barrier. Amber smells rather unpleasant too bit like shes rotting actually but we dont discuss it in front of her, she is quite sensitive being a princess and all that LOL.

[lisa]

claudy said:

I would like to see a pic of her now just out of interest to see how shes getting along.

These are what I took tonight Claudy.





As you can see, rather irritatingly white!!! The white hair on the back has also grown that bit longer & thicker aswell so that stands out even more, not sure if you can tell on the pic how fluffy it is.

You can also see in this pic where it has mishaped her leg slightly aswell. The little flick of white on the other leg near the bottom of the pic is from where I had to stable bandage her leg for a while when she cut it open on the cattle grid, so that isn't supposed to be there either. Good job we prefer jumping & hunting etc to showing, need to try find some horsey make up to cover it a bit.



I hope yours heals over all the same colour!!

[JoM]

I have turn out socks for dancer! I bought them just after i bought him as he suffered terribly and the place he was then was THICK with mud - to the 'suck your welly off and swallow it' thick!!!!! I bought the equichaps - expensive but good - althoughi think they have come down a tot in price now. You cant use them of they already have mud fever though, they have to go on on a clean slate as a preventative. Dancer trashed his! But they were too long for his legs as i have to get xl to go around his legs, but they came up to his knees!! Did the trick though. You need to by applying anything with chloryhiexdine (SP )in it to clear up the mud fever! Its such a pain in the bum!!!!

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Lisa, doesnt it look 100 times better. Is there permenant damage there, will she be ridden again? Claudia is grey anyway! I Just think im getting on top of it and it will start looking bad again. Oh well i will persevere. (sp) Its annoying though as all my ponies are going to be wintered away and she cant go as i need to clear her leg up. I hope they invent a vaccination for it.

[bevbob]

Thats healed really well Lisa, never mind about the white, her legs are looking great. Im suprised at how quickly the hair has grown back too.

[lisa]

Sorry Claudy, I dint mean to hi-jack your post, honest, but in answer to your question, no there is no permenant damage luckily apart from the white hairs obviously and the slightly odd shape her leg now is. She is back in work now (sort of as she now has a infection on her lungs at the moment ) but those leg pics are nowt compared to what she did to her front one, which in fairness is the one that has healed the best.

Theres some manky pictres of it floating around on the board somewhere I think, if you really want to gross yourself out.

Is your girls leg looking any better yet??

Thanks bevbob, the white hairs just bug me every so often, i don't think theres one that doesn't have some sort of mark on it. She is a walking scar, & the stitch that they lost in her front leg when they were taking them out still hasn't made an appearance.

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Lisa, its looking better from the outside since iv been using sudo crem! I put some on as a barrier when i ran out of cream. Its just the swelling that needs to go down abit more now. You proberbly wouldnt notice the swelling unless you ran your hand down her leg. But shes on anti bios still so fingers crossed.
Dont worry about hi jacking my post its really interesting seeing how well she has come on.
Jo

[tinastephenson]

we use the mud-x and apart from the smell its great!

[ponydreamersmum]

I use sudocreme as a preventative but years ago we used to use cornucresine to stop the hair growing back white on cuts and things so that may be worth a try once the cuts are healed over. The thing with the sudocreme is that it forms a really good barrier against wet and dirt getting in but is also antiseptic so will help with healing, if you really plaster it on it should easily last all day no matter what ground they are turned out in