Finally I was able to find info on rain rot! I forgot this horse gets it about 2 times a yr. I use a microbial shampoo & conditioner with warmed up water during winter..Pain to do, but it works! I live in Calif.,& it is about 50 during winter day. Also have bought some spray to try. Must remove all dead skin/hair/scab.Don't use creams etc..needs to stay dry. My other 2 horses don't get it.I don't share their brushes,etc when he has this. My daughter the nurse has also said same thing as this article recommends! Thanks for the article!!
Posted By: Mary A.
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I was sent this website about Rain Rot help.I don't know if it works myself but there maybe something to try.This is it. www.EquiPride.com
Posted By: Jerome
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Is dew poisoning and rain rot the same? My vet has said that my horse has dew poisoning on her two white hind legs from the coronary band up to about 6" above her fetlock. I have kept her hair clipped short in this area, cleaned with either Betadine or Novalsan Scrub, remove the scabs, then dried with a towel and a hair dryer. I then applied Animax ointment. Still it has spread. I keep her in a pasture that is cut lower than my lawn and she is fed hay. My vet explained that she is allergic to the fungus from the dew. The skin gets irritated, cracks open and oozes. Bacteria then gets in and causes it to spread. I am going to keep her in a stall at night and turn her out after the grass dries out. I am also going to start her on Tribrissan and add ground flax seed to her grain. She gets this quite often, but now it has gotten really bad. Does anyone have any other suggestions? I don't know where to go from here!
Posted By: Sue
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I have gone through this a few times over the last 20 years an have found that a product called M.T.G works very well also i have used barn lime which works well. but what ever you use you must remove the scabs first. Early detection and treatment is the key.
Posted By: Bruce
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i thought that this article was very good since my mare gets it practicily every year and i was a bit undecided if i could still ride her when she first got it but after i read this article it was a big help on what i could and couldnt do
Posted By: michelle
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My new tb gelding has 'dermatitis' on his hind coronet bands only.I have been using hibiscrub and flamazine cream as directed by my vet, but it persists on his right hind.I know the scabs can be removed by using dermisol cream and wrapping the area in clingfilm overnight, but is it ok to keep repeating this? Have also had a course of oral antibiotics in his feed, but will it ever go away?
Posted By: Leah. Devon,England
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very good artical, I sent this to the owner of the horses that I care for. It helped him understand how much time was invloved in caring for a horse with this problem. He is not a hands on kind of owner and had no idea how time consuming treatment for this is. Thank you, it helped stop alot of bickering lol
Posted By: Cindy Taylor
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I am righting about rain rot for a tiny book and I found this article very helpful. It also helped my uncle treat this one horse who had rain rot. Thanks!!!
Posted By: Kyra
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My TB has had chronic rain rot particularily on her forehead and rear canon bones (also some on her back)since we bought her 6 years ago. It is worse in the spring and wet summers like this year (Maine) I have tried every product and method available and it sometimes improves but never seems to completely go away - The vet did a biopsy but he was told by the lab he "scrubbed too hard" and they couldn't get results. I am hesitant to repeat this because she had to be tranquilized and it took a long time to heal. Am I doing something wrong or is there another skin condition she might have that looks like rain rot? Any suggestions?
Posted By: Linda
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My horse has had rain rot. Getly remove ALL scabs was ith a 50/50 solution of wath and idine. Repete for 1 month.
Posted By: anonymous
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Also a good treatment is water and bleach 50/50 of each. You just get a sponge and dab it on the infected areas and around them. It wont bleach the hair and it works. Before you do it make sure you have taken off the scabs.
Posted By: Alisha
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I am not sure if your are responding to e-mails, I hope so cause I have a question. My horse has just started to rub her neck on everything while I was brushing her out today I noticed small bumps on her lower neck just above her chest she acts like they itch alot is this rain rot? If so I live in Ohio we get really bad winters here what should I do if I washed her every day she would catch the flu, what should I wash her with and where do I get it. I know this is more than one question but I want to be carefull. Thank You so much for your help
Posted By: Kim Rains
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Are you responding to people? It is also winter here and I don't know how to bathe my long haired horse that lives outside. Any suggestions?
Posted By: Ellen DeWitt
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this information was really good. my horse had a severe case of rain scald and he started to lose condition. but this artical really helped me in deciding what to do about it since it was a bit scary!
Posted By: Aphara
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The artical was really helpful. My thoroughbred has never had rain rot so I wasn't sure what to do. It's winter though and I can't bathe him daily... what else could I do?
Posted By: Jessica Smith
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I am boarding a horse for a friend and he has rain rot, but he lives outside. It is November and getting cold outside, how can you treat it if you can't bathe the horse?
Posted By: Shannon
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In all my 51 years of being with horses ...I never experienced anything like this! I recently moved to a boarding stable and my poor horse now has the dreaded RAIN ROT !! I hate it ! It is horrible and is taking weeks to get rid of it! This article has helped so much ! We are using RESOLVE by Smart -Pac and it is helping .
Posted By: Jane Littledeer
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The informatiom was extremely helpful. Thank you very much for the indepth writing of this article. Very user freindly. Thanks again
Posted By: TIM HARRISON
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the link from the Rain Rot article to one that covered Sweet Itch was particularly useful. Sweet itch, I've discovered, is not a common term in Canada (it is in England) and so I usefully get blank looks when I ask for advice/information. I'm better armed now and know what to look for treatment-wise. Thanks, Chris
Posted By: Chris
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YES!!! This is a big help, I will do every thing this say's and mabe i will be riding in no time. I have talk to a lot of people but no one has gone to so much detail. Thank Billy McBride Texas
Posted By: Billy
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Thank you for this article. I was going to blanket my horse, which would have probably made the rain rot worse. However, it is winter and cold and rainy and the rain rot is on the flanks of an older horse, about hand size on each side. He hasn't lost the hair yet, and I am scared to remove the scabs and leave the skin exposed to the cold and rain. If I get a warm, sunny week I will do the daily shampooing, but is there anything I should do now?
Posted By: Midge
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We really appreciate this information on rain rot. We have found this very valuable to help our horeses. Thanks so much!!!
Posted By: Lynda
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We really appreciate this information on rain rot. We have found this very valuable to help our horeses. Thanks so much!!!
Posted By: Lynda
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