Fungus

[Becky]

One of my show horses is covered with fungus. It's too cold to bathe, so what do YOU do to treat it in the winter?

 

[kaykay]

becky is it rain rot?? if so I would clip the worst parts and put listerine on it (dilute with a little water if its really bad so it doesnt sting so much) Jet got it really bad last year and it drove me crazy. Healed up really nice though by show time

 

[stormy]

If it is fungus, not bacteria, athletes foot spray works great!

 

[whitney]

Lime sulfur diluted 2 ounces to the gallon and put in spray bottle squirt the areas takes about a week to clear it up.

 

[Minimor]

If I had something like that this time of year I would just get some griseofulvin which is given orally--way easier than topical treatment when winter = -35 degree weather!! Any topical treatment would be a problem in the weather we're having now, and griseofulvin is very effective.

 

[Sandee]

If it's like rain rot or scratches, I used to use the spray for athelte's foot on my horse. Pull as much of the hair away from the affected area and spray. Of course as soon as you can (if you can be inside or when the weather permits), wash with iodine soap and then I used a blow dryer to keep that part from freezing.

 

[Katiean]

If it is fungus, not bacteria, athletes foot spray works great!

This is what I did for my mare last year. However, when I body cliped her the new hair growth was "BLACK" She is a black bay and was a smokey color with a ton of black speckles all over her.

 

[albahurst]

We used Griseofulvin, Miconazole Shampoo, and for a stubborn spot of ringworm type fungus have just started a 10% iodine spray on it once a day, as per vet instructions. Obviously, the shampoo would not be something to use since the weather is so cold now. The Griseofulvin should do the trick.

Peggy