Re: RC: scratches

[Dbeverly4@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/7/00 6:29:43 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
jcmiller@jackpine.com writes:

<<  Buy otomax (medicine for dog ears)from your vet.  Scrub your horses' 
pasterns with an antibacterial soap.  Rinse and then dry.  Put a couple of 
drops of otomax on your finger and rub it into the scratches.  When my 
horse's scratches are bad, I do this twice a day for about 2 - 3 days.  On 
the 3rd to 4th day, the scratches are gone!  Be diligent and check on those 
pasterns everyday so you can stay on top of the scratches.  Good luck.  >>

I gotta say that Trailrite's Magic Ointment is really pretty amazing.  Harca 
had scratches after Tevis this year.  I treated them with my usual voo-doo, 
and they kept coming back.  They actually got pretty bad on his white sock 
before I ordered some of the ointment from Tammy.  Guess what?  The stuff 
works!!!  Easy too.  Just clean, apply the ointment, wrap and leave it alone 
for a couple of days.  Take the wrap off....no more scratches.  I'm sure it 
doesn't work 100% of the time (but what does?).

Sylvia