My guess is Captain's pink skin is extra sensitive. The lady who owns the stable I board at has an endurance horse who has 4 white stockings (all above knees and hocks) who has been raised outside since day 1. She has lots of pink skin on her legs, but has never had a problem with sand sores, rain rot, or any other kind of fungus, etc. I think her skin is "tougher" because she was raised outside. Captain is 8 and was raised in a show barn (he has only been an endurance horse for 5 months) so he wasn't subjected to any of the things this other mare was from staying out 24-7. I'm hoping with time his skin toughens up. I did try the Desitin thing the second time I rode in sand and I think that's why his case wasn't near as severe as the first time. Does Rocky have white socks?? At 04:02 PM 11/14/2002 -0500, Kelli Kirchner wrote:
>Now I need to figure out a way to prevent it from happening in the first
>place, but I haven't come up with that one yet.
The key is to prevent them from ever starting. Use Eqyss anti microbial
spray (and shampoo), Tammy's ointment, and during the ride -- lots of
desitin. Also, don't feed alfalfa. Keep the pasterns and heel bulb area
dry and clean. I always keep dish towels in the trailer so that I can dry
the horses legs and ankles off as soon as they get washed down each day
after a ride.
At least, those things have worked well for my horses. Lucky for me,
Weaver has never in his life gotten scratches -- but that doesn't stop me
from taking measures to make sure he doesn't -- and Rocky hasn't had
scratches for years and years -- he used to get them every year in the
wintertime from being in the mud all of the time. So now, I am not sure if
he has just toughened up and developed immunity, or if it's because I pay
more attention and prevent them from happening.
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