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Didn't someone have a recipe with penicillin in it?

Jen


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kristi Schaaf" <iluvdez@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 5:17 PM
Subject: [RC] Scratches solution


> Jody wrote:
> So, to all you vendors out there, send me a sample if you think you have 
> something to stop the super scratches from Hell.
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> Jody, I'm not a vendor but I DID find something that FINALLY worked on 
> hubby's horse. The horse got his first dose of scratches a year ago in 
> southern Iowa clay-based muck. I got rid of them with a commercial 
> product. Then, this summer, at home, he got a full-blown case that would 
> NOT go away. The swelling was bad enough that I almost called the vet. The 
> sores were very deep, large and painful and he got really defensive about 
> having his hind feet soaked. As soon as I got the scabs off and treated, 
> the next day they'd be back, thicker than ever. I tried every commercial 
> product I could find and nothing helped. Then one day it occurred to me to 
> try a homemade thrush remedy (props to Pete Ramey for it) since the 
> pathogen was probably similiar. And it worked! It took awhile, but the 
> first change I saw almost immediately was that the red angry skin calmed 
> down considerably. Every night I rubbed the mixture on the scabs, and the 
> concoction helped me to gently
> scrape the scabs off, a layer at a time. It took approximately three or 
> four weeks to get the deepest sores completely healed, but he's now all 
> better now with no scarring (which I was sure he'd have as the original 
> sores were BAD). The magic concoction? Equal parts of athlete's foot cream 
> (ONLY the kind that contains clotrimizole) and triple antibiotic, and a 
> few ounces of tea tree oil. I thoroughly mixed them all together in a 
> baggy with a little bit of water to help them integrate better, then cut a 
> corner of the baggy and drained the mixture in a container. Pretty cheap 
> and very effective.
>
> Best wishes - scratches SUCK.
> Kristi
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