Since iodine, betadine, etc, is actually pretty harsh on the
horses’ tissues, using a milder anti-bacterial/fungicide might be more
effective in healing the scratches. I don’t know what to recommend, but I’m
going to try Oxine on Sonny & Shadow. Sonny has a patch of raised skin on
his back that seems like a fungus and Shadow get grungy behind her elbow and on
the fronts of her back legs.
I currently use it for soaking hooves to get rid of thrush.
It’s very mild, yet effective. I’ve heard stories of it being
effective for bad cases of rain rot, too. I’ll let you know what happens,
it should only take about a week to see results if it’s going to work.
Kathy
Ok, to take some of the mystery out of Angie's question:
It is MY horses that seem to have the biggest
problem. Angie was just being so politically correct in not saying
so. She watched during the NC 100, as Cash Pony went from no
scratches, to major scratches. With me washing him with iodine scrub at
every VC, putting Desitin on him, and then washing him for the two days AFTER the ride, with the scratches
only getting worse. His gets so bad, that he was standing in a bucket
of warm water yesterday (and today) to loosen up the scrabs to clean him
up. It is not just him, but all my horses have gotten them. I
have a 4 yr. old that gets them this time of year, and she isn't being
ridden. She will have spots that break out up on her fetlock
joints. Frankly, I believe it is something in the grass....and unlike
Angie...I HAVE grass. So, to all you
vendors out there, send me a sample if you think you have something to stop
the super scratches from Hell. I promise you will have a customer for
life if it works.
