Re: rain rot and not drinking

["Duncan Fletcher" <dfletche@gte.net>]

I have had some occassional bouts with rainrot. I wet the animal to the skin
first and then apply Betadine (the straight stuff, not the shampoo) or
equivilent - repeat this every three days or so. With a serious case, I
would probably do it daily. The purpose of wetting the animal is so that the
Betadine actually penetrates through the coat to the skin instead of running
off. The skin will be wet in any case as Betadine is water based. As long as
the Betadine is wet it will continue to fight the organism, so wet with
Betadine is not bad.

as I understand it, rainrot usually requires a small nick in the skin to get
started and this can be caused by grooming equipment, particularly if the
coat is wet while grooming.

Duncan Fletcher
dfletche@gte.net


From: Meeks <meeks@palmnet.net>

> Hi everyone!  I have a question concerning rain rot. I keep my hoses
> pastured, but when it rains, I run over and stable them ,dry them off,
> spoil them with hay.. Anyway, my mare got rain rot anyway.  I shampooed
her
> with this stuff from the vet after the over the counter stuff just cost me
> big bucks with no results.  Then I bleached the brushes every time after
> use. This was one month ago.  Now it is back FULL force, and the pony has
> it too.  They share brushes, but when it popped up, it was simultaneous-
no
> time to bleach or separate grooming tools.  How can I make this go away
for
> good?  They are both not fond of 15 minute baths every day with nasty
> smelling stuff lathered on them.  Also- does not bathing them defeat the
> purpose- they are getting wet again!!  HELP!!!  ( it ahs rained every day
> her in Florida--it is muddy and yucky- better then last years drought
> though.!!)
>
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