Leg Fungus?

AUDREY@HNM · 07-31-2007, 03:07 PM

For a while my gelding has had this stuff on his leg that doesn't come off any suggestions on how to get it off and has anyone seen this before.

BettyBootsy · 07-31-2007, 03:20 PM

Iodine, listerine and antibactiral soap bath let set 10 mins rinse well. Dry and MTG daily.

Zoomarsgirl · 07-31-2007, 06:14 PM

Is it on the front legs or back legs? Does it come off at all? Is it sore to the touch?

It looks like rain rot to me.. or maybe the stuff that gets on their back legs when they pee. I would use some micro tech shampoo on it everyday.. then dry off throughly with a towel.

PhantomMyMan · 07-31-2007, 06:32 PM

My horses get the same thing all the time, especially in the summer months, but I definitely agree with BettyBootsy that seems like your best bet. I only use Listerine and it works magnificantly so I can only imagine what that combination would do.

AUDREY@HNM · 07-31-2007, 07:01 PM

it is on the back legs

eqtrainer · 08-01-2007, 03:37 AM

You can use any kind of topical fungal washes that are sold in your tack stores. After washing, make sure that the area is completely dry!!! Good luck~

showmetheponyy · 08-01-2007, 12:20 PM

to me it looks like rain rot, or mud fever.
but to me it looks very much like mud fever.
heres a good site on it
Horse Care: Mud Fever

Aussiesnapps · 08-01-2007, 12:29 PM

I had something going on that look a lot like that. I was at the Vets so I asked about it and she took a good look and told me that it was a build up of the oil and gunk from the fly spray I was usaing. It was kinda like Craddle Cap that babies get. I got it saturated in M-T-G and then combed it out lightly and all was good.

My horse wasn't sore and when the vet picked it off a bit there was not scab or raw skin underneath so it illimated it being a fungus or something of more significance.

PeggySue · 08-01-2007, 05:28 PM

Mine get that from the pond wading they do ... I hose it twice daily and use a stiff brush to rub it down and then at night I put MTG on it or Betadine stuff

CaliLove1994 · 08-01-2007, 06:11 PM

well my mare has the same thing and my new trainer told me all you have to do is use a SOFT curry comb and curry there legs daily i did it today and it already improoved

07-31-2007, 03:07 PM	#1
AUDREY@HNM Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: California Posts: 964 Images: 22	Leg Fungus? For a while my gelding has had this stuff on his leg that doesn't come off any suggestions on how to get it off and has anyone seen this before. __________________ Audrey

07-31-2007, 06:14 PM	#3
Zoomarsgirl Senior Member+ Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Hicktown, Virginia Posts: 7,402 Images: 274	Is it on the front legs or back legs? Does it come off at all? Is it sore to the touch? It looks like rain rot to me.. or maybe the stuff that gets on their back legs when they pee. I would use some micro tech shampoo on it everyday.. then dry off throughly with a towel. __________________ -Jennifer Country 15 y/o chestnut thoroughbred hunter/jumper gelding RIP Zoomar.

07-31-2007, 07:01 PM	#5
AUDREY@HNM Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: California Posts: 964 Images: 22	it is on the back legs __________________ Audrey

08-01-2007, 03:37 AM	#6
eqtrainer Senior Member+ Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 266 Images: 5	You can use any kind of topical fungal washes that are sold in your tack stores. After washing, make sure that the area is completely dry!!! Good luck~ __________________ The essential joy of being with horses is that it brings us in contact with the rare elements of grace, beauty, spirit, and fire

08-01-2007, 12:29 PM	#8
Aussiesnapps Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: North Central, Texas Posts: 1,947 Images: 191	I had something going on that look a lot like that. I was at the Vets so I asked about it and she took a good look and told me that it was a build up of the oil and gunk from the fly spray I was usaing. It was kinda like Craddle Cap that babies get. I got it saturated in M-T-G and then combed it out lightly and all was good. My horse wasn't sore and when the vet picked it off a bit there was not scab or raw skin underneath so it illimated it being a fungus or something of more significance. __________________ Aussies n Apps is a Proud mem of HGS Appy Club It's terminology, perception and mood that can be the spark that lights the fuse to a thread gone wild. Pro Slaughter-But let's do it right and keep in mind it's a life we're end'n.

07-31-2007, 03:20 PM	#2
BettyBootsy Senior Member+ Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 3,187 Images: 87	Iodine, listerine and antibactiral soap bath let set 10 mins rinse well. Dry and MTG daily.

07-31-2007, 06:32 PM	#4
PhantomMyMan Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 9 Images: 5	My horses get the same thing all the time, especially in the summer months, but I definitely agree with BettyBootsy that seems like your best bet. I only use Listerine and it works magnificantly so I can only imagine what that combination would do.

08-01-2007, 12:20 PM	#7
showmetheponyy Full Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 202 Images: 4	to me it looks like rain rot, or mud fever. but to me it looks very much like mud fever. heres a good site on it Horse Care: Mud Fever

08-01-2007, 05:28 PM	#9
PeggySue Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dennison, Illinois Posts: 11,142 Images: 1031 Blog Entries: 9	Mine get that from the pond wading they do ... I hose it twice daily and use a stiff brush to rub it down and then at night I put MTG on it or Betadine stuff __________________ Moosa says stop and smell the flowers life is too short not to enjoy it

08-01-2007, 06:11 PM	#10
CaliLove1994 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 689	well my mare has the same thing and my new trainer told me all you have to do is use a SOFT curry comb and curry there legs daily i did it today and it already improoved

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