Re: [RC] Fungus Among Us Try Peroxide - Kelly Spencer
Sorry to hear what a mess you have but you are not alone. Out of 8 horses only 2 don't have it. The other six have various amounts of coverage. Yes, it rained forever during our usually nice falls in E TX. We are using hydrogen peroxide right now and brushing against the hair so it stands up(do before the peroxide is put on). I have used peroxide successfully in the past. I have not been feeding the bagged alfalfa so will also restart that as I think it has some good healing properties. Seems the horse has to have an immunity worked up like with the damn worts. We are on the mend with the warts on the nose. In the past 20+ yrs of horse ownership never had warts till last fall. Only the young ones got them so guess that immunity level is now up. The ones who got the warts are the ones who have the rain rot the worst. I had to work when the Armadillo ride happened and did not have a horse or myself ready after being off for 6 weeks with broken leg and collar bone. Some yrs just don't go so well!! I have never tried shaving as have never had it this bad before either. Mary Ann & Kelly
--- Stephanie_D_Adair@xxxxxxx wrote:
>Well thanks for the sympathy ya'll. I could use some advice about what to
>do at this point. I've done all of the things mentioned except shave.
>Shaving his legs wouldn't have helped I don't think, that's the last place
>it spread to, 3 weeks into the infection. It started on his back and
>croup. Mind you it rained for 3 weeks, HARD. I had to pass up the
>Armadillo ride in October. Week one, rain-rot on his back, week two up his
>neck and down his flanks and hamstring area, week three down his legs,
>mostly on his cannon bones. First used Micro-tech, what made me think I
>could get off that easily? Betadine bath couple times, Novalsan bath once,
>he's soooooo painful across his back. Scrub, scrape, bleed, he's hollowing
>out his back and looking at me as if I'm the Anti-Christ. 5 days of
>penicillin b.i.d., another betadine bath. The only place he's seriously
>bad at is his back and croup, it's thick, lumpy, crusty; clearing up
>everywhere else. Should I just shave it all off? Poor guy just got all
>his nice new winter coat, and I know his hair is going to fall off anyway.
>So just shave it?
>
>I purchased this horse from a very good friend and I've always wanted to
>own him. In all my years of horse ownership, I've since learned to never
>buy a horse named "Lightning", "Bullet", "Pistol", "Rocket", I'm just not
>that gung ho. I like a nice enjoyable ride, relaxed. But I never thought
>twice before that this horses name being "Doctor" could cause a problem.
>Because I'm now doctoring his a** all the time!
>
>Stephanie and Doc
>
>
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