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Again I say   GOLD BOND works wonders and smells nice
too.  You cannot use it at  rides though you can use
it at home as a preventative a little sprinkle here
and a little sprinkle there. Cheap, effective, cool
and dry and for some reason stays on pretty good.   


--- heidi sowards <ribbitttreefrog@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> My retired gelding got this, only at rides in sandy
> conditions though. (Or in ash from Mt. St. Helen's.)
> He
> doesn't really have any pasture to speak of anyway.
> I would
> use athlete's foot medication for prevention, at
> AERC rides
> I'd use desitin during the ride and immediately
> after
> vetting in use the athlete's foot med. with desitin
> over
> the top. Worked for us.
>
> heidi
>
>
> --- Wendy Harris <wendyh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Excellent Question -- I too would love to know if
> there
> > is any preventative
> > measure to avoid this nasty stuff.  I have to
> chuckle
> > because most of what
> > I've read indicates dirty stalls, wet pastures
> etc.
> > Last year in August my pasture definitely was not
> wet -
> > if anything it
> > looked burnt to a crisp.  The horse was brought in
> every
> > night to a
> > dry-clean stall and he still got it.  Is it
> possible that
> > it's contagious?
> > This particular horse is 8 yrs. old and never had
> it
> > until last year.  He
> > was at a trainer's facility for a month (June) and
> then
> > brought home.  Did
> > not have scratches from what I could see - in
> August he
> > developed it.
> > Thanks,
> > Wendy
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
> Of Jim
> > & Drin Becker
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 12:16 PM
> > To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [RC] Scratches
> >
> >
> > "
> > > Does anyone out there have a wonder cure for
> Scratches.
> >  I am using
> > Shapleys MTG from Jeffers.  Seems to be helping
> but would
> > like a faster =
> > cure
> > for this nasty stuff.  I have tried Micro Tek and
> Destin
> > before and it =
> > does
> > not seem to help any better.  Help!
> >
> > All of my riding horses have been prone to
> scratches
> > unfortunately ,
> > probably because they are kept in an irrigated
> pasture
> > that also contains
> > clover :-) Every one of my horses responds
> differently ,
> > what works like a
> > miracle on one won't begin to heal the other . One
> horse
> > Trail Rites magical
> > cream worked great , another was a 50/50 solution
> of
> > penicillin and DMSO ,
> > my current horse Micro Tek is the cure . All I
> know for
> > sure are that they
> > are a huge pain to treat no matter what . What I
> would
> > like to hear from you
> > guys is what do you put on your horse at a ride or
> at
> > home to prevent
> > getting them ? It seems like destin would tend to
> keep
> > the dirt and sand on
> > the area instead of protecting it or am I wrong
> about
> > that ?
> >                      Drin Becker
> >                      Mtn Region
> >
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