My guys used to get scratches all the time....especially at rides. I feel
the back of their pasterns every day to catch it early.
Unless you just want to spend a lot of time and $$$ on all the "home
remedies" and "snake oil" stuff from the supply houses...
Just wash the pasterns with an Antibacterial Dish Soap...I use Palmolive.
This softens the scabs. Scrape them off, dry with a towel and apply Neosporin.....or
go to Wal-Mart and buy "Triple Antibiotic Ointment"....3 tubes for the
price of one Neosporin. Apply daily unless it rains and washes it off...then
do it twice a day.
Even severe cases healed in three days.
Sunny ALWAYS got scratches at every ride...until I started washing his
pasterns and coating them with Neosporin just before I put him on the trailer.
Works great as a preventative...apply when you give a bath or rinse off
after riding....just not a problem anymore. An ounce of prevention......only
takes a minute....
Jim, Sun of Dimanche+, and Mahada Magic
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!
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