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Sometimes 'tincture of time' is all that is needed.  She may have actually 
created a chemical scalding effect with too much 'stuff'.   I also prefer 
the less than aggressive approach.  Too often we expect things to heal too 
fast, humans as well as animals.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mary Krauss" <lazykfarm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 9:00 PM
Subject: [RC] rain rot remedy--nothing sometimes works


I'm not crazy about the whole picking off the scabs thing.  My horse
got a bad case years ago.  I rinsed her gently without trying to
remove anything, and bathed her with mild soap, then kept her as dry
as I could (poor shelter was a problem where she used to live).  Her
back healed up pretty quickly without much of a "yuck" factor.  In
contrast, my friends horse got a bad case last year--she's a nurse
and can't stand to let things alone.  She picked off all the affected
areas very gently and carefully, treated it with solutions of some
sort or another, and then lived with a bald horse who's back was like
one big open wound for several days.  A healthier scabbing occurred
within a few days, but sun was a real problem, so the blanket had to
be on her when it was sunny--and dry--out, for weeks.  Ironically,
this whole process seemed to lengthen the healing process because her
back couldn't air out when it wasn't raining--she had to be blanketed
to protect her from the sun.  Kinda' circular, difficult, and
troublesome approach seemed to me.  Then again--I'm really really
lazy and like to believe that less is more.
Good luck to you.
Mary K
p.s. the horse that came to me with a bad case of scratches seems
bettered by the lazy approach too--his historically affected white
pastern hasn't suffered even the tiniest bit since coming into the
hands of someone who doesn't shave his fetlocks--I suspect that the
hair acts as sun-block.  The previous owner couldn't bear letting him
be scruffy.  I know that there might be other reasons he no longer
has scratches on that foot, but I'm stickin' to the idea that leaving
things alone for a while to see what happens works pretty well.



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