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[RC] Scratches solution - Kristi Schaaf

Jody wrote:
So, to all you vendors out there, send me a sample if you think you have 
something to stop the super scratches from Hell.  
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Jody, I'm not a vendor but I DID find something that FINALLY worked on hubby's 
horse. The horse got his first dose of scratches a year ago in southern Iowa 
clay-based muck. I got rid of them with a commercial product. Then, this 
summer, at home, he got a full-blown case that would NOT go away. The swelling 
was bad enough that I almost called the vet. The sores were very deep, large 
and painful and he got really defensive about having his hind feet soaked. As 
soon as I got the scabs off and treated, the next day they'd be back, thicker 
than ever. I tried every commercial product I could find and nothing helped. 
Then one day it occurred to me to try a homemade thrush remedy (props to Pete 
Ramey for it) since the pathogen was probably similiar. And it worked! It took 
awhile, but the first change I saw almost immediately was that the red angry 
skin calmed down considerably. Every night I rubbed the mixture on the scabs, 
and the concoction helped me to gently
scrape the scabs off, a layer at a time. It took approximately three or four 
weeks to get the deepest sores completely healed, but he's now all better now 
with no scarring (which I was sure he'd have as the original sores were BAD). 
The magic concoction? Equal parts of athlete's foot cream (ONLY the kind that 
contains clotrimizole) and triple antibiotic, and a few ounces of tea tree oil. 
I thoroughly mixed them all together in a baggy with a little bit of water to 
help them integrate better, then cut a corner of the baggy and drained the 
mixture in a container. Pretty cheap and very effective. 

Best wishes - scratches SUCK.
Kristi   


     

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