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Hay there, fellow ridecampers -

My horse is out in a beautiful, big pasture outside the lovely city of
Chattanooga, Tennessee all the time.  Lots of shade trees at one end, and
other green things as well.  Lately, he's been getting this dried, goopy
stuff on his legs and on his face - looks like some type of plant sap.  I
suspect it probably is.  He's starting to get these terrible crusty, scabby
thingies on his front pasterns (the white one with the pink skin,
especially), and his skin is very sensitive when I touch the area.  Some of
the hair is also coming off his face where the sap came into contact
(although there are no scabs on his face), and it's coming off on a bit of
his croup as well (where there are a few scabs).  I'm terribly susceptible
to poison ivy, so I suspect my horse might have some similar equine version.
His skin has definitely been irritated from something.  I've shampooed him
with MicroTek shampoo, which is supposed to control that kind of stuff, and
I've also thoroughly sprayed him with MicroTek spray.  Doesn't seem to
help... but that's probably because he's still out in the pasture where he's
coming into contact with whatever it is that's causing the irritation.
Unfortunately, I have nowhere else to put him.  Tonight, after I bathed him
and shampooed him with MicroTek, I put this aloe gel stuff on him that's
supposed to prevent contact of irritants.  Don't know if that will help, but
at least it was something else to try.  Have any of you successfully treated
this creeping crud before?  Are there any products out there that any of you
can recommend?  Help!!



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