Re: Scratches

[jtaylor@pyramid.net]

Beverly540@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Sandy,
>          My mare got scrathes a couple weeks ago. I didn't know what it was,
> looked kind of like dandruff. Anyway, called my vet and she said to put zinc
> oxide on it. Actually, she said shave the hair off, then put on the zinc. I
> didn't shave her. I had a tube of Desitin baby ointment that I use on Flower's
> white muzzle. I put that on all four pastern once a day for TWO days and the
> scratches disappeared. Pretty easy!
> Beverly and Flower
> Blue Ridge Mts. of SWVA
You were fortunate then, scratches sometimes are very difficult to get
ride of. My horse got scratches last year and I tried the zinc the
desitin nothing worked. I think it took almost all winter to finally
heal up! Julie