This message is from: "Rose or Murph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Kate, I had a TB mare years ago get rain rot. The only thing that did the job was using a water proof sheet. Topicals are good but until it is gone keeping the back clean and dry with a water proof sheet is best until healed.
I usually let my Fjord mare go without a sheet until it turns cold and rains for a week straight. Once it rains for so long she gets very dirty, and grooming a wet shaggy coat is impossible, plus wet hair folds over and traps dirt and bacteria in there, which I believe starts rain rot. I put on a water proof sheet to dry her coat out, and then groom her. I rotate on and off with the sheet, allowing her coat and skin to have periods of dry. With this routine I never have troubles with rain rot. Good drainage, clean paddocks with minimal poop and urine help. When my TB came down with it years ago I was boarding her and she was in a muddy paddock, it was cleaned daily, but still had urine swirling around in the mud. Hope your pony is doing better. Rosemary in Roy. Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
