Re: [IceHorses] Is this rainrot?
On 2/11/07, pippa258 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks to all for your suggestions on how to treat Starri. I have a > solution from Eqyss (sp?) that treats both rainrot and ringworm (as well > as scratches, girth itch, all things fungal) so will give that a shot. The Eqyss stuff doesn't do a good job on Ringworm. I got a nasty case several years ago while farmsitting. It was the biggest nightmare I *ever* had as a farm sitter and the last time I'll probably ever farm sit. Star and I ended up with Ringworm from that farm. If it's ringworm then there's a cream you can get from the vet, starts with a K. Something like Ketameta-something. It took me over 3 months to rid all of us of the nastiness. Yours just doesn't look like the ringworm that we had, but that's my first and (hopefully!) last time to deal with it! > I've seen black lights right next to the Nature's Miracle > bottlesurine must flouresce too :-) Yes, wonderfully... I have an intact tom who's an inside kitty... Grade 3 heart murmur he's not a surgery candidate. ;) I have a black light and a nice stock of pet deoderizers. Steph -- "Brutality begins where skill ends." "Correctly understood, work at the lunge line is indispensable for rider and horse from the very beginning through the highest levels." Von Niendorff
Re: [IceHorses] Is this rainrot?
Cherie Mascis wrote: > Betadine solution will kill rain rot and ringworm. Just remember ringworm > is contagious to humans and other mammals. If that's what he has. Wash your > hands in betadine scrub after treating him. If you have a black light, you > can check for ringworm, it fluoresces. (Since the 60's don't know many > people who have black lights handy)! Thanks to all for your suggestions on how to treat Starri. I have a solution from Eqyss (sp?) that treats both rainrot and ringworm (as well as scratches, girth itch, all things fungal) so will give that a shot. I've seen black lights right next to the Nature's Miracle bottlesurine must flouresce too :-) Trish
Re: [IceHorses] Is this rainrot?
Cherie Mascis wrote: > Occaisionally, one of my horses will get a small spot that looks a little > scurffy. The hair will pull loose and there'll be a dry crust at the base. > I think it is a precursor to rain rot. Their hair is so thick, when it gets > wet at the base it makes a cozy spot for bacteria/fungus. I make sure to > give them a really deep, down brushing to stimulate the skin, especially > after a few days of rain. Starri really seems to dislike brushing and I'm thinking the rubber curries I have pull more than glide through the hair...I'm thinking of a Mars Coat King. Trish
Re: [IceHorses] Is this rainrot?
Janice McDonald wrote: > oh wow. The perfect roundness in the first pic makes me think > RINGWORM. Eeek! I didn't even think of that and I've been treating it with my bare hands...great thinking nurse I turned out to be! Their whole paddock is sand and there aren't any damp areas. A few weeks back when it rained quite a bit, I left the stall doors open and they could go in and out as they pleased. Mostly they stood out in the rain which is why I was thinking rainrot. Does it take a few weeks before rainrot shows up? > Rainrot here begins by you pet the horse and feel these little scabby > bumps that easily come off when you scratch them. And the hair comes > out with the little spot. And it gets bigger and bigger. til a bald > patch forms. It seems dry and scaley. > It feels dry and scaley but there is nothing to peel off as the spot is already bare. > I would bathe and then spray with betadine for a couple of months til > you make sure whatever it is is gone. Ringworm will spread little > spores that attach to the hair and will stay there a long long time > and then appear again. > Straight betadine or do you dilute it? My neighbor recommended Gold Bond powder. Trish
Re: [IceHorses] Is this rainrot?
Stephanie Caldwell wrote: > > Could they be bite marks from the other horse? Star has a few spots > where Runner has taken her hair off this week. I was thinking it was that or that he rubbed himself on the fence but they are almost perfectly circular. Then again, all these marks are where they would bite each other and they do scrapple quite a bit. Someone wrote me that it might be something called "mane and tail rot"...is that the same as rainrot? Trish
Re: [IceHorses] Is this rainrot?
Judy Ryder wrote: > > I can't tell from the pictures if it's rainrot. I had only one case of > rainrot in all these years of owning horses and it was on an Icelandic, > right along the spine. > Is this because the picture isn't clear enough or because there is residual Desitin on the area? Or is it just difficult to tell from a pic? Trish
Re: [IceHorses] Is this rainrot?
Betadine solution will kill rain rot and ringworm. Just remember ringworm is contagious to humans and other mammals. If that's what he has. Wash your hands in betadine scrub after treating him. If you have a black light, you can check for ringworm, it fluoresces. (Since the 60's don't know many people who have black lights handy)! Cherie
Re: [IceHorses] Is this rainrot?
oh wow. The perfect roundness in the first pic makes me think RINGWORM. If it gets where the middle is shiney and dry, like scar tissue. it is ringworm. Easily cured. get some atheletes feet medicine. or jock itch, i get them mixed up :) But then you will have to look for new outbreaks. And if you have cats, they could be pooping in the sand in ther paddock where the horses roll and spread it, but I have even heard flies can spread ringworm. Nasi had ringworm! When his new hair came in it was a different color in that spot until the next shedding! And you can get it so remember that. Those little bald spots can really hurt your image haha. Nasi got ringworm at the boarding barn because he was hot and would lay in his water tank spill over where algae was growing and his little paddock was completely shaded with damp earth. See if you have a spot in the horse's area that is damp... Now that we are in a sandy dry place my horses havent had rainrot but they have had thrush from the washrack. Now I bleach the washrack religiously. Rainrot here begins by you pet the horse and feel these little scabby bumps that easily come off when you scratch them. And the hair comes out with the little spot. And it gets bigger and bigger. til a bald patch forms. It seems dry and scaley. but there is also a fungus that gets wet and yucky. But ringworm is dry and usually a perfect round circle exactly like in the first pic. I would bathe and then spray with betadine for a couple of months til you make sure whatever it is is gone. Ringworm will spread little spores that attach to the hair and will stay there a long long time and then appear again. janice-- yipie tie yie yo
Re: [IceHorses] Is this rainrot?
Occaisionally, one of my horses will get a small spot that looks a little scurffy. The hair will pull loose and there'll be a dry crust at the base. I think it is a precursor to rain rot. Their hair is so thick, when it gets wet at the base it makes a cozy spot for bacteria/fungus. I make sure to give them a really deep, down brushing to stimulate the skin, especially after a few days of rain. Cherie
Re: [IceHorses] Is this rainrot?
On 2/9/07, pippa258 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The area below Starri's eye is healing up nicely and then I saw these > areas in his coat where the hair seems to be falling out. Could they be bite marks from the other horse? Star has a few spots where Runner has taken her hair off this week. I had the flu and left everyone out in paddocks 24/7 so I wouldn't have to clean stalls or water and they all got ill to each other. :( It was the best I could do, though... Steph -- "Brutality begins where skill ends." "Correctly understood, work at the lunge line is indispensable for rider and horse from the very beginning through the highest levels." Von Niendorff
Re: [IceHorses] Is this rainrot?
Is it only on the wither area? raven
Re: [IceHorses] Is this rainrot?
> the hair and these same bald patches are under his hair. They look > particularly white because I started putting Desitin on them yesterday. > They seem dry and dandruffy. I can't tell from the pictures if it's rainrot. I had only one case of rainrot in all these years of owning horses and it was on an Icelandic, right along the spine. Judy http://icehorses.net http://clickryder.com
