How do I treat pastern dermatitis? Keep lower limbs dry. Clip hair (Usually required in horses with feathering) and clean the affected areas. Soak the affected limbs for 10 minutes with water. Remove all scabs with a soft cloth, but DO NOT cause bleeding as this will lead to further Read more…
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatories may be used to reduce pain and inflammation. Other therapies can include bathing your horse in a chlorhexidine or a benzoyl peroxide shampoo several times a week, or using a lime-sulfur dip. Hydrotherapy, hand-walking, and bandaging irritated areas can also help. How do you treat a bacterial skin Read more…
Quittor can be caused by a puncture, trauma, or treading from heel calks on working horses. For this reason, quittor is fairly rare now. Horses are used less so the disease is observed less. Still a case does come up every so often. What causes quittor? What causes quittor? The Read more…
What is it? Mud fever, also known as pastern dermatitis or ‘cracked heels’ is characterized by scabs and sore on a horse’s legs. It often affects pink skinned areas and may be noticed as red, sore areas of skin that may be weeping, or lumpy patches often on the lower Read more…
Stockings. White markings on the legs that extend past the fetlock are called Socks. White markings that extend all the way to the knees or hocks are called Stockings. How do you describe horse leg markings? From tallest to shortest, common leg markings are: Stocking: white marking that extends at Read more…
A healthy horse’s legs do not need to be routinely wrapped. A: A healthy horse’s legs do not need to be routinely wrapped. Horses do injure themselves at work, at play or while traveling but there are many fine protective boots made for these situations that are safer and more Read more…
24 hours. Do not leave on for longer than 24 hours without removing and re-wrapping (Some experts recommend not leaving on for longer than 12 hours without re-wrapping.) When should you use a standing wrap on a horse? A standing wrap helps protect the horse’s legs, tendons, and ligaments, while Read more…
The purpose of a poultice is to relieve soreness and inflammation, draw out infection or fluid, and promote healing. It can also help prevent injury to horses’ legs by increasing flexibility. Why do people poultice horses? A poultice is used to draw out infection and keep the area clean to Read more…
Bandages can be used for different things: they protect the horse’s legs, reduce swollen legs and offer support. Bandages are used during training to protect the tendons and ligaments. Why do horses wear bandages? Leg wraps or boots are used for the protection of the lower legs of horses during Read more…
Chestnuts—those patches of rough tissue on the inside surfaces of the front legs just above the knees—are structures that remind us of the horse’s origin as a creature with more than one toe on each foot. Horses also have chestnuts on the insides of the hind legs; these are found Read more…