Equiderma is amazing

[BatataHead]

I finally bought some Equiderma skin lotion to try on my horse’s persistent cannon crud and small areas of rain rot. Holy moly - this stuff is fabulous. I’ve been reading threads about rain rot etc where someone pipes up with a plug for this stuff and sounds like they have some sort of hidden interest, which made me wary of paying $20+ something to try yet another horse product.

Anyway, I ordered some and it works fabulously. The second time I put it on my horses’s cannon crud, the crud wiped off on my hand. Like literally, I put a squirt in my bare hand, smoothed it on my horse’s leg/massaged it into the hair, looked at my hand, and it was covered in black cannon crud that had transferred on to it. And now his (white) hind legs are beautiful (and not irritated from scrubbing).

The bottle says it has to be applied to a dry horse - but that it is still effective if horsie gets rained on, and it will distribute some of the ingredients. It contains these weird little blue green gritty balls - I think they are capsulized medication that the rain “melts.”

[Chief2]

We have used it for years. Great product!

[cripplecreekfrm]

alright I guess I’m going to have to get some. My boy has some weird crud on his white hind legs that I haven’t been able to get completely cleared up.

[sid]

Yes, great stuff. Like magic. Timely, post as my mare came in covered with oozing scabs all over her face and forehead this morning. A nasty case of contact dermatitis. She’s a mess, so I slathered up with it this a.m. Poor girl.

[SaratogaTB]

My event coach turned me on to this a few years ago and I’m a believer. I rub his legs with it now weekly and the crud has never returned. It also helps any fungus on the body, I’ve used it on his face even. It’s safe, gentle, and WORKS. I live in Maryland and a couple places have just started carrying it, including at the racetracks. Word is it will launch in Delaware soon too. PM me if you want to know the locations.

[Tiffani_B]

Great for scratches and elbow crud, too!

[SaratogaTB]

I should have mentioned that I also tried the Equiderma Wound Cream and found it very effective too!

[quietann]

OK, I am giving it a try

Does anyone think it would help the endless tail rubbing I mentioned in this thread? I am running out of treatment options and the vet is mystified, especially because most of the horses in the barn have it.

[SaratogaTB]

Yes, I would massage it into the tail and give it a try. It may just kill the itch and it certainly can’t hurt.

[Tiffani_B]

[QUOTE=quietann;8256035]
OK, I am giving it a try

Does anyone think it would help the endless tail rubbing I mentioned in this thread? I am running out of treatment options and the vet is mystified, especially because most of the horses in the barn have it.[/QUOTE]

I’ve not found it to help with tail rubbing but you never know! I’ve had the best luck with plain old coconut oil, and also Lucky Braids Handy Salve when the culprit is dry skin. But when my horse starts rubbing his tail, usually if I clean his sheath he stops right away.

[MKV]

Another Equiderma skin lotion fan here! I’ve used it on a couple different horses for rain rot. And I’ve also used it on an itchy tail with success.

[sid]

In my experience, tail rubbing is more about crud between a mare’s udder, bugs bites on the naval stump of both mares and geldings – or reaction to black fly (cullecoides) chewing down the midline.

Occasionally, ticks on the dock. You’ve got to “dig” with your fingers to find out. They’ll tell you with their reaction (ahhh…thanks!)

Equiderma won’t help that. It’s a steroid and fungicide…not something to just stop the “itching” that may be bug or nasty udder, midline from bug bites problem.

[chipper2128]

We’ve used Equiderma products for over 4 years now. The lotion is great for most skin crud that we run into. We have used it on tail rubbing with some success, but it really works on bug bites that are causing them to scratch. As soon I rub in the lotion, they stop scratching. Their fly spray, shampoo and wound ointment are terrific too. If you have any questions about any of their products, call and talk to Bethany. She is very helpful. No, I don’t work for them !

[SwedishWB]

Equiderma is NOT a Steroid

[QUOTE=sid;8256492]
In my experience, tail rubbing is more about crud between a mare’s udder, bugs bites on the naval stump of both mares and geldings – or reaction to black fly (cullecoides) chewing down the midline.

Occasionally, ticks on the dock. You’ve got to “dig” with your fingers to find out. They’ll tell you with their reaction (ahhh…thanks!)

Equiderma won’t help that. It’s a steroid and fungicide…not something to just stop the “itching” that may be bug or nasty udder, midline from bug bites problem.[/QUOTE]

Equiderma is not steroid and it is guaranteed to help the itching anywhere on a horse’s body. To be sure most mane and tail itching is the result of an ornism in the dirt attaching to the horses skin, culicoides bites etc… the first course of action is to clean your horse everywhere. Udder, sheath, and around the anus and genital area, but Equiderma Skin Lotion does a fabulous job on any kind of skin issue including mane and tail itching and address the core issue.

[JackieBlue]

No steroid in Equiderma!
Equiderma = [B]Ingredients: Mineral oil, Aqueous solution, Surfactant, Chlorhexadine, N-Trichloromethylthio, 4-Cyclohexene-1, 2-Dicaboximide. Total 0.011%

[/B]The above breaks down into: Mineral oil, water, dish soap, Nolvasan (chlorhexidine) and Captan (N-Trichloromethylthio, 4-Cyclohexene-1, 2-Dicaboximide). I think I’ll be mixing some up!

[sid]

[QUOTE=JackieBlue;8257425]
No steroid in Equiderma!
Equiderma = [B]Ingredients: Mineral oil, Aqueous solution, Surfactant, Chlorhexadine, N-Trichloromethylthio, 4-Cyclohexene-1, 2-Dicaboximide. Total 0.011%

[/B]The above breaks down into: Mineral oil, water, dish soap, Nolvasan (chlorhexidine) and Captan (N-Trichloromethylthio, 4-Cyclohexene-1, 2-Dicaboximide). I think I’ll be mixing some up![/QUOTE]

Well, I goofed. The product I’m using (get from the vet) is called EnteDerm.

Thanks for posting the ingredients of the Equiderma though. My mare is has HORRIBLy (contact dermities) to Novlasan (chlorhexadine)…massive hives, that open up, weep and hair loss. So I couldn’t use that product on her anyway.

[IPEsq]

My horse’s tail is just about bald at the top. I think it’s from sweat, sheath gunk, and bugs (though he wears a fly sheet with a lot of tail and belly coverage). I am skeptical that the lotion would help, but I’m considering trying the shampoo (which is supposed to soothe the skin and make it less tasty to the no-see-ums) and sheath cleaner. I’ve done what I can to clean his sheath, but he will. not. drop. Not even a little bit. So I need some gentle cleanser that will loosen up the gunk that I can’t easily pick off.

I’ve tried coconut oil, baby oil and nolvasan (so basically, the lotion), Head and Shoulders, various other soaps, oils and conditioners. I clean his whole bum. Nothing is working. And we are only just getting into the worst of bug season.

[sid]

[QUOTE=IPEsq;8259672]
My horse’s tail is just about bald at the top. I think it’s from sweat, sheath gunk, and bugs (though he wears a fly sheet with a lot of tail and belly coverage). I am skeptical that the lotion would help, but I’m considering trying the shampoo (which is supposed to soothe the skin and make it less tasty to the no-see-ums) and sheath cleaner. I’ve done what I can to clean his sheath, but he will. not. drop. Not even a little bit. So I need some gentle cleanser that will loosen up the gunk that I can’t easily pick off.

I’ve tried coconut oil, baby oil and nolvasan (so basically, the lotion), Head and Shoulders, various other soaps, oils and conditioners. I clean his whole bum. Nothing is working. And we are only just getting into the worst of bug season.[/QUOTE]

Since he won’t drop, just put a tube of KY Jelly in a bucket of hot water until it’s warm and squirt the whole thing WAY up into his prepuce. It’s water soluble so no rinsing needed.

Repeat the next day with another tube. Most, if not all of the smegma will loosen and start falling out. Don’t use anything with oil in it. It only attracts more dirt and debris. And avoid soap (Ivory may be ok)…they can really screw up the normal pH of the skin.

I will say, for the biting bugs, Repel X lotions works pretty well If you put it down his belly midline (avoid the sheath).

I’ll still take summer over cold, icky winters. :lol:

[IPEsq]

I’ve tried lube but wasn’t super successful at getting all the peeling bits off or all the globs out of the folds. I didn’t use a whole tube’s worth though. I can try again.

[IPEsq]

Just wanted to chime in that I tried doing DIY Equiderma lotion on horse’s itchy tail dock again in addition to more nether-region cleaning, and there has not been any evidence of new rubbing in a week. It’s going to take months for his tail to grow back, but this is encouraging.