I am looking for recommendations for mud fever boots.
Do any of them help?
I suspect that I won’t be able to have them on/off daily. Any recommendations for boots that would be ok for 36 hours?
Look into Silver Whinny socks - they should be able to go 36 hours in some climates. I have a horse with chronic scratches, and the Silver Whinny socks showed positive signs when I used them on him for a short while, but I had to give up because they were too hard to get on and off (his hind end is shot and he can not really help with holding up his legs).
This past spring I started a boarder horse on Woofwear mud boots. I take them off every few days and brush off the legs (owner lives overseas). In hot weather, her legs didn’t get sweaty (but I didn’t put them on if it was REALLY hot). They keep the legs dry and work really well unless there is an active infection - then they are like a greenhouse and the infection will get really bad really quickly. Toward the end of the wet season I started putting a drying powder on the legs, under the boots and that seemed to stop the greenhouse effect. I wasn’t able to get rid of the old scabs before winter so I’ll start treatment again once it gets warm and I hope to have it under control by the end of spring.
This mare is a challenge to work with but I’m able to get these boots on and off easily.
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I’ve been looking at buying these boots, or a similar mud fever boot from LeMieux, Equilibrium, Premier Equine, so on. Other reviews that I’ve read about these mud fever boots have stated that you really need to have two pairs/sets so that one can be washed and have time to dry out. In your experience with these boots, what are your thoughts?
Knock on wood, my guy doesn’t have mud fever. However he does live out 24/7 from April/May-October/November and the area around the shelter can get pretty muddy. He also whacked the inside of his right hind just above the fetlock this spring which turned into a bit of proud flesh that has since healed and has finally scarred, but now he has some minor lymphangitis. Therefore I am working on risk management 
TIA!
Two pairs would be ideal but I have gotten by with one pair by planning washing them around when it’s not so muddy, using a boot dryer to dry them quickly, and using a drying powder on the horses legs when the boots are out of use. I tend to use the drying powder under the boots when really wet weather is expected. We’re also on 24/7 turnout here.
I once bought an expensive anti-bacterial/ anti-fungal spray that I used during a flare-up. When I ran out I used hand sanitizer that I had lying around and that worked equally well. So now I use that if a flare-up comes along and it seems to knock out the infection well.
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Thank you!! Off to buy the WW boots now 
