Scabs on pastern - so unattractive!

[walktrot]

I have used Equaide on ancient proud flesh and it worked. You can scratch the crispy tissue because it does not have nerves. If you can see pink tissue or a few hints of blood it shouldn’t bother the horse. I used it on many wounds because it helps with scabbing. It is easy to paint on and seems to help things heal more quickly. I clean it daily but don’t scrub it all out. I hold a damp gauze on and let it soak, then clean it up and apply more. Yes, it is expensive, but a little goes a long way.

Copper sulfate eats the flesh in a wound, but if you are sloppy around the edges it can also hurt healthy flesh.

Equaide

[CarolinaGirl]

I haven’t been on here in an age (and I haven’t been riding for the last number of years, although I do work in the vet field) but got an email for this response. I can’t really find an ingredient list for Muddy Buddy other than it contains sulphur. I will say the muddy buddy was a white cream and not at all sticky/brown like icthammol was, 100% would have chosen it for thar reason alone. Much easier to clean up. I lived in the muggy south at the time so rain rot and leg crud was a constant battle.

[LCDR]

Muddy Buddy is a trade name for a line of equine care products produced and sold in in the UK. I do not believe that Muddy Buddy products are sold in the USA, but they can be ordered from the UK. I have seen Muddy Buddy products on ebay. Being a foreign product, data about ingredients is not readily available, but they do make a big deal about it containing a proprietary type of silver.

[Larbear]

Apparently it is available in the US, several vendors carry it like Big Dee. I was just curious if it was similar to the icthammol when I saw it contained sulfur. I’d never heard of it but it popped up on my Facebook, naturally I came here for more info