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
