Get rid of rain rot... quick?!!!

Question

My 13 yr. old thoroughbred keeps getting rainrot and once it looks healed, a week later its back again. Should i be bleaching my grooming tools everytime i groom him even before the rainrot is healed? What can i put on it to kill the bacteria? And is there a way to prevent it in the future because my horse doesnt go into his shelter during a storm and i can't always be there to bring him inside. THANKS!!!!

Answer 1

Iodine shampoo works really well for me.

Just so you know - once you get rain rot it can live in brushes, cinches, saddle pads, etc for over a year. I've never been able to totally disinfect my grooming supplies. I have one set I use for horses with outbreaks and I use a newer 'non infected' set. I regularly clean/disinfect both - but you cant get rid of it all.

Most importantly - get your horses skin cleared up. Iodine smells horrible and will burn the skin if not rinsed off but it does work really well.

Answer 2

You should disinfect your tack and grooming tools often when you are trying to get rid of rain rot... You could have the chance that your re infecting him... If he doesn't like to go into a shelter out of the rain you could get a fly sheet (that repels water) and put that on him when it is raining.

Answer 3

Yes you are going to have to keep disenfecting anything that touches the horse.

I would use Eqyss Micro-Tek Natural Medicated Shampoo and spray. I have not personally tried it, but many of my friends use it and say it works well. Everytime you are out there spray her with some of the stuff

Answer 4

You should yse a bleach /water soloution on the rain rot. I peel it off with fingers and use bleach soloution. I never use tools on rain rot areas.

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Answer 5

My horse had rain rot. Just use the betadine and it really works. Take off each scab one at a time and put the betadine on it. That should work, and also it might be good to get a fungus spray or a a real rainrot shapoo to use regularly.

Answer 6

Did some research on home remedy stuff a few weeks ago since we had a bad outbreak, and found Listerine of all things works well. Ditto the other advice on cleaning and/or quarantining brushes and blankets so you don't cross contaminate.

And BTW, rain rot is a fungus, not a bacterial infection. Like athlete's foot or dandruff...