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What should I do about an unknown horse fungus?

I have recently purchased a flea-bitten appendix quarter horse. After an inspection I noticed that he had small sores on his chest and it appears as if his skin is peeling. This also happens on his back legs. To the best of my knowledge, he has not recently had any blankets or leg boots on to promote this. Can anyone identify this and give me an efficient treatment? Thank you very much.

Only way to be sure is to have a vet come and look, take a sample if needed, and send it out to a lab for evaluation.

Having said that, however, I’ve seen people use Repel-X fly spray concentrate at the wrong dilution (even the right one) and had their horses peel. It looks like little flakes of grey skin, usually on the chest, neck and/or belly area. I’d switch to another more mild fly spray, like Citronella oil, or Bronco, and use sparingly. I’d avoid wiping product on; be sure to set your sprayer at a fine mist and don’t drench his coat.

As for the hind legs, is the hair coming off in chunks if you scratch with a fingernail, or curry? Little tufts of grey clumps with the short haircoat attached? Leaves a thin-not-quite-bald spot behind? If so, I’d call that the creeping crud. Comes from improper grooming.

In order to rid your horse of this (this area has very little to do with flyspray), use a rubber-mit curry to gently scruff up the hair along the legs. Incidentally, this usually happens on the front of the hind cannons and to the rear/ below the rear leg’s chestnuts.

Once you’ve curried the hair up, head to the washstall and use warm water with a gentle soap. I like Absorbine’s Santa-Fe, or even Ivory dish soap. Use that same rubber-mit curry and apply soap using a gentle currying motion. Later up, rinse well, repeat. Several times.

It’s not unusual to have to do this lather/ rinse cycle 4+ times to completely eliminate it. If the crud is especialy severe, your horse won’t tolerate this washing all at once. You may make him bleed. If you see any signs of raw or even pink skin, stop and do your 2nd or 3rd cycle of wash/ rinse several days to a week or so later.

Always dry thoroughly in between washing, and always brush off dried mud and old sweat after rides to stop this recurring.

Again, without seeing this, it’s hard to say, which is why I recommend the vet to evaluate it. But it sounds like the two conditions outlined above. Nothing serious, and easily cured.

Best of luck.

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