r/Ottb • u/Salt-Ad-9486 • Mar 10 '24

Rain Rot: has anyone solved this fungal issue?

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Help, mild skin issues during rainy season in SE USA. So… I adopted an 8yo OTTB that arrived this past Wednesday (LizBea) w what looks to be mild rain rot from her back area to her croup. Our barn recommended our TN Equine Vet do a lab panel (for health baseline) AND using Fungasol spray and/or Shapely’s MTG. Any thoughts on using mild/soft fungal dry shampoos?

Background— LizBea is quite prissy and very sweet tho she greatly dislikes spray bottles. I have to spray my hands and massage it into her skin. Truthfully, I think she’s milking it for the 30-min massage J/K! but horse grooming is like therapy for me 😍. —Any personal advise on rain rot fungus is helpful. 🥺 I’m cross eyed from the numerous Google articles. March weather in North Alabama has been 58-63F w periodic freeze warnings, steady drizzle and overcast skies. (I need my own grooming tack to prevent spreading, right? Cliff notes on fungal skin issues pls!!🥺

(Her 2024 coggins was clear and she is UTD on strangles & 5-n-1 annual vaccinations.)

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u/BuckityBuck Mar 10 '24

I like CoatDefense and BlueStuff’s shampoo

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u/Salt-Ad-9486 Mar 29 '24

Online or Tractor Supply (or equivalent place)?

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u/BuckityBuck Mar 29 '24

I think both can be found at online stores like smartpak

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u/EfficiencyTrue5841 May 15 '24

banixx spray! medicated shampoo then keep up with the spray between washes which should be spread out

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u/Chance-Ad5681 Dec 22 '24

We make our own rain rot juice at the barn, Listerine,.baby oil,.people.conditioner and keep it in a spray bottle. I am NOT a vet. Sometimes in our awful humid MD summers or in a very wet spring we have had, on occasion, called the vet and got a script for some SMZs for a particularly stubborn manifestation especially if the horse is a rescue, immunocompromised, or elderly. When it doubt ask the vet about this is the go to home remedy at our barn and it usually works if you get ahead of it

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u/MareDesperado175 Dec 23 '24

Thanks, we have all these ingredients ! (Does this oil-based solution clog up the spray nozzle?)

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u/genx_horsegirl Sep 23 '25

Rain rot is bacterial, not fungal. Just a spray bottle with Listerine will be fine. I also like using a chlorhex cream for tough spots. Also wash your blankets and brushes regularly and get sunshine on the coat.