I have a three year old thoroughbred with dry skin. He's a typical thoroughbred with the stereotypical "thin skin." It's the beginning of winter here in south central PA and it's been raining. He's getting over a mild case of rain rot ( very mild) and is starting to grow in his winter fuzzies. While treating the above mentioned fungus tonight, I noticed that he's got a lot of dandruff on his neck and shoulder. Is there anything I should or can do to treat it?
I'm not currently feeding him oil in his feed, but he gets Blue Seal Carb Guard. One of the main ingredients is vegetable oil. You guys are going to hate me, but I don't know weight wise how much he gets - let's just say he's a 16.1 1/2 hand three year old thoroughbred hard keeper who stays fat and sassy on this; let's call it a "reasonable amount." The point of that ramble was that I don't think additional veggie oil will help.
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My mare always gets dry flaky skin around her withers, all i do is brush it away daily, then just put skin moisturiser on. i use 'avon skin so soft' works wonders, absoulutely amazing:)
pets question and answers,www.5d2d.com dont know if it will work for your TB but it's worth a go:)
EDIT; well yeah, but i put it on in the evening let her out to pasture, bring her in the next day brush her down and its fine, mind you i have to put it all up her mane and on her face and on her tail. she has sweetitch:/so it gets a bit messy sometimes, but just on the withers he'll be fine.
Instead of treating him daily with less potent moisturizers you should use something stronger and oilier. I would have a spa day saturday every saturday with him until his skin improves.
1. Curry comb him really well to try to remove as much dead skin as possible
2. If he's kind of dusty, take a hot and damp towel to wipe him down. Obviously not hot enough to make him uncomfortable due to his thin skin but enough to relax his muscles and take the dirt off
3. Buy a bottle of cheap olive oil. Pour and massage this into his coat. You can heat it up a little if you would like. It will make his coat a little greasy for about 2 days but after that it should absorb all the way. You don't want to put so much on that it's dripping off of him. Just enough so that it saturates his coat down to his skin. I typically don't rinse it off. After he has been sitting in his stall with it on all day, take another hot towel and rub him down. This will remove any excess olive oil.
pets question and answers,www.5d2d.com I wouldn't do his face or any sensitive areas like his sheath. Get his mane and tail too!
Good luck and ps-you can do this for yourself too.
