crackerjackjack
Well-Known Member
My poor little Crackerjack has a problem. When I purchased my two babies, I did not know anything about donkeys except that I really wanted some. Since then I feel that I have learned alot with a special thanks to everyone on this forum. You are all great. Crackers had some crusty stuff on his little head. The old owner told me that he had sunburn. Then when the vet came out he also said that it was sunburn. I was putting Skin So Soft sunscreen on him all summer long. I then noticed that he had a few patches of this stuff on his back.
Well, I was not impressed with the first vet. So I called a vet that was highly recommended to me from another mini owner. She came out and said that he had rain rot. She called it something else, but it meant the same thing. Well anyway, she told me to wait until this spring and she would give me some medicated shampoo with betadine to give him a bath and that he would need to be brushed really good. So I didn't really worry about it.
Well last weekend we had 70 degree weather all weekend. The donkeys loved the weather and rolled around in the dirt many times. Well now poor Crackers has a few spots on him where the hair rubbed off. I have looked and the skin is not broken and is nice and pink looking. The skin underneath looks really healthy. I am afraid that since our weather is turning cold again that these area could get frost bite. Is there anything that I can put on him to protect his skin. Should he have a blanket? If I brush him now, the hair comes out and leaves the bare skin. So I don't brush him right now. I try really hard to keep them out of the rain, but the other day during the storm, they stood out in it and got all wet. I was at work and when I got home they were all wet.
The bare spots aren't really big, but I am worried about them. I did read to put toothpast or zinc oxide on the skin. Will this work? Anyone every have this problem and have some suggestions?
Well, I was not impressed with the first vet. So I called a vet that was highly recommended to me from another mini owner. She came out and said that he had rain rot. She called it something else, but it meant the same thing. Well anyway, she told me to wait until this spring and she would give me some medicated shampoo with betadine to give him a bath and that he would need to be brushed really good. So I didn't really worry about it.
Well last weekend we had 70 degree weather all weekend. The donkeys loved the weather and rolled around in the dirt many times. Well now poor Crackers has a few spots on him where the hair rubbed off. I have looked and the skin is not broken and is nice and pink looking. The skin underneath looks really healthy. I am afraid that since our weather is turning cold again that these area could get frost bite. Is there anything that I can put on him to protect his skin. Should he have a blanket? If I brush him now, the hair comes out and leaves the bare skin. So I don't brush him right now. I try really hard to keep them out of the rain, but the other day during the storm, they stood out in it and got all wet. I was at work and when I got home they were all wet.
The bare spots aren't really big, but I am worried about them. I did read to put toothpast or zinc oxide on the skin. Will this work? Anyone every have this problem and have some suggestions?