Wet-weather skin guide

Rain Rot in Horses

Rain rot often shows up after prolonged wet weather, heavy coats, dirty tack, damp blankets, and skin-barrier stress. The right first move is not aggressive scrubbing. It is a calm check, gentle cleaning, and complete drying.

Quick answer: Rain-rot-looking skin needs a clean, dry, observe-first routine. If the area is painful, spreading, swollen, draining, hot, bleeding, or not improving, involve your veterinarian.

Call your veterinarian if

• Scabs are painful, spreading, bleeding, draining, swollen, or hot.
• The horse is feverish, lame, dull, off feed, or very sensitive to touch.
• The problem keeps recurring or does not improve with basic management.
• The affected area is near eyes, joints, tendon sheaths, or sensitive tissue.

Clean-dry-support routine

1. Look first. Note location, size, sensitivity, moisture, odor, heat, and spread.
2. Clean gently. Use a mild wash routine where appropriate. Do not rip scabs off aggressively.
3. Dry completely. Moisture left under hair, blankets, or tack keeps the problem going.
4. Support appropriately. Use routine skin-support products only where the skin situation and label fit.
5. Change the environment. Manage wet blankets, dirty pads, shared brushes, mud, damp turnout, and shelter.

Product path

Product support belongs after the check.

• Horse Skin Spot Finder — start here if you are not sure which skin lane fits.
• Rapid Relief Restorative Cream — cream-format support for appropriate clean, dry, external skin-care routines.
• Rapid Relief Restorative Spray — spray-format support when lighter application fits.
• RESTOREaHORSE® — salve-format support for targeted external skin-care routines.