Coming out of winter this year, we've had nearly 50" of snow, and thunderstorms the past 3 weeks. And the past month or so, we've had several days in the 50's-60's. The horses are in the lot, waiting for the pasture to be ready for them, so unfortunately, its nice and moist right now. And, of course, I have been out of pocket in caring for them all winter, so I only get called in when something is obviously going haywire. My (ahem...) *D*H got a rather long lecture about "look" vs "feel" when it comes to caring for our 4-legged friends...but that's another story.
I didn't have much in the way of supplies last night, so I made do with what I could find, picked off as many scabs as I could, got him in the barn and nice and dry (no bugs yet - thankfully too cool for that yet). I scrubbed what I could with the betadine I had, then gave him some gold bond and lime (thinking dry dry dy)
After PT tonight, I plan to shave him. Hope the boys didn't wear out the clippers. He's a very hairy little pony (cute, soft hair with a very long mane and tail)
Where the scabs have already come off and the hair is gone is good healthy pink skin (he's very white). Only one spot that is raw at all, so will have to watch that. Thankfully not a lot of "scabs on scabs", as you describe, but I've never had one have as much of their body affected, or have lost so much hair. But you're right, antibiotics is probably a good idea. It'd help kill the rain rot, too...and as bad as he has it, I won't turn away extra help. I'll pick up some penG at lunch.
Thanks a bunch!