Vicks Vapor Rub or BabyRub can open nasal passages so the horse can breathe easier or for that cough when you first start to ride. Also, it can be used to calm horses, similarly to the use of ear plugs, when at places such as hunts or horse shows.
Apply below the nostrils, not inside the nostrils. We like the Vicks® BabyRub™ better than the regular Vapor Rub, as the baby one is a non-medicated formula that contains fragrances of eucalyptus, rosemary, and lavender. Combined with your loving touch, it is perfect to calm, soothe, and relax your baby or your horse, as it turns out. This is a tried and true trick used by our horse show groom for over 20 years now.
Just a heads up: Vicks regular formula (not the babyrub formula) contains camphor, an illegal substance for USEF competitions in any amount, no matter how minute. Thus, readers should take care when using it close to a rated horse show. While it should not go through the skin, it could be absorbed through mucus membranes. Another reason that the BabyRub formula is better, as it doesn’t have camphor, plus it just smells better than the regular Vicks.
Shapley’s MTG DL Original M-T-G Oil is a single solution for fungus, rain rot, girth itch, scratches, sweet itch, tail rubbing, dry skin, bug bites, and mane and tail detangling. This antifungal treatment for horses provides protective results, in many cases, after a single application. This horse mane and tail detangler is safe and effective when used on dogs, cats, small animals and livestock.
It cures about everything skin related on horses.
