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Post by horselady on Mar 15, 2015 1:25:58 GMT
A horse that is rubbing his neck raw. i dusted for lice. i wormed him and i sprayed him to help the itchies. no bugs. that i can see. i suppose it is the time of year that they just need more of something but what?.
i am going to give him a bath as soon as it is 50 degrees and dust again for lice. and perhaps use a bug spray on him. as for the rubbed raw spot. i will have to decide what to use.
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Post by horselover4life on Mar 15, 2015 12:16:21 GMT
Some Benadryl for itches and what about Vitamin E cream for skin repair?
Do you have "no-see-ums" out yet? Know they use to drive my gf horse bonkers....
Not to be gross, but.... no evidence of that neck thread-worm?
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Post by horselady on Mar 16, 2015 0:14:58 GMT
You could be right. hl4l , i read the box of ivermectin and it says that it kills 46 types of worms that are in the horses body and the neck threadworms are one of them. it says that the worms dying off could cause itching and horse rub it raw. only one side tho so i am not 100 percent this is what it is. i ordered 50 wormer today from jeffers so i will be doing my entire herd as soon as it comes in and i wormed him and a few others last week because of the tail itching.
i put fura ointment on it and tonight it seems not as red and raw. I will pick up some benedryl from the dollar store .
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Post by leli on Mar 19, 2015 1:21:31 GMT
What are they eating? My little shetland pony was on hay that had quite a bit of alfalfa in it, 24/7. She kept sticking her head through a spot in the fence and had bald patches on her neck. Dewormed her just to be safe, but as soon as she was moved into a pen that was hand fed instead of all day eating, the hair started to grow back and she stopped itching. My BO said the rich hay can make them itchy.
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Post by horselover4life on Mar 19, 2015 10:05:24 GMT
leli...sounds like your pony had a allergic reaction to the alfalfa.
I've never heard of "to rich a hay" making them itchy per se.  ...seriously???
Allergic reaction and hives to something, yes!
Learn something new everyday. 
So after your pony was moved to a pen where she had a more controlled feeding...what kind of hay was she fed then?
Eek...something new to be watching for with the horses.....
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Post by horselady on Mar 19, 2015 11:33:01 GMT
I think it is not so much the allergic reaction as it is too much protien. like hot spots in a dog from the food.
this horse i have here his entire side neck is bald from itching. it has stopped some what but still i can see him rubbing. and there is no change in diet or environment.
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Post by leli on Mar 19, 2015 13:26:39 GMT
She is still getting the same hay, but just not available all the time. It has also helped her lose some weight as well.
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...seriously???