Sweetitch

Colette Dillon

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popularfurball said:

I would not presume it to be sweet itch if its first appearance - neck worms, contact allergy (dermatitis), lice all present with hair loss on neck.

As joosie says, aloe Vera is amazing. If it is swet it h then rugs are part of the answer

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Colette Dillon

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Cortrasna said:

I wouldn't rule out lice entirely because your others show no signs. I keep my horse with my two donkeys and one of the donkeys gets lice every single year without fail, and quite badly too. neither Dolly nor Bertie ever seem to get them from Joseph. Mind you because I know he is susceptible I always watch like a hawk for the first sign on him and never, ever use his brushes/rugs or anything on the other two all year round.

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Do you use lice powder gold tin? If I dectomax to cover neck thread worm that should also kill lice??

 

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If I dectomax her tomorrow that will sort out if any threadworms will it also kill lice? As it's in the blood? Hmmmm

 

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Colette Dillon said:

If I dectomax her tomorrow that will sort out if any threadworms will it also kill lice? As it's in the blood? Hmmmm

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It will only kill the type of lice that blood suck, the other sort that eat dead skin won't be effected by anything internal, you'll need a topical to get those if she has them.

 

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I use the cattle pour on as we can buy it over the counter here - not sure if you can where you are though.

 

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I didn't sleep last night N lost my appetite today this is worrying. Rug wouldn't arrive until Thursday so been and bought best I could in mean time. Vet says sweetitch. And pony looks so fed up. Think I'm starting to obsess over it?

 

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Has the vet been out to look at the pony? I'm really surprised he has managed all summer without a hint then suddenly been effected so badly. Unfortunately the loss of sleep worrying over these things kind of comes with the territory of owning horses, but try not to stress yourself out too much, look for the silver lining and put one foot in front of the other and repeat