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I use head and shoulders itchy scalp for shifting skin scurf with warm water - my pony is not a crem but has the equivalent of excema all over her so gets very scaly and she can't tolerate a lot of shampoos etc. She also burns easily too as she often has no hair - we use the cashel nose net...

I too have found that herbal type routes are the most successful management approach. Simple diet and skin products are key. Have a trawl through my posts and you will see my photo diary there is also a yahoo group too xx

As above long toes often cause tripping... For us it's a lami warning

I have a pony with pemphigus (and multiple allergies also) and find global herbs Skratch plus really helpful. For feeds I often just feed supplements in micronised linseed as she likes the taste and is anti inflammatory. Otherwise i use halleys Timothy chop as it is just chopped hay - no oil...

Soya oil is also a no go area for us (our no go list is mollasses, lush grass, alfalfa, garlic, soya oil... sunlight, midges, dust)... Basically I keep the diet as inanley boring and simple as I can (plain hay chop for a feed, or speedibeet if I have to get something down her, though she reacts...

I used AniMed I think it was - 86p per tablet, plus £7 prescription from vet :) - I bought 60 tablets, and stopped after ten days (probably about 7 tablets) as pony allergic to them :( so doesnt always pan out as feel bad sending them to the vet

Mine is! :)

My pony too had an adverse reaction - rubbing face and tail til they bled - joints swelled up etc - she has a lot of allergies and she reacted to tablets. I wonder about having pergolide prescribed as if the prascend doesnt meet needs you can have perg prescribed i think - and the come in dog...

My pony has an auto immune condition - its not necessarily the end of the world like google porrays it to be. I too would get her off the apple chaff - I would personally only give her hay and see how she is - then you can add suplements and guage if they make better or worse. I use global...

I use global herbs restore with my allergic to life pony with good effects. I also use nettles and thistles regularily.

There is a theory that pemphigus foliaceous is due to not recieving sufficient colostrum from the mare when born... Not sure how well evidenced it is or how your could prove it

Aloe Vera gel works wonders for this kind of stuff. The second photo of the gray I would say is likely a bite of some kind as it is a one off. The first, my pony gets these sores from sunshine - but there are a multitude of causes

Is the hair coming out in clumps or is it being rubbed off?

Good farrier and appropriate diet too!

It also very much depends on the type of grass and rs management. We have one field of half an acre which is 80% bare. Madam comes in footsore from it. We have thirty acres of grazing with herd on knee deep grass. It's fertilised annually. She comes in more footsore. We have a third...