Recent content by turfey21

Right feathers off completely today, dry skin under the knees and around the pastern. No sign of mites of lice but a few open sores the size of a pound coin on each leg around the pastern area. Someone said this is mud fever but surely this is the point my horse is biting them and the mites are...

I notice that I am not the only owner with an itchy horse. When he itches he doesn't itch to the point that he has bold spots but not sure if this is due to the fact that he has nowhere really to itch in his field. How are you all coping with stabling your horses that itch, my lad can not go...

still trying to sort out, have been suggested to try louse powder / frontline spray or neem oil - have anyone used this with their horses and to what success did you have

Hi all, I have read through this thread with interest as I have been struggling all summer to stop my boy from itching. (well from the end of July onwards) he came over from Ireland and for the first 3 weeks was fine but after that started itching - I put it down to the fact that I moved his...

thank you all for your replies. I today removed the garlic from his feed and he just had his pasture mix, which he left as it was not what he is use to. He has been bathed in Ruggle It and he really enjoyed it but he is still really itchy but I am due to bath him again on Sunday (7 days after...

nope he does not have any carrots or apples or treats

Thanks all, he has had the injections from the vets. I have bathed him twice and on bathing him his white coat seemed to have brown speckles coming through it which I thought might be mites. He is fed Honeychop a tiny hand pinch a day and D&H pasture mix again a tiny hand pinch and then...

Hi all, nope no sweet itch as he is itching his face and rump and ankles really hence why I thought he might have mites but the vets say he doesn't! I will cut out the garlic but thought the garlic would of helped him against flies and mites. Just would like him to be settled really

I have had my cob for about 4 months now and am now running out of ideas. Can anyone help. He has been itchy for the 3 1/2 months i have owned him and when I say itchy - when I bring him in to groom or ride him if I leave him tied up unattended for even 15 seconds he will try and rub his head...

Thanks for your replies. I am also usually quite sceptical of the supplements etc but think it is worth a go, I am not gonna rug him up as he is quite a well built chap and ideally I would like to try and help him rather than him having to wear a rug throughout the summer every year - as the...

Hi all, My horse has come over from Ireland and has settled in really well (he has been here for 2 months now) although he is quite itchy. He stamps his feet and has the little red scabs just below his fetlocks, he has not had his feathers clipped. We have hogged him out. The vet has...