Advice on a mare sold to me with sweet itch and how to control?

[applestroodle]

Many thanks everyone for your great advice and prompt reply. lots of thing to try : )

 

[Pearlsasinger]

When I had a WelshDxTB mare who turned out to have a range of food intolerances, she also had (fairly mild) sweetitch. When we took all molasses out of her diet her sweetitch also cleared up, might be worth a try

 

[kellyeaton]

a very good fly spray and switch from the vets and stop itch salve a product from net tex!