Anyone tried Swish Pour - on?

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I may get shot down in flames for this one - so apologies now for my question. There is a good reason - my 5 year old homebred is and always has been a very itchy chap. Fly rugs are now a no go zone, 3 sweetitch rugs (all good premier equine ones) have been repaired at least twice each this year!!! He has worked out to remove them without damaging the belly straps and has been tearing off the necks in a paddock that is all electric fenced.
I have tried Deet, Deosect, parasite repel (prob the best so far), citronella, you name it but without success. He is now on turmeric in his feed which appears to be making it all slightly easier for him.
Someone I was speaking to the other day said they had used it with success and was wondering whether anyone else had - even though I realise it is produced for cattle use.
 
I have used the cattle pour on on 2 of my shetlands who both suffer with sweet itch. It had no effect at all on the one shetland but stopped the other itching completely. I have not bought it since, I think you normally get asked for a holding or herd number when you try and buy it online as it is for cattle use however it did manage to get mine with no problems. :-)
 
We use it here (cattle Spot On) and I do have a holding number. When the farrier came in to do routine trims, we didn't notice the flies until the Shetland was due for a trim. She was surrounded with flies -- also the farrier! Then we remembered all the ponies had had about 1cc on the forelock, but we'd missed the Shetland (and the farrier!). Can't comment re-sweet itch but it is worth a try. I think some have reported adverse reactions, so maybe try on a very small area first?
 
I don't know about the pour on stuff but have you tried snuggy hoods bug body / sweetitch rugs? I have the bug body for one of mine when flies are bad, and the material is different/stronger to most fly sheets/ sweetitch rugs. Also they have belly bands rather than conventional x surcingles, and he would probably have a harder time getting one off! :).
 
daisalph said:
Try Sweet Relief spray - every evening. It works - our vet recommends it and she has a sweet itch horse herself.
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Ooooh, where do you get this please? (sorry, interrupting). Hope its not a prescription jobbie??

OP has your horse actually got Sweet Itch??? Interesting to hear that Turmeric has helped....... which is why I ask.
 
We use cattle Spot On on our 4, we did a test with a small amount on the youngsters before using a full amount, we also use it on the sheep. We do have a holding number but didn't need to give it at the farm store when we bought it.
 
Dry Rot said:
We use it here (cattle Spot On) and I do have a holding number. When the farrier came in to do routine trims, we didn't notice the flies until the Shetland was due for a trim. She was surrounded with flies -- also the farrier! Then we remembered all the ponies had had about 1cc on the forelock, but we'd missed the Shetland (and the farrier!). Can't comment re-sweet itch but it is worth a try. I think some have reported adverse reactions, so maybe try on a very small area first?
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Thank you this is the sort of thing I was wondering about. I will see if I can get a small amount first to try before I buy.
 
He finds a way of getting most things off and destroying them. It normally starts with grabbing the front with his teeth and pulling!! Its costing me a fortune.
 
You are not interupting at all!!
Good to get all angles, I too would be interested to know where I can get some from.
The turmeric has some amazing properties which help with joints, breathing etc and used for flies in southern hempishere - recommended to me by a very well known respected lady from over in New Zealand.
 
I use fly pour on my two. I asked our vet and she rang the chemist who said it was safe for use on horses. We started with a small dose last summer to check they didn't react and now they have the full dose every six weeks. Cattle were done yesterday so ponies will be done later on today.
 
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