Coblet stamping her feet

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Hi all,

Has anyone else found that their hairy ones are foot stamping more than ever this year? I am quite disappointed as she had the injection against mites in September and the poor love is obviously suffering from them.

I have purchased some pig oil, and following a successful patch test I shall be liberally applying it to her feathers at the weekend.

Can I ask, does it help prevent the foot stamping?

(I know it helps against mud fever, an added bonus but it's not the primary reason, just an added bonus :D )
 
Clipping her feathers off would not be an option. She would kill the clipper lady in the process (we tried and failed -she was doped on sedalin) and I am not willing to have her doped by a vet to do it either. Plus, I bought a feathered beastie, she's meant to have them and they do a superb job of protecting her legs so I am loathe to be rid of them. :)
 
It's probably feather mites - I have used frontline spray (ordered from France online as can't get it without prescription here) with huge success. 2 applications 10 days apart (use whole bottle) and he hasn't had a problem since, think it was a year or 2 ago.

I did have his legs clipped out then, but think some people on here have used it on their hairies.

Hope that helps!
 
Agree with the above - most likely to be mites - hairies are very susceptible to the little blighters!

Frontline sounds great - our vet prescribed some quite nasty shampoo - which was unpleasant to use and the horse hated it :(
 
Interestingly, I was only thinking recently that our feathered cob ISN'T stamping this year, even though everywhere is very wet which usually makes her worse. We have tried all sorts of remedies in the past including the vet's patent wash, none of which have been much good. But she picked up lice earlier in the year and we treated her liberally with Cooper's Fly Repellent Plus, which seems to have also killed off all mites.
 
Mine has just had the injections (2 - 10 days apart) and that seems to have stopped him at the moment. He is still really scabby behind his knees and the backs of his front legs. I'm hoping it's just left over scurf and I'm combing lots! Going to use pig oil and sulphur to try and stay on top of it now. I've found my boy also stamps if his back legs get wet like when he's bathed - obviously tickles!!
 
My "cob" (a coloured stick with hair on it's legs, not and actual feather worthy coblet :o) did this.
He had grass mites and, like your mare, wouldn't be clipped.
We sedated him on Sedaline, made no difference. So we tried Domosedan(sp?) gel from the vet.
Well, his feet were quite damamged from where he was constantly stamping from the mites he was harbouring.
He went from this:
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To this:
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There was a period inbetween where we had to make do with getting his feathers off with scissors and a tail rake. But as soon as they got long again, the stomping was back :rolleyes:

I'd either clip using the Domosedan gel, or ask the vet for a mite treatment.
 
Nope, but I use pig oil and sulphur during the wet months and sulphur in the dry months religiously. In the summer they are dusted every three weeks and in the winter, oiled up weekly.

If you want the huge note I do on keeping hairy horses legs in tip top show condition and health, send me an email address by PM and I will send it to you.

P&S can be very effective, but you have to keep with it all year round.

Touch wood, in the ten years odd I have had heavily haired horses, I have not had a problem with mites, mud fever etc.
 
my coblet used to do this, we got the vet out and they said it was cause she had feather mites! i THINK (she was a couple of years ago now) they gave her an injection and advised we clipped her feathers (:
 
Just to change the direction of the conversation.... are you 100% it's mites and not thrush as many horses get stompy when they have thrush and this time of year is obviously perfect for it
 
Maxi cob where I ride stamps to tel you he'd really like you to scratch his heels for him.

He's clipped out (very close) and doesn't have mites or anything.

He just loves having his heels scratched and goes all daft and soppy when you do. Very sweet. He stamps when he wants you to switch to the other foot or if you stop too soon.

Silly thing loves the sensation of being clipped too, and will stand all day to be clipped, all blissed out, you just have to watch he doesn't squash you in his efforts to get you to do it just the way he wants. He's very effective at telling you "left a bit", "harder", "do that bit again!".
 
Thanks all... She is stabled on straw, and the last 2 years hasn't stamped (had the injections, as she did this year).

It's not thrush, she had that in 1 front hoof when I first got her 6 years ago and never had it since.

I think I will do a pig oil patch test, and liberally apply it and source some sulphur too.

Thanks all for your input. If that doesn't stop her I will get the vet out again.. he only saw her Friday too :/
 
I've noticed it to be more of a problem this year. My cob is always fine, but even he's been plagued. Usually use ASSS dry oil spray in the summer and pig oil in the winter, without the sulphur, as it burnt his feathers off. Vet injected him with a cattle wormer which seems to have been effective.
 
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