LeannePip
Well-Known Member
this could be long! sorry!!
this is the third summer i've had pip, the first summer she didnt rub atall but she lived out in a heard and didnt come in, last summer she itched a bit but it was nothing more than rubbing her neck on the stable door occasionally and the odd rub of her tail then nothing over winter. this summer though shes been really really itchy! to begin with i thought it was because i'd used washinp up liquid on her tail - iv done this a few times with no reaction - so i washed it in johnsons baby and it was alot better, have been using lots of de'itch and fly spray on her but shes still itching - there are no sores or scabs but shes done a good job of thinning her own mane and i only need to trim the edges of her tail!!
what makes me question this is that she only does it when tied on the yard or in the stable - she lives out and doesnt seem to rub atall when shes out never comes in with a messed up mane or a bog brush tail but the otherday i put her in the stable and she almost threw herself to the back to rub her bum but then as soon as the hay went in she came straight over :S if i tie her to a tie ring on teh front of the stable she will try and itch but if i tie her to the fence she never does? i am SOO confused its like a part time thing!
the other thing i thought it could be was pin worm. our youngster was bought home in june and they were all wormed that weeknd - they are all on a worming programme designed by our vet, this was after pip started scratching but he came from less than hygenic conditions so could explain it but this was in june and we found no worms. two weeks ago my sister was poopicking and found one poo riddled with what looked like pin worms but nothing else before or since - spoke to the specialist at the feed shop and wormed all three with something for pinworm a few days later there was one poo with a couple of worms in. i've looked it up and these are the symptoms:
Momentary protrusion of a worm through your horse's anus, this is when the female lays her eggs, she will then disappear back in to the rectum. An adult female can lay up to 60,000 eggs per day.
Eggs will appear in a gelatinous mass around the anus.
Skin irritation around the anus area
Rubbing of the tail/ anus area
Biting and licking of hindquarters
Behavioral changes including loss of appetite and nervousness
Signs are similar to horses with sweet itch
1) i have never seen this happen ever and there appears to be no eggs around that area and skin doesnt look irritated
2)she does rub
3)she doesnt bite or lick her hind quaters
4)she eats as heartily as ever and there is no difference in her behaviour if anything she is better than she was over winter
5)but sometimes it is as if she has sweetitch
this is what to do and what can cause it
Pinworm is not easy to get rid off. Good management practices are essential.
Thoroughly cleanse the anus/ tail other affected areas to remove eggs by using disposable wipes/ warm diluted disinfectants (suitable for use in these areas)
Disinfect grooming kits, do not use same grooming kits on infected and uninfected horses
Remove bedding and disinfect and pressure wash stables/ water buckets etc
Clean drinking troughs regularly
Seek advice on chemical wormers required to treat horses identified with pinworm
1)good managment - we poo pick EVERY day sometimes twice and their troughs are scrubbed and re-filled once a week
2)admittedly we share one grooming kit for all three so are now sharing out brushes
3)none of them live in at the moment and only one lives in over winter
please some one help!! i dont know if im treating pin worm or sweat itch!!
well done for getting this far birthday cake if you did!!
this is the third summer i've had pip, the first summer she didnt rub atall but she lived out in a heard and didnt come in, last summer she itched a bit but it was nothing more than rubbing her neck on the stable door occasionally and the odd rub of her tail then nothing over winter. this summer though shes been really really itchy! to begin with i thought it was because i'd used washinp up liquid on her tail - iv done this a few times with no reaction - so i washed it in johnsons baby and it was alot better, have been using lots of de'itch and fly spray on her but shes still itching - there are no sores or scabs but shes done a good job of thinning her own mane and i only need to trim the edges of her tail!!
what makes me question this is that she only does it when tied on the yard or in the stable - she lives out and doesnt seem to rub atall when shes out never comes in with a messed up mane or a bog brush tail but the otherday i put her in the stable and she almost threw herself to the back to rub her bum but then as soon as the hay went in she came straight over :S if i tie her to a tie ring on teh front of the stable she will try and itch but if i tie her to the fence she never does? i am SOO confused its like a part time thing!
the other thing i thought it could be was pin worm. our youngster was bought home in june and they were all wormed that weeknd - they are all on a worming programme designed by our vet, this was after pip started scratching but he came from less than hygenic conditions so could explain it but this was in june and we found no worms. two weeks ago my sister was poopicking and found one poo riddled with what looked like pin worms but nothing else before or since - spoke to the specialist at the feed shop and wormed all three with something for pinworm a few days later there was one poo with a couple of worms in. i've looked it up and these are the symptoms:
Momentary protrusion of a worm through your horse's anus, this is when the female lays her eggs, she will then disappear back in to the rectum. An adult female can lay up to 60,000 eggs per day.
Eggs will appear in a gelatinous mass around the anus.
Skin irritation around the anus area
Rubbing of the tail/ anus area
Biting and licking of hindquarters
Behavioral changes including loss of appetite and nervousness
Signs are similar to horses with sweet itch
1) i have never seen this happen ever and there appears to be no eggs around that area and skin doesnt look irritated
2)she does rub
3)she doesnt bite or lick her hind quaters
4)she eats as heartily as ever and there is no difference in her behaviour if anything she is better than she was over winter
5)but sometimes it is as if she has sweetitch
this is what to do and what can cause it
Pinworm is not easy to get rid off. Good management practices are essential.
Thoroughly cleanse the anus/ tail other affected areas to remove eggs by using disposable wipes/ warm diluted disinfectants (suitable for use in these areas)
Disinfect grooming kits, do not use same grooming kits on infected and uninfected horses
Remove bedding and disinfect and pressure wash stables/ water buckets etc
Clean drinking troughs regularly
Seek advice on chemical wormers required to treat horses identified with pinworm
1)good managment - we poo pick EVERY day sometimes twice and their troughs are scrubbed and re-filled once a week
2)admittedly we share one grooming kit for all three so are now sharing out brushes
3)none of them live in at the moment and only one lives in over winter
please some one help!! i dont know if im treating pin worm or sweat itch!!
well done for getting this far birthday cake if you did!!
