SimplySurprising
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My 8 year old gelding is rubbing both of the sides of his face off on anything he can, it looks very unsightly and is clearly annoying him, I've been trying to take the itch out it for him with sudocrem and aloe vera which does work for a while.
A couple of weeks ago the yard I'm on had an outbreak of lice, and as far as i know the *majority* of horses got treated, (don't get me started on the people who just don't bother), including my own.
I've checked him out for lice and cant see anything, and, re treated him with de louser again last night just in case. I thought it was quite unusual to be just around his muzzle and cheeks? His worming is up to date and in general hes never ill.
Another point worth noting is he just got put back on his feed a week ago, (calm&conditioning and chaff), but he was on that last year with no problems. Can horses suddenly develop allergies to usual foods like humans can?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated
My 8 year old gelding is rubbing both of the sides of his face off on anything he can, it looks very unsightly and is clearly annoying him, I've been trying to take the itch out it for him with sudocrem and aloe vera which does work for a while.
A couple of weeks ago the yard I'm on had an outbreak of lice, and as far as i know the *majority* of horses got treated, (don't get me started on the people who just don't bother), including my own.
I've checked him out for lice and cant see anything, and, re treated him with de louser again last night just in case. I thought it was quite unusual to be just around his muzzle and cheeks? His worming is up to date and in general hes never ill.
Another point worth noting is he just got put back on his feed a week ago, (calm&conditioning and chaff), but he was on that last year with no problems. Can horses suddenly develop allergies to usual foods like humans can?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated