Horse rubbing his tail

[PapaFrita]

Antifaz has been rubbing his tail. There are a few other horses at the yard have been doing it too. A is properly wormed, though I can't speak for the other horses... I think most worming programmes are a bit haphazard. I was wondering if it could be mites (can't see anything?) or some other little beasties and what can I put on his tail to stop the evident itching.

 

[kellyeaton]

could be mites. sweet itch. have you wormed him with the right products to treat the worms tho?x

 

[PapaFrita]

His mane is fine, just his tail and it's only just started. And yes, he is wormed with the right products. What do you treat mites with?

 

[Gillb]

Have a look under his tail for any signs of pinworm. There has been such a lot this winter.

 

[PapaFrita]

It's summer here and I've been using Equimax, which kills pinworm

 

[kellyeaton]

get some loose powder or get some front line from the vets! the say ivemectin wormers kill lice mites aswell!xx

 

[junglediva]

teatree shampoo

 

[kellydonn]

our horse did this last year and there was no signs of sweet itch, worms or lice... we had the vet out in the end and they gave us some of there homemade "pink lotion" which didnt work either. Has he had any changes of diet..or lots of grass ? we found the answer was to take him off all foods with sugar in them..dodson and horrell especially bad. We put him on a system called simple system which is lucerne based and has no added anything ! he has been fine ever since but we still have to watch intake of carots and things like stable licks...it can all add up to a horrendos amount of sugar. hope this helps kx

 

[PapaFrita]

Diet is exactly the same as always; oats and alfalfa. He doesn't get carrots or anything like that (evil mum!

) I'm treating it as fungal infection at the mo; have washed with malaseb and will apply a cream tomorrow and see if it improves.