Horse twitching, no fly...

[Batgirl]

Has anyone had their horse have a regular reoccurring panniculus reflex without the presence of flies?
He is twitching almost constantly over his shoulder/wither. Saddle and back checked, no issues.... any suggestions before I call the vet?

 

[Coblover63]

A friend of mine's did this recently. I think she gave him some antihistamine pills for a few days and it stopped. Hang on, it's on a different forum. Will check and come back....

 

[Coblover63]

Yes, she spoke to her vet who suggested that it was an over-stimulation and suggested antihistamines for as few days, but they have to be cetirizine and not Loratidine. Her chunky 14.3 cob was given 5 a day for about a week. I b think she bought a 30-pack from Tesco. The horse had been twitching for about 6 weeks.