Birker2020
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I have the vet coming tonight after work to look at my horse who has got a very itchy problem going on.
About two months ago he started scratching his tail and some of the hair came out. THe YO gave me some 'Stop Itch' to try and after every application he would be itch free for a couple of days but then he would start up again. As all the damage was to the outside of the tail I had never thought to look under his tail and when I did was horrified as under his dock was red raw, as were the side of his bottom that were covered with his tail when it lay flat. So I hibi scrubbed and dried thoroughly and applied sudocrem and within a week everything was as normal.
Eventually I was able to leave the application of 'Stop Itch' for longer and longer (I think it broke the cycle of scratching enough to stop it all together).
When I went on holiday I returned to find a slight rash on his off hind quarters midway between the thigh and buttocks drawing of points of horse attached to show you where I mean:
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q...b7b688beff0f75b3232bdc30a958d3H0&mode=overlay
The rash looked like rain scald but there were no 'mud fever ' type tufts of hair loss. He was very itchy and was leaning against anything he could find to scratch the itch, the one day after untacking him he practically collapsed against the wall and ran his bum about a third of the way along a wall and then up the other wall as well in an effort to relieve the scratching.
As he was still really itchy last Saturday I hibi scrubbed the area really well and applied sudocrem and it healed up. I though I would see if it made a difference before calling the vet but five days on he is still as itchy as ever. I have been applying 'stop itch' to this area in an attempt to stop the itch cycle but I cannot understand what has triggered all this off in the first place. He has never suffered from sweet itch, food allergies or anything like this.
The only thing I can think was that the yard owner (not that I am blaming her at all) dug out an old fleece rug that I used last year and its covered on both sides with his hair, it really could do with a vacumn and a wash. But I honestly can't see that causing the problem, and this was after the rash appeared on my return from holiday.
We have another horse in the stable yard who has problems with its coat and rashes appearing but they are not the same type as my horse, hers is big welts, whereas all mine was were small bald spots of hair about the size of a full stop on a keyboard. Its vet diagnosed red mite from the chickens that roamed the stables at the time, but now Mr Fox has killed them all and I didn't know that it was transferable from chicken to horse and I know it can stay on wood for years. I am waiting a call back from the vet to discuss the problem prior to her coming out so I know whether to bother with a skin scraping or just to have something off her to wash him in, instead.
I know from my friends horses problem that it was a problem with a million causes and no diagnosis and after skin scrapings were taken they were still no further fowards with a treatment plan or an answer.
About two months ago he started scratching his tail and some of the hair came out. THe YO gave me some 'Stop Itch' to try and after every application he would be itch free for a couple of days but then he would start up again. As all the damage was to the outside of the tail I had never thought to look under his tail and when I did was horrified as under his dock was red raw, as were the side of his bottom that were covered with his tail when it lay flat. So I hibi scrubbed and dried thoroughly and applied sudocrem and within a week everything was as normal.
Eventually I was able to leave the application of 'Stop Itch' for longer and longer (I think it broke the cycle of scratching enough to stop it all together).
When I went on holiday I returned to find a slight rash on his off hind quarters midway between the thigh and buttocks drawing of points of horse attached to show you where I mean:
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q...b7b688beff0f75b3232bdc30a958d3H0&mode=overlay
The rash looked like rain scald but there were no 'mud fever ' type tufts of hair loss. He was very itchy and was leaning against anything he could find to scratch the itch, the one day after untacking him he practically collapsed against the wall and ran his bum about a third of the way along a wall and then up the other wall as well in an effort to relieve the scratching.
As he was still really itchy last Saturday I hibi scrubbed the area really well and applied sudocrem and it healed up. I though I would see if it made a difference before calling the vet but five days on he is still as itchy as ever. I have been applying 'stop itch' to this area in an attempt to stop the itch cycle but I cannot understand what has triggered all this off in the first place. He has never suffered from sweet itch, food allergies or anything like this.
The only thing I can think was that the yard owner (not that I am blaming her at all) dug out an old fleece rug that I used last year and its covered on both sides with his hair, it really could do with a vacumn and a wash. But I honestly can't see that causing the problem, and this was after the rash appeared on my return from holiday.
We have another horse in the stable yard who has problems with its coat and rashes appearing but they are not the same type as my horse, hers is big welts, whereas all mine was were small bald spots of hair about the size of a full stop on a keyboard. Its vet diagnosed red mite from the chickens that roamed the stables at the time, but now Mr Fox has killed them all and I didn't know that it was transferable from chicken to horse and I know it can stay on wood for years. I am waiting a call back from the vet to discuss the problem prior to her coming out so I know whether to bother with a skin scraping or just to have something off her to wash him in, instead.
I know from my friends horses problem that it was a problem with a million causes and no diagnosis and after skin scrapings were taken they were still no further fowards with a treatment plan or an answer.
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- well, lots of horses seem to have them lately.