Bluebelle666
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I don't specifically mean the exact figures, just more to do with 5 horses on a yard of 40 examples etc.
How common is sweetitch?
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swilliam
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We've got two with it on a yard of 11, though neither are really bad, and we can control it
kellybee
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Four out of twenty-ish on my last yard. I have 1 out of two. Typically, the other has laminitis.
Inchy
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2 out of the 7 on my yard have it.
PandorasJar
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We have one. On last yard with 20-50 no others had it. None at home now (60+ horses) have it bar ours.
We've had her sire and dam and have several full and half siblings... none of which have it either.
(Edit to say on last yard I do actually recall one other, very mild. Yard before that had one out of 15 odd)
We've had her sire and dam and have several full and half siblings... none of which have it either.
(Edit to say on last yard I do actually recall one other, very mild. Yard before that had one out of 15 odd)
cptrayes
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It seems to me that the rate of sweetitch has gone through the roof and that it fits exactly with the number of fat horses around now.
I took on a horse with very severe sweet itch three years ago. I sorted out his diet, got him a lot thinner and fitter and guess what - the sweet itch disappeared. This was a horse who had had to be rugged head to foot even in the stable.
If anyone has a horse with sweet itch that's also fat (be honest!!!!!) try getting the weight off and maybe you can stop spending money on wrapping your poor itchy horse up in rugs all summer.
Please don't jump down my throat anyone who has a thin horse with sweet itch. Yes, pure midge bite allergy does exist. But so does midge bite allergy that is only present when the horse also has an overworked liver.
I took on a horse with very severe sweet itch three years ago. I sorted out his diet, got him a lot thinner and fitter and guess what - the sweet itch disappeared. This was a horse who had had to be rugged head to foot even in the stable.
If anyone has a horse with sweet itch that's also fat (be honest!!!!!) try getting the weight off and maybe you can stop spending money on wrapping your poor itchy horse up in rugs all summer.
Please don't jump down my throat anyone who has a thin horse with sweet itch. Yes, pure midge bite allergy does exist. But so does midge bite allergy that is only present when the horse also has an overworked liver.
StormyMoments
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1 on our yard which has 4 horses... neither of mine thankfully!! but that horse has it mildly so not really much to worry about 