Is it to cold to bath horse this week?

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Just wondering what people think? Is it to cold to bath my horse this week?

I think she has lice, so could do with a good scrub down to get rid of them. I had a look at the louce powders available in the shop yesterday, cant use them on horse.

She has a very dandruffy coat, so even if it isnt lice, a good bath should help get rid of all of it. Only other alternative would be to clip it all off, but as she isn't doing much work, that would almost be pointless!
 
forgot to add. you need to treat lice with a second treatment to kill new hatchlings 7 - 14 days later or it doesn't work. So if the temp is ok now, it probably won't be then
 
any idea what size tubs the vets supply it in? Or if it will be cheaper to buy a tub myself (smallest one is £30ish)
 
The good stuff is only avalible from the vet. I buy it in 1 lt cans but you can get it in smaller quantities. You mix it 1 part to 10 parts water and it kills the lice. Can also be used as a fly replent that you only apply every 2 weeks. You will save a fortune in flys repellant costs. It is strong stuff though so will need to be used with care and gloves. Speak to your vet.
 
I gave my pony a bath last week on the advice of the vet - it was 12 degrees, me and the yard groom did it very very quickly between us and rubbed him off and got him covered up with a fleece cooler straight away. I walked him round for about an hour while he dried off to keep him warm

He didnt shiver at all and has really really helped his skin
 
It's amazing how dry you can get a horse after a v v thorough scraping for five minutes, followed by vigorous rubbing all over with about 6 clean dry towels....

Then perhaps a ten minute lunge to warm him up again before you put a rug/s on.
 
When its cold I was his next and shoulders, dry with the towel then do the rest, I also have buckets of warm water for the final rinse. Just make sure u bung a couple of fleeces on to keep ned warm after
 
I had to bath on Saturday at 4pm when I got home from hunting as horse was still sweaty (and only has a blanket clip, which I will be rethinking!). I tied him up near to where the kettle boils and just kept filling up the kettle, boiling it and using it (with cold water added - I didn't bath my horse in boiling water!!). I had to do it very quickly. It wasn't ideal as although it only took me maybe 10 or 15 mins to bath and I used only warm water, he was cold by the end. But, I figured temporarily being wet and cold was better than leaving sweat to dry on him. Gave him a good scrub with loads of dry towels then went through 2 cooler/fleece rugs waiting for him to dry - ended up having to thatch one with straw, over his back, to get him dry. He wasn't impressed but he's still alive! I just put him in stable with plenty of hay to munch on and warm himself up.
 
depends on whether you have a stable and rugs to put on afterwards and if you bath with warm water?

I wouldn't bother about the time of year if you have the above. I start at the head with a thick rug over the quarters (and hang a heat lamp if you can get one - they are cheap from merchants - lambing type ones) then once the head and shoulders are shampoo'd I cover the neck, shoulders/wet bit, and do the rest, leaving legs to the very last. you need a few rugs as one will get wet. once rinsed, I squeegie then cover in warm rug, or rugs and bathed the legs. I will often also give them a rub down with a towel. Leave in to dry before turning out.
 
Mine had to have a bath with speacial shampoo from the vet. He is clipped and it is quite mild. Gave him a bath with warm water and he really enjoyed it! :) I then sweat scraped him, towel dried him as much as possible, then put a cooler on and walked him in hand. I didn't get him 100% dry before putting him to bed, so I put on a dry cooler under his stable rug. His coat has changed a lot, but according the vet he will need a bath about x2 a week! :eek:
 
Not sure what lice powder you saw that said you couldn't use on animals, but I bought some powder for my old pony who had obviously been too friendly with the local deer population! When I got the louse powder home I saw it said not to be used on animals and so went back to the shop, they said it WAS safe to use on animals but in order for it to be sold without some sort of special licence they had to say it wasn't for animal use. It worked a treat!
 
I would bath in warm water at midday, then 'thatch' her under a wick rug, and leave her in to dry. Is louse powder banned now?...we had some old stuff in the shed and used it on a pony the other day he's still alive but the lice aren't!!! ;)
 
Im so lucky i have a hot water shower and an array of heatlamps overhead.
I still thatched her with a fleece and stable rug, with stable wraps on after as shes 28 and quite hairy, but really needed the wash down.
 
Hi

Hunt and competition horses get bathed regardless of weather. When I worked on a Show Jumping yard we used to get two of us on each horse with warm water, get them washed as quick as possible, scrapped thoroughly and covered so as to not get a chill, they would then go on the horse walker for 20 min. This seemed to work fine!

:-)
 
Britestar said:
Its never too cold if you have a grey or coloured horse! ;)
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Mine had a bath on Monday AND Tuesday - the pre and post hunting baths....

I do mine in the washbox with warm water, scrape off well, then put 2 Thermatex's, a Thermatex neck and a stable rug on, and leave with plenty of hay.

I also towel the legs and head dry, and put Thermatex leg wraps on.
 
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