itching on alfa a..

[weesophz]

last night i noticed fox was really itchy, he kept rubbing his neck off the side of the door and rubbing his head against me. i remembered seeing a thread on here about people saying their horses were also really itchy when they were on it.

what is it that causes them to itch? i dont really want to take him off of it as hes only been on it 2 weeks and the change in his condition is amazing, he looks so good.

 

[JenHunt]

I think a lot of horses have a bit of an sensitivity (like mild allergy) to alfalfa.... don't know why though!

 

[springer1021]

I had a pony that was allergic to Alfa a, I presumed it was the midges but a blood test confirmed the AlfaA was the culprit.

 

[Umbongo]

I have found many horses do itch when on alfa a. The only times I have fed it with success and no itching was on race horses in hard work! I'm not sure why it causes them to itch but I think a lot of horses do have a mild allergy to pure alfalfa. I tend to swap back over to hi-fi or readigrass.

If it is causing him to itch then you should take him off it as it's not nice him having to eat something he could be allergic to

Try feeding something else like micronised linseed for condition/shine, I have had nothing but good results with that.