itchy horses and ponies

[pegasus1986]

My mare has never suffered sweetitch but this year in last 2weeks shes scratched loads and got bald patches and scabs what supplement do you guys recomend ive been told to use dodson and horrell itch free as it has stuff in it to soothe the skin.

 

[Surreydeb]

One of mine has just done this too so interested in the answers

 

[Blitzen]

We don't use a suppliment for our sweet-itchy gelding, we use Avon Skin-so-soft dry oil spray as a midge repellent. Last year we tried a home made concoction someone recommended to us (Listerine Original mouthwash and dettol diluted with water) but it didn't work, and the boy rubbed patches of his mane off. To soothe the sore bits we used aloe vera gel, which was brilliant, and he had to wear his fly rug to keep them off the weepy patches on his neck. He hasnt needed his fly rug this year, as the Avon s-s-s is fantastic!

 

[JellyBeanSkittle]

Global herbs bite and itch cream!

 

[WelshD]

I've just bought a pony with bad sweetitch (dont ask me why I did cos I couldnt tell you!)

He has bad skin between his legs, on his belly and around his ears/face

We had the vet out the other day and the treatment was - an injection, 40 tablets a day, some pretty hard core fly repellant called Deosect and some cream which is Aqueous cream mixed with Baytril and Betnovate

A sweet itch rug has been purchased too

Our aim for next year is to rug from February and use neem oil with the aim of warding it off early

 

[horsemadelsie]

A decent fly rug is your best bet, and some benzyl benzoate Its the only thing that helps our boy with sweet itch. Prevention is definitely better than cure though, so be prepared next spring now you know its coming. Oh, and don't forget several bottles of fly repellant- I find different brands work for different insects on my boy! We've recently discovered that sudocrem is brilliant on individual fly bites if there's the odd one or two on their own- we cover our horses sheath in it as its the only bit his rug doesn't cover so he gets eaten alive there poor boy!

 

[WelshD]

Sudocrem is a very good bet as it contains benzyl benzoate so has a dual action

 

[lyndsayberesford]

Read up on a product called botanica. I have just started using it and can see results already on my boy