Gracie21
Well-Known Member
Going to be very brave here! I feel absolutely awful & just thought I'd get some opinions whilst I'm waiting for the vet to call back!
My ponies first showed signs of having lice around 10 days ago (2 out of 3 ponies showing thinning of hair on face and chest, they are NF fillies, both very hairy). I treated all of them with Coopers 2 days later. All rugs, brushes etc have been taken away to be cleaned. I re-ordered some more coopers to reapply in 10 days (although with the rain I doubt I'll do it tonight)
I thought great, that'll sort it out. They were treated with it when I bought them so was confident it would work.
Well. They've got worse. One pony in particular. She has lost ALL her hair at her 'armpits'and down her back legs, starting to go round her abdomen as well. If you touch it it just comes away in clumps. Her coat is looking scraggly (sp??!), she looks awful....
They've both got loads of dead skin too. The second filly doesn't look so bad but has lots hair down her neck/chest and armpits, her main body is less affected.
My third pony is starting to show slight patches across his back and face. None of them have been itchy, the skin is normal, not red or inflamed at all. All the ponies are well within themselves, eating and drinking well and bright and healthy. I don't know whether to try and brush all the dead hair out or not...Feeling really bad today, the rain is really coming down
The first pony is really starting to look like a charity case
My brother and his partner are vets, so I spoke to them before the weekend. They said it sounds like lice and not to be too concerned, to treat for the second time as planned then go from there. I've grown more concerned so have called the vets, now waiting for them to call back.
I have only seen ONE LOUSE and that was on the third pony when I took his rug off. I check them daily and have seen no others at all. I feel awful, they look horrendous. I've never seen anything like it in my 17 years of having horses!
Pictures: Taken Sunday.
In this one you can see the line between her coat and where she has no hair left...
Do you think it's lice? The only other think I thought of was mange.... that makes me itch all over thinking about it! I have more pictures that I'll upload when I get a minute!
Advice and suggestions please!!
My ponies first showed signs of having lice around 10 days ago (2 out of 3 ponies showing thinning of hair on face and chest, they are NF fillies, both very hairy). I treated all of them with Coopers 2 days later. All rugs, brushes etc have been taken away to be cleaned. I re-ordered some more coopers to reapply in 10 days (although with the rain I doubt I'll do it tonight)
I thought great, that'll sort it out. They were treated with it when I bought them so was confident it would work.
Well. They've got worse. One pony in particular. She has lost ALL her hair at her 'armpits'and down her back legs, starting to go round her abdomen as well. If you touch it it just comes away in clumps. Her coat is looking scraggly (sp??!), she looks awful....
They've both got loads of dead skin too. The second filly doesn't look so bad but has lots hair down her neck/chest and armpits, her main body is less affected. My third pony is starting to show slight patches across his back and face. None of them have been itchy, the skin is normal, not red or inflamed at all. All the ponies are well within themselves, eating and drinking well and bright and healthy. I don't know whether to try and brush all the dead hair out or not...Feeling really bad today, the rain is really coming down
The first pony is really starting to look like a charity case
My brother and his partner are vets, so I spoke to them before the weekend. They said it sounds like lice and not to be too concerned, to treat for the second time as planned then go from there. I've grown more concerned so have called the vets, now waiting for them to call back.
I have only seen ONE LOUSE and that was on the third pony when I took his rug off. I check them daily and have seen no others at all. I feel awful, they look horrendous. I've never seen anything like it in my 17 years of having horses!
Pictures: Taken Sunday.
In this one you can see the line between her coat and where she has no hair left...
Do you think it's lice? The only other think I thought of was mange.... that makes me itch all over thinking about it! I have more pictures that I'll upload when I get a minute!
Advice and suggestions please!!