Lice/ Mite Treatment

[Archie07]

I posted about this in Breeding yesterday, apologies if your reading this twice.

Archie (yearling NF) has developed bald patches on his chest and girth area. There is no sore broken skin, just baldness. He also been scratching his legs together recently.

I'm going to treat him for lice/ mites just to be sure, can anyone recommend a good treatment? Bearing in mind he's only just turned a year so I don't really want to coat him in chemicals and he's never had a bath before!

He also has really dry flaky skin/ dandruff in his coat - anyone have any recommendations for this? He still has a huge winter/ baby coat!

Thanks

 

[Nudibranch]

I've just used Coopers Fly Repellent Plus, £16 from the farm shop. Comes with gloves - two goes, two weeks apart seems to have killed them all.

 

[scattynuttymare]

I'd give him a couple of baths in Dermoline Insecticudal shampoo! Done the trick for my guys

 

[scattynuttymare]

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I've just used Coopers Fly Repellent Plus, £16 from the farm shop. Comes with gloves - two goes, two weeks apart seems to have killed them all.

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Coopers is at least £22 where I am! Wow!

 

[Nudibranch]

The joys of living up north! (one of the very few...)

 

[Dolcé]

deosect, expensive but you only use a small amount and it kills in first go, also works as a fly repellent for up to 2 weeks

 

[Kenzo]

Yep agree with the others on Coopers Fly RP, its great stuff, buy hey mine was about £22.00 as well....we must be shopping at the wrong tack shops

 

[ticobay831]

I used front line on my old TB worked really well and he was covered

 

[PennyJ]

A second vote for the Deosect. It was put on 2 feral mares brought in off the forest who were extremely poor on Friday afternoon. They were crawling with lice and are already looking much better condition wise. Lice bring them down worse than worms do.