mites jab

[muffy32]

My heavily feathered cob has always had scabby bits at the back of his knees, sometimes he has had them in other patches on his legs to. I started off treating them with lotions, potions, scrubs, clipping etc etc etc ( im sure a lot of cob owners have done the same and totally know what I mean ) nothing really worked so I asked my vet if we could try the jab ( x2 ten days apart, not registered for horses but widely used) she agreed and it was done.
Unfortunately it doesnt seem to have made a lot of difference and now I am mythed cos everyone I know whos cob has had the jabs worked. Im wondering now why it didnt work on my lad and what to try next.( will obviously discuss with my vet in the near future)
any ideas?

 

[pottamus]

Difficult one really...how long has it been since the jabs were done, because obviously the jabs alone won't cure the scabs. You still need some sort of potion on the scabs to clear them up.
Also, what made you think your horse had mites in the first place...it could be something else...like a form of mud fever etc.
My horse gets greasy heel on the inside of his fetlock joint and gets it most of the year. They are not scabs as such, more like grey lumps that annoy him as he stamps his feet. I thought he had mites but it is the greasy heel that makes him stamp. I put a gel on it made by Equine America...it is really good but you have to be religious about putting it on the scaby bits twice a day. The lumps flake off after a few days and it all gets better...never seems to disappear as such but it stops bothering him and the skin becomes smooth again. Just wondering if yours is suffering something similar?

 

[Bex7]

Bert had a touch of mites in the summer but I refuse to clip his legs out and my vet did not reccommend the jab so I used frontline. This cleared them up and they have never come back!

 

[barneyandem]

My horse has had the dectomax injection last year and it seems to have worked quite well (sorry!)This and benzonal benzoate (sp) and frontline are the only things that work.

 

[fairhill]

My mare has had a crack behind her knee since she got a mite infection. We treated her with frontline from the vet, and whilst that stopped the itching, the crack has remained, despite liberal use of tea tree and sulfur preparations.

I used some flamazine (antiobiotic cream, only available from the vet or prescription for human burns!), and after only 1 application it was much better, and the scabs have now gone.

We also treat her from the 'inside' and she is on the feelgood 30 skin supplement which contains zinc, msm etc and has really improved the condition of her skin.