Mites

[Tabbymilly]

My Shire X Cob has Mites, poor thing, we have completly disinfected her stable, had her feathers clipped & mane hogged

including her forelock! she does look a B**ger! her grooming kit is disinfected each time its used. she has had one specific wormer (as have all the other horses at the yard) and is due another in a week, we have put frontline on her legs & mane. Is there anything else we can do to rid her of these critters? she is on stable rest to prevent spread through mutual grooming.

 

[ThomasTank]

Hi and welcome to the forum

My welsh cob suffered with mites and was constantly stamping and scratching

In the end, I got the vet to give him and injection, two, 10 days apart . This was last year and so far we have been mite free

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Oh , there was one small episode which frontline sorted.

Somebody will give you the name of the injection, sorry I cant remember it but I THINK it was Invectermicin (sp)
Hope that helps

 

[Marnie]

Its Dectomax - cattle ivermectin which is injected. I've had good results with it too, my mare was stamping so hard she would kick her back shoes off. I had her treated twice a year for 2 years, and touch wood, haven't had any problems for the last 2 years withou treatment.

 

[Marnie]

Actually I lied - just looked it up and it is doramectin, not ivermectin - same chemical family though.

 

[ThomasTank]

I knew somebody would say the right name

Thankyou

 

[ThomasTank]

I take back what I said then

 

[Theresa_F]

If you PM me I will send you a very long PM about how pig oil and sulphur is excellent at preventing mites/grease in heavy or feathered horses.

None of my hairies have had problems since I started using this and I know other forum members I have sent the PM to have found the old tricks to work.

 

[sianhilbourne]

pig oil & sulphur rocks !

I also use frontline (along with the pig oil & sulphur) and try footstamp by global herbs. it's a shampoo you put it on & wash it of 24hrs later. it seems good (smeels bad enough to keep them away!)

as far as grooming goes, as far as I can find out by the research i've done, all horse will carry the mites, but only some are severly allergic to them, and hae the itchy rubbish & mank skin, so you'll have to contiune preventative measures (please correct me if anyone has rea anything else!!) frontline every 4 weeks & Ivermectin wormer at the beginning of the winter have worked this year fo me

 

[molehill]

Dog flea collars around horses legs also work well

 

[sianhilbourne]

Oo, that's a good one!

 

[molehill]

Cheap and cheerful!