Piriton

[Stenners]

Does anyone give Piriton? What dosage do you give?

My boy has come out in some sort of reaction to a bite or something and I want to give him some antihistamines to see if they help.

He's a 16.1 Irish lad - I've recently got him on loan so unsure what he actually weighs.

 

[AShetlandBitMeOnce]

I got the human tablets and I had to try and give him 80 at a time, so whatever dosage you come out with, I would either buy the liquid or get as big tablets as you can. Trying to sneak down 80 tablets is nigh on impossible.

ETA: I didn't realise it was for just one bite, I wouldn't bother in that case. I only used when he came up in hives all over.

 

[Casey76]

Unless the hives last more than a couple of days, or are whole body, I wouldn’t resort to medication. Sudocrem on the actual bite to cool and soothe, but not medication.

 

[Muddy unicorn]

According to the specialist vet we saw at Liphook for allergy issues, antihistamines don’t work very well (if at all) in horses as even massive doses don’t get absorbed into the blood stream.

Our gelding came up in large bumps all over his tummy about this time last year. They were caused by tiny black flies hiding in the grass. We got rid of the flies by bathing his tummy with diluted deosect (smells like paint stripper and you have to be careful with making sure it’s be properly diluted but it was extremely effective at stopping any more bites). The bumps went down in a couple of days by themselves

 

[Stenners]

According to the specialist vet we saw at Liphook for allergy issues, antihistamines don’t work very well (if at all) in horses as even massive doses don’t get absorbed into the blood stream.

Our gelding came up in large bumps all over his tummy about this time last year. They were caused by tiny black flies hiding in the grass. We got rid of the flies by bathing his tummy with diluted deosect (smells like paint stripper and you have to be careful with making sure it’s be properly diluted but it was extremely effective at stopping any more bites). The bumps went down in a couple of days by themselves

I was considering doing something similar and bathing in hibiscrub which I have done before with an old horse

 

[SEL]

With vet's agreement I've done 40 am and 40 pm for a severe reaction to fly bites and later the same year a reaction to nettles (why on earth she decided to snooze in the nettles I don't know...). Very dopey horse and she's about 650kg.

20 am and pm for the pony (400kg) when we were trying to work out if her wheezing was allergy related. Did go up to 30 am pm for her too but I wouldn't have wanted to ride on the higher dose.

Aloe vera quite soothing if you want to apply something topically.

 

[Prancerpoos]

I used to use calamine lotion topically on my TB mare, as she would react badly to nettles. It seemed to soothe her, although it looked a bit of a mess.

 

[Tihamandturkey]

Another vote for aloe vera - have also had success with homeopathy for Urticaria in my mare

 

[ownedbyaconnie]

Gosh my 14.1 mare only gets 8 a day for pollen allergies and it’s made a huge difference.

 

[LouisCat]

I did 7 twice a day to relieve itching ??