Please help! Porbably another one of those sweetitch posts!!

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Hi, haven't been on for a while, just looking for peoples opinions please!

We had a horse come in for a part exchange a couple of weeks ago and it turns out it has sweetitch which the previous owner failed to mention to us :(


There are so many lotions and potions on the market and just really not sure what the best one to try would be and because its my boss thats buying cant really try and test them all!!

I have heard the botanica stuff is to be quite good or neem i think it was called but have also read that avons skin so soft works?

Any suggestions would be great thankyou!
 
Put Sweet-itch in the search box and it will bring up all the info you could every need ! LOL ! It will be what works best for you and your horse as all are different . Neem is very good as it repels ( tested in Scotland ...the home of the wee beastie !! ) , and if you go for a rug it needs to be a sweeti-itch rug not a fly rug ( midges can get thru the mesh of fly rugs ).
Good Luck !
 
I'm afraid I don't think any of the potions help much with anything other than a mild case. Best bet is to buy a rug, there are some reasonable priced ones around.
 
Most influential treatment for my mare is restrictions on grazing. Combined with neem oil sponged all over (I warm it and pour into a tub where it sets like tack soap!) and a sweet itch rug, she stays wound free. I can get by without the rug, but I get through a lot of neem that way and it makes business trips tricky! She also gets linseed, turmeric and brewer's yeast in her small feed.
 
I received a mini shettie 2 weeks ago also not told about the sweet itch until,she arrived, where she was full of scabs, so i am putting neem oil on her mane and tail, back end and generally wiping with a cloth all over her body, under belly, ear, forehead, she rubbed in her box for the first 2 days and on the 3rd day her box has not been messed up, her scabs have come off with no sores underneath and i am just so happy for her, neem spray on amazon £5 buy 2 get third free.
 
Lotions and potions can only give some slight temporary relief and as has been said, all SI horses respond to different ones. Management is the key. Proper SI rug worn all the time, don't turn out am and pm when midges are worst, turn out on dry, windy pasture if pos. It helps to keep horse/rugs as clean as possible but be aware some are also sensitive to some shampoo ingredients eg T tree oil.
Previous owners should have told you about SI for sake of the horse IF they knew about it. However, horses that have never previously been affected can suddenly develop SI. Unfortunately, once they have it - they then have it for ever.
 
T tree oil can be poisonous to horse as it is so strong, do a search before using please. I also wormed my little mini when she arrived so agree with other poster. Because the difference in her is amazing, but i cant say it is because of this or that but what i am doing is working. She is not rugged but is in at lunch time and out early in the morning.

That is so interesting about thread worms wow and i do believe it, it just makes common sense.
 
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Haven't been able to reply for some reason, so thanks for your suggestions all the horses that come into the yard are wormed but that is very interesting have never heard of that before! I am going to give the neem oil a try we dont have a SI rug but has a flyrug and mask on and just keeping him clean and doesn't seem to be as bad. Thanks again
 
Neem oil really is fab.

I have been using it for the first time this year, and so far he's not worn his rug. I have still been bringing him in when its really muggy out, but for the most part he stays out naked.

We are also on top of a hill so there is always a cool breeze.

Got mine from Pro Equine for £15, 1ltr- have been mixing with pig oil and using since Feb and I still have half of it left!

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