happyhacking:)
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About 6 weeks ago my mare started to show signs of being unwell - just not herself really. She was Very itchy (this was just after the snow had melted and was still below zero at night) to the point that she almost destroyed the post and rail fencing around the school which she was turned out in. At first we thought it could be the sand causing a problem so she was turned back out in the field (she had been in the school whilst she was introduced to my youngster who at that point had no respect for electric fencing). She has been back out in the field for about a month now with little improvement. She is still very itchy her coat has gone very dull and is falling out and she has lost a lot of weight though her diet hasn't changed. She has been wormed regularly and as my youngster had a high worm burden when he arrived I have been more conscious of worming both of both of them as per the vets advice. Vet came out on Tuesday and confirmed that it is definitively not sweet itch nor was it lice. She was given an injection for mange in case its that but has not yet shown any improvement. He also took blood to check her liver which came back normal as did all the other things he tested for. I'm going to get worm counts done on both horses this week to see if that is the problem - part of me hopes it is as at least we will know what we are dealing with and how to go about sorting her out. Obviously we are getting more and more worried about her the longer this goes on.
If anyone has any suggestions I would be more than grateful as we seem to be rapidly running out of ideas.
If anyone has any suggestions I would be more than grateful as we seem to be rapidly running out of ideas.
