pepsixxxx
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Has anyone got any remedies that work for sweet itch my friends mare is ripping her ruggs and her face is raw please help
Sweet itch
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Cahill
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then she has been bitten already.
i rugged my mare in march before the midges arrived and she has not itched this year.(i use deosect once a week for the times i am riding to repel them)
best you can do is use sudocream,cover with rugs and face mask and use electric fence so she has nothing to rub on.
i rugged my mare in march before the midges arrived and she has not itched this year.(i use deosect once a week for the times i am riding to repel them)
best you can do is use sudocream,cover with rugs and face mask and use electric fence so she has nothing to rub on.
kellyeaton
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the best thing i have found for swwet itch is stop itch salve from net tex and keep horse in dusk and dawn!
traceyann
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skin so soft from avon or marmite either fed to horse or slap it all over just make sure other horses dont like it or might get licked to death
Pat10
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I bpught a horsey product which is basically a 25% benzyl benzoate suspension - which soothed very well. Can't remember the name, but it was expensive. The pharmacist at Asda said she could get some for me for about a fiver! That's where I'll go for my next lot.
I have also found 'Ditch the Itch' (made by Lincoln) a very effective midge and fly repellant.
My girl will still rub on bad days if left in without food, but I try to avoid that, and the field has nothing to rub on.
I have also found 'Ditch the Itch' (made by Lincoln) a very effective midge and fly repellant.
My girl will still rub on bad days if left in without food, but I try to avoid that, and the field has nothing to rub on.
kerilli
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Killitch by Carr, Day and Martin is brilliant and has benzyl benzoate in it, but works much better than bb on its own.
Rambo Sweetitch Hoodies are fantastic, my mare's lived in hers since i bought it, no rubs, and no scratching at all.
Rambo Sweetitch Hoodies are fantastic, my mare's lived in hers since i bought it, no rubs, and no scratching at all.
Law
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I've tried a LOT of things with mine and seem to have it sussed now.
Don't keep your horse near woods, ponds/standing water or the muck heap. Try and turnout somewhere that gets a good breeze as that will help. Electric fence off ANYTHING they might rub on. (This is the most effective I've found)
Netex Itch stop salve is the best topical lotion i've used. Avon skin so soft is also very good for repelling.
Benzyl Benzoate is good but needs to be watered down. It's too strong for my horse as he's super sensitive and it makes him get sores
Marmite in a feed is also good. I boil the kettle and stick a spoon full of it in a mug, pour on the water, let it melt away and then add it to the feed.
Boet rug is the other major success story for us. It was the only thing that stopped him itching (when he was on his old livery yard which was bad for midges).
Lastly i've also used homeopathic drops which seem to have worked too.
I have moved him yards as well to somewhere that doesn't have much midges around. He's on the side of a hill with a strong breeze at most times, no watersource to bother him, no woodlands in the field etc.
Good luck
Don't keep your horse near woods, ponds/standing water or the muck heap. Try and turnout somewhere that gets a good breeze as that will help. Electric fence off ANYTHING they might rub on. (This is the most effective I've found)
Netex Itch stop salve is the best topical lotion i've used. Avon skin so soft is also very good for repelling.
Benzyl Benzoate is good but needs to be watered down. It's too strong for my horse as he's super sensitive and it makes him get sores
Marmite in a feed is also good. I boil the kettle and stick a spoon full of it in a mug, pour on the water, let it melt away and then add it to the feed.
Boet rug is the other major success story for us. It was the only thing that stopped him itching (when he was on his old livery yard which was bad for midges).
Lastly i've also used homeopathic drops which seem to have worked too.
I have moved him yards as well to somewhere that doesn't have much midges around. He's on the side of a hill with a strong breeze at most times, no watersource to bother him, no woodlands in the field etc.
Good luck
Box_Of_Frogs
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I would get a Boett rug and THEN start playing around with feed/lotion stuff.
ofcourseyoucan
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boett rugs excellent. electric fence paddocks wash reg with vosene or head and shoulders, finishing with a dilute vinegar rinse. bb and liquid parafin mixed apply to mane, tail. you could jab with dextomax (not licensed for horses) ask vet but not for the tinies or fatties! garlic in feeds best the fresh cloves! a electric (batter) fly repeller as sold in the camping shops. attach to rug. soon be too cold for the nasty biting things
flyingfeet
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skin so soft from avon or marmite either fed to horse or slap it all over just make sure other horses dont like it or might get licked to death
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Errr think you have got the wrong end of the stick - you feed marmite or better still brewers yeast for a controlled dose, as the B vitamins make the whole horse smell less attractive to the midge
Do not get confused and plaster your horse in marmite - its not a topical application!
skin so soft from avon or marmite either fed to horse or slap it all over just make sure other horses dont like it or might get licked to death
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Errr think you have got the wrong end of the stick - you feed marmite or better still brewers yeast for a controlled dose, as the B vitamins make the whole horse smell less attractive to the midge
Do not get confused and plaster your horse in marmite - its not a topical application!
traceyann
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no it works if you slap it all over as well while waiting for it to work from inside out well did for me never did my horse any harm although he is white so didnt look good
Creaturescape
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I know its a bit like closing the door after the horse has legged it, but really the trick is stopping the midges getting to them in the first place. Its the midge saliva which the horse is having an allergic reaction to. You've got to stop the saliva getting on their skin or remove it asap or it will itch.
Next Feb, get that rug on - Boett or Rambo - both brilliant. Fly repellent your horse during the week like you would any other horse, but then wash its main sensitive areas (any old shampoo) at weekends just in case the midges have got in/on and saliva'd anywhere and put Carr, Day and Martins Killitch on to soothe it. Maybe you won't have to do it every week, it depends on how midge infested the area you are in is, but as soon as there's even a hint of an itch you know the saliva is on the skin - you need to wash it off and soothe inflammed skin!
If you don't bother and they start really scratching, you're stuffed as it becomes a habit whatever you do.
You would never have known my mare had sweet itch using this formula and she had it so bad when I bought her she had to have steroid injections.
Next Feb, get that rug on - Boett or Rambo - both brilliant. Fly repellent your horse during the week like you would any other horse, but then wash its main sensitive areas (any old shampoo) at weekends just in case the midges have got in/on and saliva'd anywhere and put Carr, Day and Martins Killitch on to soothe it. Maybe you won't have to do it every week, it depends on how midge infested the area you are in is, but as soon as there's even a hint of an itch you know the saliva is on the skin - you need to wash it off and soothe inflammed skin!
If you don't bother and they start really scratching, you're stuffed as it becomes a habit whatever you do.
You would never have known my mare had sweet itch using this formula and she had it so bad when I bought her she had to have steroid injections.