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| I am posting for a friend hopefully to get some type of direction for her poor gelding.
She has a 23 y/o Arabian that has been living out his retirement years at pasture in AZ. He has been at this specific facility for the last 2 years. He is supplemented with wheat bran and rolled barley along with grass hay.
A month ago he started itching and it has gotten progressively worse. After adding flaxseed to his diet, fly sheets, worming, stop itch, MTG, daily sunscreen and fly spray it has gotten to the point where he is absolutely miserable. She moved him to a different pasture thinking it was allergy related and pulled him off all supplements. No change.
He has now itched himself to the point of blood. She is currently waiting for the vet but I thought I would post to see if anyone has seen or dealt with something like this.
These were taken a few days ago. It is significantly worse since he has broken the skin.
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Location: Kentucky | What kind of fly spray? Is it Pyrhana? If so, my gelding had an allergic reaction to it and his skin would slough off. Any oil base fly spray may give him a reaction. |
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  Warmblood with Wings
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Location: Florida.. | could be rain rot..or a bacteria infection... need oral meds .. |
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| Bibliafarm - 2014-07-10 12:04 PM
could be rain rot..or a bacteria infection... need oral meds ..
I second this. Growing up in the PacNW it would stick around forever if you didn't treat it every year. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | If this was my horse I would stop useing all this stuff that is being used on him now and give him a good Iodine Shampoo bath at least every other day, poor horse.
Edited by Southtxponygirl 2014-07-10 2:18 PM
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Location: Florida.. | when i had one of my old retired mare at a private place while i came to jax.. .. she got like this on her hind.. I had paid for worming but lady didnt do it. she ended up with a horrible case of pinworms and they crawl out and lay eggs around the bottom and it is very itchy to the point of rawness.. its a sticky residue they leave..
but this horse appears to have it everywhere to .. looks to be a fungus bacteria or rain rot possibly .. ORAL meds is the only thing that will clear it up if so..
Edited by Bibliafarm 2014-07-10 12:17 PM
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | I had a Scabies infestation in a litter of puppies about four years ago and my gelding got it. Luckily I knew what it was and got him a medicated shampoo from the vet before he rubbed it to the point of bleeding.
However, I agree with the above posters on both the Pyranha and the Medicated shampoo bath. |
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| He did all that with a fly sheet on? wow... GOOD luck. |
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Location: Conroe, TX 77304 | It is rain rot, shampoo with Walmart Selsum Blue and leave in at least 15 minutes and repeat in a couple of days. |
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Location: Arizona | He needs a steroid shot. It might be too late now. My mare isn't as bad as this gelding but I have to give her steroids shots during the summer. It helps a lot, doesn't completely take away the itch. You can try putting Ivemectrin(wormer) right on the sores. Try a vinegar rinse after his bath.
Also, does he have a fan in his stall? This helps too!
Edited by LIVE2RUN 2014-07-10 4:16 PM
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Location: Along the Caney River | Had a 23 year old retired gelding that would do this every spring/summer and into the fall. Gave him vetalog 3cc every month and put eucerin spray for itching on it( people stuff). the vetalog really helped him. |
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Location: Sunny So Cal | Did you do a CBC and Chemistry Panel to see if anything was out of whack in the numbers? |
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| The 2nd pic is definitely rain rot. My horses get it here in the south all of the time bc of the bacteria/heat/humidity combo, they're basically breeding ground for fungus. I use Micro-Tek shampoo (TSC or your feed store should have it, anywhere online will). That stuff rocks. It will kill any fungus on his body in one wash.
Wet horse, DO NOT dilute the shampoo, apply shampoo to areas with fungus, use curry comb to thoroughly "scrub off" the nasty scabby stuff, let sit for 10-15 min, rinse.. You're done! |
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Location: Finally horseback again.... | I have a head horse that has started having reactions to fly bites the last couple of years. Last year we did the vetalog shots, fly sheets, ect. He still rubbed all his hair off. he was to the point he seemed miserable, rubbing his face, neck, sides and tail on anything he could find.
Last night my vet did accupunture on the tip of his ears. He said that the ear tip is the allergy meridian and also a calming point. He has had success on severe dermitis horses doing this. He also advised an accuscope could get results as well.
I wasnt sure what to expect but when I fed this morning he was standing calmly in his stall and not frantically scratching like he normally is. So he must have gotten some relief. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | Do we have an update after the vet check?? |
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| Thank you all so much for the replies. I passed all the info along.
I got an update this morning after the vet visit. He said it was allergies (I have never seen a skin reaction like that for allergies) and prescribed him prednisolone. Said it would be about 2-3 days before there was a change but vinegar baths would help calm the skin. Going to schedule for allergy tests next week. |
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Itching skin off (pics included)
