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| I got a weanling last fall from a ranch in NE. Now that he's starting to shed, i noticed a little bump and discovered a tick. Upon further investigation I found Hundreds, no exaggeration!! Everywhere, his belly, legs, chest, neck, back, tail, head. Every species of tick, big, small. His skin is solid lumps, all ticks! Poor guy, he's always looked wormy despite two power pack wormers and good nutrition. This is probably why!! He's had the super long baby hair all winter and I haven't noticed! Other than picking them all off my hand what can I do to kill these suckers? They haven't spread to my other horses, and in the past 10 years I've maybe found one tick on a horse ever. Help please!! |
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Location: North Central Iowa Land of white frozen grass | I thought Ivermectin killed them. |
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| BS Hauler - 2017-03-12 6:57 PM I thought Ivermectin killed them.
Ditto, my vet gave my horse a shot of ivermectin , don't know if paste is just as effective. |
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| You can get a tube of Frontline for dogs and put drops between his ears and down his mane etc.. |
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Location: Where I am happiest | I'd go to your local farm store and get a good permethrin livestock spray and douse him good getting the undercoat. Mix the spray in a garden sprayer. Dont want them escping alive and you sure as heck dont want them on you. Trust me lymes desease is nothing to mess with. It can ruin your life and even take your life. Lets not forget thats what also took Ed Wright.
Edited by ThreeCorners 2017-03-13 6:51 AM
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| My fiancé and his brother have used sevin dust in the past with cases like these. He says dust it on him and brush it through brush ticks off the next day. You'll have to handle any on his head some other way - I've also seen people say Vaseline? |
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Location: Kansas | I apply Equispot, Freedom Spot, etc. in the spring and summer.
Thy do help a lot with ticks, worthless for flies
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Location: Oklahoma & Texas | Ivermec will kill them if you give cattle version by weight in their mouth not injected just squirt in mouth and will work like within 24 hours a vet could give you a dose of its just one horse so you don't have to buy a bottle |
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Location: Kansas | OhMax - 2017-03-12 9:17 PM My fiancé and his brother have used sevin dust in the past with cases like these. He says dust it on him and brush it through brush ticks off the next day. You'll have to handle any on his head some other way - I've also seen people say Vaseline?
Just speculation but this looks the most sensible. Better to keep the chemicals outside the bloodstream. I remember watching a nature show and seeing a young giraffe covered with ticks. He died. Not much you can do on the African plains. Makes you realize what these poor unattended animals go through.
I would ask for a vet's advice too. |
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| Bug Block from Absorbine (Purple botttle), will knock them off. Soak him down with it. Problem solved. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | Sevin dust.
Is he eating a drinking normally? Ticks can dehydrate and drain one fast. Is he lethargic?
I would vet him. Scary stuff. |
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| My filly came from SD with them. I wormed her with Ivermectin and the used fly spray that said it killed ticks on the bottle as well as Equi-Spot. The Equi-Spot is like Frontline for dogs only for horses.
We've pretty much knocked them out I think. It was horrendous there for awhile. The fly spray mainly just made them come to the surface where you could pick them off. I don't really think it killed them. I still find a couple here and there where treatment was missed, mainly on her belly. |
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| My filly was also COVERED. There wasn't a square inch that there wasn't a tick. The previous owner said it was quite common up there on the ranch and usually they'd fall out when the horse sheds.
I wasn't convinved, so I treated. Treatment above is what vet recommended. |
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Location: Wisconsin | ThreeCorners - 2017-03-12 8:09 PM I'd go to your local farm store and get a good permethrin livestock spray and douse him good getting the undercoat. Mix the spray in a garden sprayer. Dont want them escping alive and you sure as heck dont want them on you. Trust me lymes desease is nothing to mess with. It can ruin your life and even take your life. Lets not forget thats what also took Ed Wright.
I use this all year round. Kills ticks, they fall right off. Its located in the cattle section at my local feed stores, but it is safe for equines.
https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=30e07945-7b6a-11d5-a192-00b0d0204ae5
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| I realized I have't wormed him with Ivermectin yet, so that will be my first step. I'll also get some fly spray or Equispot to treat them directly! Thanks so much for all the suggestions! |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | IowaCanChaser - 2017-03-13 10:21 AM I realized I have't wormed him with Ivermectin yet, so that will be my first step. I'll also get some fly spray or Equispot to treat them directly! Thanks so much for all the suggestions!
You may want to think about giving him an electrolyte or something to help pick him up and make him drink. I'm sure those ticks have made him feel like poo.
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| OhMax - 2017-03-12 10:17 PM
My fiancé and his brother have used sevin dust in the past with cases like these. He says dust it on him and brush it through brush ticks off the next day. You'll have to handle any on his head some other way - I've also seen people say Vaseline?
Yes, Vaseline would be hard when he's covered with them as you put vaseline on the tick to smother and suffocate them until they just fall off. It works really well though for me. |
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| barrelracer63046304 - 2017-03-14 3:49 PM
OhMax - 2017-03-12 10:17 PM
My fiancé and his brother have used sevin dust in the past with cases like these. He says dust it on him and brush it through brush ticks off the next day. You'll have to handle any on his head some other way - I've also seen people say Vaseline?
Yes, Vaseline would be hard when he's covered with them as you put vaseline on the tick to smother and suffocate them until they just fall off. It works really well though for me.
was suggesting for the head and other sensitive areas you may not want to use sevin on. It'd be messy. I'd maybe try soaking a cloth in one of the mentioned sprays and trying that before Vaseline. |
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Location: OH. IO | Ugh...Ticks gross me out.hoping he is getting some relief.poor guy:( |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | ThreeCorners - 2017-03-12 8:09 PM I'd go to your local farm store and get a good permethrin livestock spray and douse him good getting the undercoat. Mix the spray in a garden sprayer. Dont want them escping alive and you sure as heck dont want them on you. Trust me lymes desease is nothing to mess with. It can ruin your life and even take your life. Lets not forget thats what also took Ed Wright.
This. It is safe and fast. Here in WY we deal with this every spring. They are nasty little buggers. |
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Location: British Columbia | Having just moved to BC from AB, I'm now learning all about ticks and lice. Yay! Not.
We have used Dusting Powder on our horses and it seemed to kill everything within a day or two. Ivermectin only kills feeding ticks, so it's not 100% effective. |
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Location: Washington | For the ticks I used the spot on fly treatment stuff. Didn't resolve the issue but sure cut back! From like 30 to 5 a day.
Lice, I actually use the spray dog flea killer, safe for puppies and kittens. Works instantly and know on knows your horse has lice AND it's cheaper because it's not advertised for horses lol |
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Location: Idaho | So sorry to hear!! I hate ticks with a passion, they are so gross. -.- After you get him treated, you may consider putting pure garlic powder in his feed. I feed about a tablespoon a day during the spring/summer months and last year I think I had a total of one tick I yanked off my gelding. Will be doing it again this year.
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| OhMax - 2017-03-14 5:10 PM
barrelracer63046304 - 2017-03-14 3:49 PM
OhMax - 2017-03-12 10:17 PM
My fiancé and his brother have used sevin dust in the past with cases like these. He says dust it on him and brush it through brush ticks off the next day. You'll have to handle any on his head some other way - I've also seen people say Vaseline?
Yes, Vaseline would be hard when he's covered with them as you put vaseline on the tick to smother and suffocate them until they just fall off. It works really well though for me.
was suggesting for the head and other sensitive areas you may not want to use sevin on. It'd be messy. I'd maybe try soaking a cloth in one of the mentioned sprays and trying that before Vaseline.
Oops, I see that now!! |
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Location: MN | Ticks were absolutely HORRID this past year. Hate those stupid things! Sorry to hear about your guy. I hope one of these methods clears him up quickly! I have found that Pyranha fly spray is a great repellent. The only stuff I'll use during the spring and summer months! |
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Location: Running my kids somewhere. | With the goofy weather already I am finding them on the dogs. I spray outside and do the once a month spot treatment and sometimes collars.
Can I do the garlic thing for the dogs? That would be easy and a lot cheaper. |
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Location: Spokompton, Wa | KresoD dip! That's what we always used for lice anyway. Not sure if they even make it anymore? Stuff stinks but I do know it works.
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Location: Canada | I know garlic is toxic to dogs but lots of people I know use Brewers Yeast on their dog food to help with ticks. |
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Location: Carpenter, WY | Frodo - 2017-03-13 7:18 AM OhMax - 2017-03-12 9:17 PM My fiancé and his brother have used sevin dust in the past with cases like these. He says dust it on him and brush it through brush ticks off the next day. You'll have to handle any on his head some other way - I've also seen people say Vaseline? Just speculation but this looks the most sensible. Better to keep the chemicals outside the bloodstream. I remember watching a nature show and seeing a young giraffe covered with ticks. He died. Not much you can do on the African plains. Makes you realize what these poor unattended animals go through.
I would ask for a vet's advice too.
We brought in a mare once and used the sevin dust. We're lucky and don't have ticks here. I put it on pretty heavily on the topline and used a comb and brushed down through the hide. For around the ears, I just put some in my hand and kind of finger brushed it in. Within a couple of days the ticks were gone. |
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Covered in TICKS!