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Location: Probably On the Road to the Next Barrel Race! | She started late last August n ruined her mane and tail...it's finally growing back, but she started again today. It's NOT flies. My vet doesn't know what it is. He used several potassium IV's to keep it under control short-trm. Cortisone shots and antihistamines don't help. I don't know what to do. ANY ideas are SO WELCOME, PLEASE!!!!! I live in TX |
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Elite Veteran
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Location: Probably On the Road to the Next Barrel Race! | Bump! |
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 It's not my fault I'm perfect
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Location: Where the long tails flow, ND | Have you done any testing on her?
I would check out Cur-OST, there is obviously some underlying issue going on making her rub everything out.
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 A Barrel Of Monkeys
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Location: Texas | I've heard horses can be allergic to soybeans - most horse pellets contain soybean meal. If you feed pellets, you might think about changing feed. |
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Thats a hard one, I would start looking into supplements to see if something could help your horse out, she only does this during the hot months? is that right? |
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 Money Eating Baggage Owner
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Location: Phoenix | I've been spraying my horse's tail with the marigold spray from Eqyss. (I think that's the brand). It's been helping. I think he itches because he's bored. Doesn't do it in turnout, just in stall. What if you put a flysheet on her? Sounds really bad, hope you get answers! I started mine on Platinum Performance and will continue to feed until winter rolls around. I want to see if it helps his skin/coat through the hot months. |
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 Serious Snap Trapper
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | Possibly "sweet itch"? |
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Sock Snob
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| go in hair section at lobalbig box sttore. get a product with silk pro inn it will soften hain. just did my filly yesturday and it was raining. the silk proteins are the bomb.
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| SELENIUM TOXICITY ... first signs is loss of mane and tail hair
and will drive a horse crazy finding something to rub and
scratch on ....
The horses I have seen with selenium toxicity was caused
by the feed mill malfunctioning and mechanically overdosing
their feed. Several lost horses and had feed analyzed and won
their lawsuit ...
Yours could be caused by spring grasses giving him an
overdose of selenium which is in your dirt ... some places
has too much all the way to none in the same pasture....
plants and animals have to have selenium to stay alive ...
but too much can kill.
I was given 4 of the young horses ... and here is what
I did ...............
Changed their feeding program .. go to all natural ...
whole oats, some cracked corn and alfalfa and stop
giving any supplements other than a white and a
yellow sulfur salt blocks they will decide which
one to lick on ... lol ... there is no magic .. it takes
time
to get the system to balance out.
I mixed 6 ounces of strong iodine (6-7% stuff) with
one gallon of cooking corn oil .... and then to a spray
bottle ... you have to keep it shook up ... and put this
on the bare skin down most of their necks and on their
rat tails to stop them from itching... doctored until I could
see an inch of hair coming in .... a year later
they had 4-5 inches of mane and tail hair was half
way to their hocks.
These young horses were lucky to be caught early
on because their owner bought in bulk ...
20 ton at a time another month of the same feed and
they would have croaked ..
Glad to say all 4 grew at a normal rate and broke out fine ...
Edited by BARRELHORSE USA 2016-05-05 5:47 AM
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Location: Missouri | If it is an allergy, which it probably is, animal Element has a product called Immune Key that would probably help with the itching plus it will help build up the immune system. It is all natural and no filler type products
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I just read the headlines
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| I have mare that started itching her mane the other day. She about knocked over my young oak tree! I started feeding Black Sunflower Seeds and I have noticed she is no longer itching her mane on my trees or anything else. I don't know if it is a coincidence or not, but it a cheap thing to try. If that is what worked, it tool only a couple days to work. |
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 Cute Little Imp
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Location: N Texas | Look up "Stinky Stuff" on Facebook. I have not personally tried it, but I'm seriously considering trying it on my gelding who gets miserable with the itching in the summer. |
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Nut Case Expert
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Location: Tulsa, Ok | Our geldings summer itch issues (rubbing mane and tail out) cured by using Platinum Performance allergy formula. |
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 Midget Lover
Location: Kentucky | Check this out: http://www.thatbluestuff.com/ |
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Money Eating Baggage Owner
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Location: Phoenix | SC Wrangler - 2016-05-06 7:50 AM Our geldings summer itch issues (rubbing mane and tail out) cured by using Platinum Performance allergy formula.
Interesting. I have mine on the basic formula but just looked into this yesterday. |
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