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|  We have a horse that is rubbing the top of his tail down to nothing. He's been wormed regularly, so that's not it! He is on good feed & omega oils. At first we thought it was just allergies from the Texas heat & humidity but it's cold now and he's rubbing worse. MTG daily has helped but still rubbing! He's had shots of Dex and allergy shots and nothing has helped. Anybody else experience this or have any suggestions?? |
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Location: You never know where I will show up...... | Overdose of selenium can cause it. If you are in TX I can't imagine that is the case. However, if you are feeding feed with Se in it plus supplements with Se in it, it can sure happen.
Where I live (in central SD), it is naturally high in the soil, so I can't feed anything with added Se in it or I start losing manes and tails.
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Sounds like a bad case of pin worms, I would be talking to my vet about this if its that bad. Sometimes wormers wont get them all. Might need a different brand of wormer to try. Sometimes you can over deworm horses and the worms can build up a resistance to wormers. And pinworms are on top of that list. |
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| My horse rubs her tail all the time and the hair all along the bone is broke off at about 1-2".... I believe it is a quirky habit that she inherited from her father... along with a few other things and I'm not sure how to stop it.... so following! |
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Location: Dubuque,IA | Have you cleaned his sheath lately!!?? |
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Location: Drumright,OK | Just happened to my horse. My vet said allergy so he gave him an allergy shot. It worked. Hair is growing back since he stopped itching. |
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Location: Florida.. | Pinworms lay eggs outside of anus area.. you need to have vet scrape and see and if so needs power packed and then dewormed again few weeks later.. |
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Go Get Em!
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Location: OH. IO | Bibliafarm - 2016-11-12 9:11 PM
Pinworms lay eggs outside of anus area.. you need to have vet scrape and see and if so needs power packed and then dewormed again few weeks later..
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| My horses have done this also. The vet told me to worm them with Quest. It helped, but they were still scratching. My farrier told me to put wormer right on the tail. I did, and they quit scratching. |
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Go Get Em!
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Location: OH. IO | taj - 2016-11-12 10:30 PM
My horses have done this also. The vet told me to worm them with Quest. It helped, but they were still scratching. My farrier told me to put wormer right on the tail. I did, and they quit scratching.
Yep.good advice:)
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Location: NE TX | I'm in TX and I've had this same issue, it started in early Sept. and like you mine is UTD on worming, etc. I've been using MTG but like you also said it helps but still rubbing (although not much left on her tail head or her mane to rub off. Tried Dex, allergy shots...friend has same issue and put hers in an electric fenced area alone and where she can't rub on ANYTHING (including around trees) and if mine doesn't stop soon I will be doing the same and if she starts this again next year I'll be putting her in isolation. You can only give so many drugs till it starts to hurt their health so if you can stop it with a little electricity on a fence, why not? |
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| I agree with RockinAs on a possible Se overdose. Over time a horse will
also get itchy on the shoulders and sides of hips ... and will look like
they are making love to a tree ... lol
Time to get aggressive with some simple things that have worked for me
Over the years. Do all of them simultaneously and they are cheap
and familiar to most horse barns.
Change to a >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Simple feeding program to take away that something else is in your present
feed that is creating the itching.
Whole oats, handful of chopped corn and alfalfa along with good hay (since most Se has been bleached out of soils) and a good white salt block..
Worming ... hit them with a whole tube of a round worm wormer with the
P word in it ... I use Exodus ... no panacur or safeguard ...
and in 2 weeks hit them with a full tube of quest in case there is a tape
worm problem ..
And to control the itching .... which might be coming from some mite
infestation like "no see'ums" ...
Get you one ounce of strong iodine from your vet or pharmacy and
mix it in a spray bottle with plain old cooking corn oil ... this will
heal the raw itchy areas and also smother any unknown critters
like mite or hair worm larvae that is burrowing around on your
horses ... it is soothing believe it or not ... lol
this is handy to have around the barn for everyday scruffs and
cuts that show up on regular basis ....
Just wet a spot and rub it around with your gloved fingers ..
daily and if it collects dust ... wash it out with dawn ...
and keep treating it ...
All of the above have a purpose ... so be aggressive and
do it ...
I think you will be pleased with the results and heck who
knows .... it might just be a case of dry itchy skin ... lol ..
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