Itchy pone ...

[daisysp8]

The new pony i have appears to be very itchy/lumpy/scabby.

I have gone over her with a fine tooth comb (well nit comb actually lol ;D ) and can`t find any lice, though she is a bit scurfy. She is lumpy/scabby round/under her chin, under her neck and the top/back of her legs (behind either side of where her tail sits).

She doesn`t have any lumps/scabs/scurf/itchyness on her bum/back or on her lower legs/feathers. She lives our (has done since the year dot apparently) and she isn`t rugged.

Nothing has changed in her diet ...... only the move from her old home to here (so different grass i suppose if that can affect them ? ?) But some of the scabs look to have been there a while, i`ve tried giving her a good grooming and added sudocream to the ithey/scabby bits, but nothing seems to be working, any idea`s ? ?

[ashleigh]

What did the vet say when you had her vetted? (I am assuming this is the NF pony you just bought)

Did he/she suggest a blood test or anything?

[daisysp8]

Yes its Dixie, I didn`t have a vetting .... heck, lol, the vetting would have cost more than she did lmao !!

I`ve just spoken to our vet, who has been fab, and i`m going to pick up some malaseb (sp?) shampoo tomoro. If that hasn`t had an effect in the next 7-10 days then i`m taking her in to the vets on the 15th to be checked.

Just though someone on here might have had a similar experience of lumpy bumpy scabbyness .....

[megansmum]

is she rubbing at all' my little mare has had pin worms all this summer' pesky nuisance' very hard to get rid of but it does make them rub a lot' also my other mare gets lumpy scabs every time she changes her coat' like the skin leaks' when you clean them off there is just a pink patch not sore or raw' all gone when the new coat arrives'

[Mrs Craig]

My mare remains scurfy through the winter, though isn't rubbing anymore. She couldn't be a mild Sweet Itch case, could she? Melaseb is good stuff, but the Dermoline does just as good a job and is also insecticidal. I bought in bulk last time and 2.5L cost the same as 500ml Melaseb.

[jen1]

just re check the scurf again, wet it and see if you can see anything that could resemble a minuscule translucent flake , reminded me of a what looked like chop , when rolled between thumb nails they pop, there 2 kind of lice 2 winters ago a horse brought biting lice on my place, took us ages to find the bleeders , wasn't till we wet the horse bit we notice a grayish kind of scum , sucking lice are bigger and easy to see, sucking lice have no colour other than a brown minute spot and there the adults the others have no colour and they don't move to the naked/knackered lol eye, we are taking no bigger than the sharp end of a pin , they tend to group in the jowls, chest .arm pits , good luck,