Honor
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Post by Honor on Dec 31, 2009 14:49:34 GMT 1
We've had some pretty foul weather up here recently and the snow has several times formed an icy crust on top. Although in nights, the neds have been out during the day but my tradional cob mare came in last night with blood streaks on her lower legs. If they had just been on the inside, I would have thought she'd been rubbing them but they were also on the outer sides. It's hard to examine them properly as they are obviously ouchy and she won't let me do too much digging through her thick hair. There's nothing in the field that she could have caught them on and they are too small and in the wrong places for kicks from the others. I've never experienced this before - any ideas ?
Edited because the system does't like a "y" after blood!
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Post by portiabuzz on Dec 31, 2009 15:49:17 GMT 1
ice can be sharp...?
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Post by mollymoo on Dec 31, 2009 16:04:41 GMT 1
My guess would be mites....The colder the weather them deeper they burrow and therefor the mnore your neddie would scratch them. Plus you saying she is a traditional cob makes it even more likely.
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Honor
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Post by Honor on Dec 31, 2009 16:44:22 GMT 1
mollymoo - (slaps forehead) that never occurred to me - I just made the association with the sudden appearance and the snow ! OK, I feel Dectomax coming on Why do I like feathery feet
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Post by portiabuzz on Dec 31, 2009 17:10:58 GMT 1
i hope she gets better quickly!!
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Post by anastasia55555 on Dec 31, 2009 17:47:12 GMT 1
before i read mollymoos post i was going to say leg mites, the darned beggers! We have them under control with Apollo, he still has the occasional itch even when have frontlined and washed with insecticidal shampoo, but no blood streaks (saying that will prob go tomo and see some :-(!!) theres me hoping the cold weather would kill them off!!doh!
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Post by iceberg on Dec 31, 2009 18:25:33 GMT 1
I will second the mites thought - the worst Toby ever had them was January one year - he came in bleeding all down the front of his back legs. I was horrified that in one day they were so bad - turned out he had scraped them on the metal water trough until they bled - it was awful! Vet gave him dectomax and a deosect wash and they cleared right up - this was the worst I had ever known him get them. hope you can get her sorted.xx
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Post by feemac on Dec 31, 2009 20:17:28 GMT 1
Try the Pig oil and Sulphur too, Ian Vanderburg told me about it works great.
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Post by megansmum on Dec 31, 2009 23:32:48 GMT 1
I have never had mites but do my lots hairy legs with pig oil and sulphur every week' keeps them crack free and not itchy at all' hope it clears up for you
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Post by (\^/) Lotuspoint Joe (\^/) on Jan 1, 2010 9:48:26 GMT 1
just use pig oil no point using pig oil n sulphur as the sulphur is only to whitten and clean the feather to make it all silky
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Post by iceberg on Jan 1, 2010 10:37:11 GMT 1
As far as Im aware the pig oil and or sulphur wont kill the mites. I used it on Archie and he went nuts, scratching stamping and biting his legs - so I washed it off. And yes I did a patch test 24 hours earlier. So as i say I got the vet to give him a dectomax jab (2 actually - 2 weeks apart) - and that was last october and he hasnt scratched or stamped since.The PO may well keep the feather nice and clean, but I really dont think it will kill the mites - especially if they are under the skin.
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Post by bicky on Jan 1, 2010 11:09:39 GMT 1
Yep dectomax injection by the vet is the future! Works a treat!
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Post by tamzin on Jan 1, 2010 11:40:42 GMT 1
pig oil and sulphur only puts moisture into the legs. You may notice a slight difference as mites live off dead skin but as the others have said it will not get rid of them.
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Honor
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Post by Honor on Jan 1, 2010 17:44:46 GMT 1
Between posting on here, I also spoke with my farrier who has hairy legged Clydies and he has just gone through the same thing with one of his - sudden blood* legs - and his was mites. Dectomax two doses two weeks apart was the treatment that his vet recommended so Dectomax it is.
Meantime, YO who has suddenly decided to dictate that horses will be turned out regardless has given me two weeks notice because my two were in yesterday. I wasn't going to turn Gypsy out in deep snow until I knew what I was dealing with and she would have gone fruit-loop if she'd been left in alone.
Does anyone else have a YO who dictates that you have to turn out regardless of weather/mud etc ? While I agree that they need a leg-stretch, I can't see any point in them standing in the corner of a field, up to their knees in snow waiting to come back in. Yesterday we had driving snow, intermittent sleet and the field had no shelter whatsoever.
I would have thought that if there were no welfare issues involved, the horses weren't going stir crazy, they had plenty of hay and their two bucket feeds a day, the YO would be happy to collect the money and let people manage their horses on their own day to day basis. Instead, I got a tirade of abuse, couldn't get a word in sideways and was told my contract was terminated.
I was under the impression that I paid for a stable and grazing - I'm not loaning a horse from her - there was nothing in my contract to say that she would be able to dictate aspects of my horses' management.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2010 19:03:52 GMT 1
Honor, sounds like a YO you're better off without!
It is a rule at my yard that they all live out all the time (unless vet says otherwise) but that is in my contract, and it's becasue there are only three of them so bringing one in means separating them.
If your contract or yard rules don't say they must go out then the YO is being quite unfair to have a go at you if that's what you decide to do!
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