Treatment for lice

[anastasia55555]

Can Barricade spray or switch pour on be bought, or is it from the vet only?
What have people bought before? Read that the louse powder you buy from countrywide is useless

[Chestnutmare]

The vet injection is good one of the horses on our yard was alive with them last summer and it was the only thing that shifted them. What about camrosa powder? I know its expensive but if you have a few horses that need treeting it might be cheaper in the long run.

www.camrosa.co.uk/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=541&category_id=6&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=237

[anastasia55555]

thanks C.mare, had a bit of read about the camrosa, and it appears its also a repellant not a 'killer' lol! i think it is definetly going to have to be a vet job really if i want to get rid of the blighters.

Only problem is i only have one HW rug for Toffee, and ideally i need to get all the rugs i own cleaned as if thats going to happen! Brushes etc is pretty easy, but the rugs things is not, any ideas anyone?

[julz]

Barricade is vet only as it's very poisonous to humans (gloves must be worn as it can enter your bloodstream though the skin.) It needs to be watered down before use.

Not sure about Switch.

Personally i wouldnt use Barricade for Lice...

Louse powder is very effective if applied in the proper way.

[anastasia55555]

Julz, how is the proper way? do u know its something no one has ever really told me how to do, always just seen people 'sprinkle' it on!

[julz]

brush the horses coat away from the direction it lies.... then sprinkle the powder on and massage in..so it gets right into the hair and onto the skin.... horse will probably shake and leave a cloud of powder but as long as it's been massaged in, it should have enough left on to make a difference. Try not to breathe it in.

[anastasia55555]

ok thanks

[aceofspades]

i use normal frontline on mine and it is so effective, i do it just before the the winter starts and then redo it the beggining of december and mine have never got it.
I get mine from the vet and it lasts for ages and i do 13 horses on 1 bottle twice yearly

[jen1]

i think my first question would be what type of lice are you trying to deal with, biting or sucking? i had 14 to treat at one time, you have to do everything from rugs to brushes and burn your bedding,

[icarus]

I use swish or spot on for cattle! perfectly safe just not licenced for horses, i got it from my vet. You can buy it online but you need a herd number to purchase. You just pour on 10mls along the back and thats it!

[laurac]

The barrier H louse powder is good and not that expensive and treats both sucking & biting lice and is more organic than some

www.barrier-biotech.com/product.php?pid=LP

Good luck with ickle Toffee x

[kathrynp]

Deosect is what you need to treat lice. It can be bought over the counter and you dilute it and spray over the horse and rugs. see previous lice threads.

[varkie]

Another vote for Deosect, and a thumbs down for lice powder! But you do need to treat anything the lice could live on, as well as the pony - brushes, rugs, wood work (stables, fencing) etc. Otherwise, you'll clear them off the pony, then he'll get reinfected again. It is also advisable to treat them twice, several weeks apart to treat any not caught the first time, or any hatched since.

[anastasia55555]

I think il get a nit comb out tomorrow and some sellotape and see if i can find anything. Ive pretty much come to the conclusion that its more an overheating issue rather than crawlies issue but i will double check. Im doubting its crawlies as the others arent itching and since the sore bits have been bathed she isnt bothering with them so much. Going to reduce her ruggage as i think i was being too overly cautious with rugging. After speaking to my sister it seems to have cropped up since the rugs went on.

[jen1]

we only found them because we bathed brian after skin scrapings revealed ,nothing ,the biting lice look like a minute piece of chop with a slight tint of orange where the heads are, you willl know if its lice if the crack between the backs of your thumb nails, mmm my fave job,lol the routine we used wash, wash rugs, dry in the sun and store with louse powder (which is only preventative louse powder will not kill any lice, (scratches head,) making me itch just typing,,wash horses use nit comb , lice have a ten day cycle , so we used ivermecectin wormer,every 10 day, 1 to cover the adults, 1 babies, and 1 larve stages, we bathed every 10 days with deroline and eventually dog flea shampoo, we used spot on only 1 horse out of 14 recated to it and that was tommy who was 18 months at the time, all the brushes were washed, they lived out with no fencing to speak of, it took 6 months of treating in all to get rid of every last one and peice of mind that not re-infection would occur,