advice on lice please

[izzy]

my mini has lice and has rubbed his bum raw.i have powdered him twice now and it seems to be clearing up.i just wondered if you can get something like the spot on flea stuff for cats and dogs.also why is he the only one with them?my other 3 are all clear..............

[grr]

try coppers fly repelant its insecticidal & does mention lice control

[KoLaTo]

Or try Lincoln D-Itch, it is really sticky so the lice can't move around the coat, lift the coat up and spray right into the roots then when it is dry, brush thru thoroughly and the lice come out in the brush, then wash all your brushes as they will live on them for a short period of time so you can possibly re-infect with the brushes. My mare is the only one to get them out of three as well!

[honey]

Switch its like a spot on and kills them. its used for sweet itch but works on lice the best we. its about 35 for a bottle and it does an awful lot. I would still treat the other three just incase, because we had lice last winter, washed our coloured and saw a lice. went checking and found that every one of them had it brought in by a foal we had brought in december and this was January. Two we clipped completely as their hair was far to thick and only seen them when we looked at the whirls which were moving in the middle lol. but switch really does work and repels them for a few weeks after.

[june]

Coopers or Frontline that you use on cats and dogs. The vet used Frontline on one of our liveries that arrived with lice and two applications cured the problem.

[swift]

A friend of mine's vet told her to use human lice treatment , not sure if i would though but it did work!!