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Title:Equine Notes Conference
Notice:Topics List=4, Horses 4Sale/Wanted=150, Equip 4Sale/Wanted=151
Moderator:MTADMS::COBURNIO
Created:Tue Feb 11 1986
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2080
Total number of notes:22383

1487.0. "Itchy Tails...to be told" by LUDWIG::ROCK () Thu Jun 20 1991 12:55

    This year my older mare seems to be bothered more by the weather. She
    has had an outbreak of HOT SPOTS on her tail. These are simular to what
    dogs and cats get when they will lick at themselves to much they make
    all the hair go away and very raw. With the smaller animals they will
    put them on steroids. With the horses....you can also put them on the 
    steroids but it would run you for an eighthundred pound animal about
    2.50 per day for all the little pills.
    
    We have been keeping it under control when the spots have slowed down
    and she has not rubbed off her tail.
    
    We wash it once a week with a soap with iodine in it and rinse well.
    then we have been using a mixture of dextrose and furicin ointment that
    our vet made up for us. this mixture will help the spots to heal and
    the dextrose will take the BIT out of the spots to give some releaf
    from the itching.
    
    This same mare get hives from time to time from the heat and baby 
    mosquitos during the night ..... usually at the end of august this
    seems to get to her the most.
    
    Any others itchy tails out there to be told????
    
    terry
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1487.1BOOVX1::MANDILEWhat about valuing MY differences?Thu Jun 20 1991 13:375
    Both of mine seem to have a bad case of the "Itchy tail syndrome"
    right now.  Worse than last year, too.
    I just keep washing.....
    
    Lynne
1487.2KAHALA::FULTZED FULTZThu Jun 20 1991 13:3919
When I looked at note 4.134, I found the listing below.  Note #62 might be able
to help you out.

Ed..



 Topic  Repl  Title
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    62    20  Loss of tail hairs
   922     8  Help My Horse Has Hives!
   975     7  What to do for rain rot
  1146    12  Sore Winter Withers
  1206    20  skin irritation outbreak
  1208     7  girth sore help
  1283    10  EQUINE BACK PROBLEMS!!!HELP!!!
  1335    18  How to encourage re-growth of hair?
  1400    23  Scratches
  1476     8  Sensitive back?
1487.3BRAT::MATTHEWSi mite B blonde, but i'm Not stupid!Thu Jun 20 1991 16:0113
    
    hot spots as I* know it, is like crusty on the top and yellow junk
    just over the skin???
    
    
    anyway.. HOt spots are supposed* to be caused by too much Protein..
    try cutting back on that or switching grains and see if that helps,
    along with the idondine baths.
    
    			wendy o'
1487.4itchy tailsISLNDS::GARROWFri Jun 21 1991 09:3910
    Another itchy tail tale....
    
    I had a mare that suffered from the same fate...seems every summer
    her skin above her tail would peel and she would rub and rub and
    rub. I had three vets out and it wasn't rain rot, or any other
    bacteria, any we just kept washing and when her hair got hard and
    sticky I would use bag balm.  Seems she liked to soothe the itch on
    the pine trees and got all the sap on her!!!!
                                                 
    Good luck
1487.5JUPITR::MENARDFri Jun 21 1991 13:466
    Hi Terry,
    
    Once you get the open hot spots closed, try using listerine to help
    prevent future ones...
    
    Kathy
1487.6she is on low protein/ I will try listerineLUDWIG::ROCKMon Jun 24 1991 11:3020
    The mare is on "Strider" by Blue seal and it is a low protein feed.
    
    My horses have been on it for years and have never had troubles before.
    this mare always has the hives once or twice a summer....never the
    HOT SPOT she is getting now.
    
    With the ointment we are using....once a new spots starts one night
    on the ointment on her tail and the next day the crusty scab is off
    and it looks better. I just with there was a way to stop it before
    hand.
    
    I will try the listerine. Can I use it straight or do you dilute it
    a little?
    
    I can dob it on with cotton balls onto the spots so that it does not
    get into the open sores.
    
    Thanks for all the help.
    
    terry
1487.7CORN STARCHNEST::MACDONALDMon Jul 22 1991 17:305
	Try corn starch on the hot spot, I use it on my dog it takes
	the itch out.  A groomer told me to put alcohol (ouch) on the
	spot first then the corn starch.  I didn't use the alcohol, but
	did put the corn starch on twice a day and in no time it was
	gone.
1487.8Tincture of Green SoapCUPMK::JETTETue Oct 01 1991 12:0610
    My Connemara Mare had a hot spot on her tail as long as I owned her.  
    She was all white with pink skin - so very sensitive especially in the
    summer.  My vet recommended (and it worked well) that when I bathe her
    I use Tincture of Green soap.  I got it from my pharmacy in liquid
    form.  I also used plain old baby lotion or oil on her tail every
    morning massaging it in as long as she would tolerate it.  This seemed
    to keep it under control for years.
    
    Kathy