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| 1894.1 | COuld it be ticks? | STUDIO::BIGELOW | PAINTS; color your corral | Wed Jun 01 1994 17:36 | 7 |
| It is a bad year for ticks, black flies, and mosquitoes (fo the NE
area). My Fjord mare lost a ton of her forelock hair last year due to
ticks. From that experience I've learned to always check tails,
forelocks and ears for ticks.
Michele
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| 1894.2 | Bug bites? | DECWET::JDADDAMIO | Seattle Rain Festival: 1/1-12/31 | Wed Jun 01 1994 20:06 | 8 |
| Almost any insect bite can cause tail rubbing especially if the horse
has become allergic to them. Jan's mare has suddenly become allergic to
bites of "no-see-ums" (the little cousins of black-flies) even though
she has been exposed to them for years. The base of the tail seems to
be one of the favorite spots for these nasty critters to bite. Withers
and neck seem to be second favorites.
John
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| 1894.3 | Listern(sp) | AKOCOA::LPIERCE | That's my Story | Thu Jun 02 1994 12:00 | 8 |
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If you find that bugs are not causing this rubbing, and maybe it's
dry skin, use listern! Our horses rub off there tails all the time.
We started to use listern at every bath-time (once a month) and it
has stoped the tail rubbing.
Lou
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| 1894.4 | try cortizone ointment | BROKE::MELINDA | Johnson dtn 381-2623 | Thu Jun 02 1994 12:50 | 2 |
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| 1894.5 | Thanks for the suggestions | COMET::SANDVIK | | Fri Jun 03 1994 04:00 | 4 |
| Great suggestions, At this point I will try anything shy of cutting his
tail off! ha ha
thanks for the help.
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| 1894.6 | | | STUDIO::BIGELOW | PAINTS; color your corral | Fri Jun 03 1994 09:08 | 7 |
| I always use a � listerine and � baby oil mixture with good results.
The baby oil adds moisture while the listerine kill the bugs.
Bottom line though, there is an underlying problem and unless
you figure it out, you'll keep having trouble. It took me awhile
to solve my mare's tail rubbing.....her udder builds up crud, so
once or twice a week with a baby wipe solved my problem.
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| 1894.7 | Blame it on the dirt | STOWOA::MCKEOWN | | Fri Jun 03 1994 15:19 | 5 |
| I agree with .6. You have to find the "root" of the problem. For my
gelding, if the top of his hip/croup gets mud caked on it, which
happens every day because he loves to roll, and I don't curry comb it
out, then within two days the top of his tail looks like a scouring
pad!
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