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Post by racaille on May 19, 2009 5:07:07 GMT
Hmmmmmm  Found a little patch on Paco's mane, fairly classic signs of scabies. To say I am peed off is an understatement but hey ho, these things happen. So I spent yesterday morning treating him (and then his paddock mate, the 'culprit', who was a rescue). Paco was a BEAST. As soon as I put the bucket of disinfectant down he started snorting and when the wet brush trickled an ickle bit of water down his shoulder he went berserk. I thought he was going to kill me. I finally managed to get him to stand more or less still as I treated him all over and then really worked the disinfectant into his mane and tail areas. I've got an antiseptic/cortizone cream to put on the bare patch now. By contrast Kéops was an angel and it took me half as much time to treat him. An old randonneurs' treatment here is to apply old engine oil as it suffocates the mites. It's not very pretty on a grey horse however.  |
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Post by scattymare on May 19, 2009 7:44:54 GMT
Poor Paco. And naughty Paco! How do horses catch scabies? Never come across it before. Old engine oil - nice! You'd look and smell lovely  |
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Post by racaille on May 19, 2009 10:28:14 GMT
You're lucky if you haven't come across it Scatty! It is one of those things that can run rife through a club where people use the same brushes on all the GGs and is more common in the hairy shetties than in horses. But it is very contagious and I'm fairly sure Paco got it from his paddock mate as I don't share any tack or brushes.
It's relatively common here and the weather we've been having - warm and bizarrely damp - seems to set the little blighters off.
Put the cortizone cream on this am and hopefully a week or so of that and the bald patch should have disappeared. The treatment I gave beastly Paco yesterday should have killed the mites.
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jane
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Post by jane on Jun 1, 2009 19:38:40 GMT
Have to say I have never come across scabies in horses either. Can scabies from horses pass to humans?
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Post by racaille on Jun 2, 2009 4:37:42 GMT
Yes, it can Jane, so great care needs to be taken. It's called la gale here and I think you may also call it that in the UK. Luckily, I caught the horrid stuff early and it now seems all fine, with hair regrowing.
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Post by maximum on Jun 8, 2009 19:48:40 GMT
ugh! still the engine oil would have been worth a look!
never seen it thankfully
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Post by racaille on Jun 17, 2009 4:54:56 GMT
I seem to have caught it in time, before it spread into huge patches all over him. The little patch is now regrowing hair nicely and not at all itchy.
I found a good tip to check for scabies: rub writing ink lightly over the area and it will penetrate the tunnels the little blighters make into the skin so you will be able to see tiny inky burrows and will be sure it is scabies and not one of the million other things ....
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Post by duckles on Jun 17, 2009 17:24:22 GMT
ha ha like that one about the ink. Actually a pretty good tip if you happen to have ink!! But I suppose any coloured liquid would do? Until that ink tip I was wondering if your scabies was the same as our ... drat the name escapes me but it is highly contagious and passes from animals to humans and causes circular patches of skin loss. However, I don't think it involves little borrows. Horses often pick it up from scratching on posts etc as it can be deposited there by cattle and lives forever. Cori got it once and I had to use surgical gloves putting on the cream as it was so contagious. I know I will remember the name in a minute (its quite common) but the over use that my poor brain is getting lately is causing it to shrink I think!
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Post by Jen on Jun 19, 2009 0:39:35 GMT
ringworm???
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Post by duckles on Jun 19, 2009 16:21:39 GMT
Thanks Jen, Ringworm is the word I couldn't think of!!!
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