Just wondering if you could give me a bit of advice.for the past 2 weeks my horse has been noring and biting his legs obviously itching himself but he is giving himself little wound which he then won't leave alone and he has to have a small bandage on until the heal. Just wondered if any one has experianced this or could give me any advice. I am going to give him a bath tomorrow with some tea tree shampoo to see if this helps. Thankyou charlotte
Give him a good scrub with hibiscrub first. Could be tiny little mites or an allergic reaction to something in the grass or straw. Apply MTG (available from Arabian Emporium).
Sometimes this biting is caused by frustration. Is he turned out by himself...? One of our stallions came on the yard with bite marks on his side and after turning him out with the colts he stopped doing it due to the fact he was play fighting and running the frustration off. The lady that owns him first thought it was a reaction to fly bits...etc It is natural for a heard to form from the colts and stallions that don't have mares and aren't strong enough to challenge the heard stallion. Hope this helps Kathryn
Arabi used to bite the top of his legs when he was a colt, that was a frustration thing like Zelus mentioned, but as he is biting the bottom of his legs I would think its more likely to be an irritation of some sort could be mites, I would wash it with Hibi scrub and maybe a medicated shampoo like Vossene see if that helps, failing that get something for leg mites.
Thank you for your advise he had a bath on sunday with teatree shampoo as up to now no more wounds just the ones clearing up. It was strange because it was only on one leg but fingers crossed these will clear up nicely and we wont get anymore.
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Posted - 29 May 2010 : 09:43:20 AM
