Brucea - My pea gravel area is travelled through and not a place where they poo. but even when it was in stable I guess I didnt think about it as problems didnt arise.
Update on Clay.
Vet visited Clay again yesterday. Walked on hard ground for vet and lameness in left leg not visible. Vet then asked for a step or two in trot on hard ground for lameness test (this is amazing in itself - something we would not have contemplated even a week ago). He did this quite willingly but with a little lameness in left leg still there. Hoof testers show bit of soreness at abscess site.
Vet dug out at crack carefully and teased out wood chip and then last bit of abscess gunk came out. Advised poultice for 2 more days + 5 days of antibiotics to kill remaining infection. Advised also to keep dry dressing and boot on for next 2 months. Will soak regularly with white lightening and use the gel+cottonwool inbetween.
He remains a caterpiller in the Boeet rug as his skin improves steadily. Still flaking damaged skin tissue but not 'angry'. Vet said give it 6 weeks and continue to Maloceb. _________________ X
SueH with Jake and Clay
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:11 am Post subject: Flyspray Allergy
Hi SueH,
I'm Kate, 3 months into barefooting with SarahH as my trimmer in Wiltshire. I'm replying to you re Clay's flyspray allergy as I've got a chronic sweetitch/boett rug wearer chap who's been through the gamut of sprays and struggles. This year, though, I found a recipe, made it, and he almost throws himself at the bottle! It's very easy to make, cheap as chips, with straightforward ingredients - would the recipe be useful to you?
Dorisday/SueH
I have a real problem with Bramble my pink skinned, very sensitive driving pony. Almost every fly spray I've tried really burns him. The only one that doesn't in the short term is Coopers, but it still makes his skin tender with prolonged use.
I'd be interested to see your recipe too.
At the moment we actually feed a tablespoon of neem leaf each day and that seems to prevent them getting bitten - sometimes they are bothered with flies round their eyes, but the neem does seem to put them off quite a bit.
Link used to get quite badly bitten, at one point he had golf ball size swellings all down his sheath and they went pruritic - but he hasn't been bitten again since he has been on the summer neem regime thankfully. Poor lad - walked like John Wayne!
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 10:24 am Post subject: Neem/FlySpray
Hi Brucea,
I'll post it on as a new item in general then, cos others might be interested too. It's saved me a fortune! I'm interested on this Neem leaf too, and have seen a few comments in this forum on it, yet never seen it to buy! Where do you get it from? I've heard of it as an oil for human use and apparently it's fantastic - they call it the 'cure all' oil in India apparently (your useless bit of trivia for the day!).
I was first told to use it for this purpose a couple of years ago by an Indian doctor I met under a neem tree (they are HUGE) in mahabalipuram outside Chennai.
I get mine from Cotswolds Herbs (herbsandspices.biz) and it is very cheap. A few people I know use it as a wash for sweet itchy ponies, along with chamomile.
Last year a pony I knew had real bad sinusitis and after three lots of antibiotics it was just not going anywhere. Very subdued and stinking knockdown breath! I gave his owner a bag of neem and suggested feeding as much as he wanted to eat the first day then a small handful over the subsequent days - amazingly the whole thing cleared up in 4 days and it has never recurred. It worked astonishingly well. _________________ http://www.4hooves.co.uk http://4hoovesblog.spaces.live.com/default.aspx
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 3:33 pm Post subject: Neem
That truly is amazing. I've heard nothing but fab stuff on Neem. Thanks for the source tip. I wonder if it would work on my sweetitch chap, not necessarily for his sweetitch but in the winter he's also a chronic respiratory - I'm not long off giving him a big dose of immunity boost and dusting off the hay steamer before all the (v.expensive!) breathe-easy boost stuff hits my bank account!
Yes - I was completely surprised myself - it was a real long shot. The effect was just outstanding, the vet asked to see the neem leaf and he couldn't believe the effect it had on the pony!
Not sure how it is for respiratory issues - I've been using liquorice, coltsfoot, white dead nettle, cleavers, mullein, fennel and rosehip in a home made mix. That and the neem he gets each day. It does help because he's not as bad as he was before he got it.
Wow, just loving this forum! These top tips are great! Love the tip on the rosehips - one of my other boys loves them, nibbles them off bushes when we ride out, and your comment now makes all the sense in the world!
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