I am so grateful for all the suggestions!!
It has really helped me to cover every horse...as I do rescues, there are some horses here that do not wanna know about a hose or shampoo, so that's why the garlic bread I am hoping, will do the trick for them. Then I will move up each level, but these difficult ones I may have to resort to one of the expensive pour on liquids down their back, as they won't allow much else at this stage in their lives.
The rest of the horses I can handle ok, so I am so excited I have many options of solving this problem for them. Whatever is simplest, easiest and cheapest I will be trying first, then move up as I go. But I am buying the lot today, as I need to have it all there, ready to go as I move up the levels, without overloading them ofcourse.
But definitely worming them with ivermectin as suggested, found the correct wormers last night on internet, but going to go to saddlery store to see if cheaper today.
I can't thank you enough for all of these excellent ideas, I will let you know how I go!!! It will be a laborious exercise, but well worth it for my babies!
I have learnt so much!!! Let's see what works for my babies!
When I posted this message for help, I felt so daunted with it all, but here I am after all of your suggestions, really excited and feelin very positive about it, as you have all collectively covered all the horses, esp the difficult ones in my herd. And oh yes, it is springtime on Sept first here, so yeah, I want them lookin good, thank God I can wash them if I need to!
Kim xxxx
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From: Kim Hollingsworth <kim_hollingsworth@yahoo.com.au>
To: askavet@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, 27 August, 2009 6:28:18 PM
Subject: Re: [AskAVet] Re: Whole horse herd has lice!!!
Devorah, Sonja and Dorothy,
Thank you all so so very much!!
Wow, the garlic bread sounds very interesting! !! So, while I am waiting for my order to arrive (I had ordered stuff thru my sister who is vet nurse, but now she says they can't order certain things or something, so back to square one with ordering, damn, I was hoping for wholesale prices)..... tomoro I am going to buy a tonne of garlic bread and let it go hard for a day, as any topical applications will have to be done next week at any rate, as I am working dawn to dusk doing trail rides until Monday/Tues.
Then I will have to order my stuff via internet, I guess, but I will pop down to garden centre to see if this dust is available in Australia (Sevin) or the other horse specific one at horse saddlery tomoro just to see if I can find anything on special and compare prices. If not, I will have to order off net, as I waited long enough for my sister, and it is not fair on the horses.
They just happen to be overdue for worming (was waiting on money!) so ivermectin it is for this round of worming!!! I can do garlic bread tomorrow, and my next free day is Tuesday afternnon, so I will worm them then and Wednesday will be the labour intensive stuff of maybe a normal shampoo, dry and powder, starting with the worst of them.
Now someone suggested mixing the powder into the normal horse shampoo and shampooing, rinsing off after ten mins? Has anyone tried that?
The pour on stuff is going to be so expensive as you said Dorothy, I may just get that for the horses that do not tolerate being bathed actually, but hopefully the GARLIC bread will do the trick before I get to that stage.
Lots to do, but I couldn't have done it without all your help!!! I will certainly let you know how I go!!! First stop tomoro, garlic bread. Tonight, check out internet prices (29 horses!) and tomoro check prices at garden centre and then saddlery.
Thank you all so much!!! I already have a shampoo for dermatitis for dogs (ok for horses). called PYOHEX (chlorexidine based)...would it be TOO much to mix the powder with it, or better to shampoo seperately, then just powder?
Thanks so so so much!!!!
Kim xoxoxo
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From: Sonja Carson <scspainthorses@ embarqmail. com>
To: askavet@yahoogroups .com
Sent: Wednesday, 26 August, 2009 10:20:01 PM
Subject: Re: [AskAVet] Re: Whole horse herd has lice!!!
I got to thinking about the lice , what we actually used was for chickens we bought it at the local farm and home, i can't think of the name of it though it's been so long ago now .
sonja
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From: dominionracingstabl es
To: askavet@yahoogroups .com
Sent: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:33:51 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [AskAVet] Re: Whole horse herd has lice!!!
Years ago, I bought some sale horses who infested my mare herd with lice. Topical appliations did not help me. I discovered a cure purely by accident. We had a food back for the community at the time and some day old, hard garlic bread had been donated. It was too old to give to people so we tossed it to those horses. The garlic got rid of the lice entirely.
Let me know what happens,
Devorah
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