Re: lice

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gail, I have found Melaleuca Oil (Tea Tree Oil) is great for ridding everywhere of lice and it's environmentally safe and nontoxic. I also use it on ear mites in dogs and cats -- works better than the Vet stuff. Robyn in MD

Re: lice

This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Yes, Odin did have lice. I have been putting powder on his back every few days, though think I may have to go to something more long acting as my time is limited right now. Thanks for the reminder about the sleeping places! Gail R

lice

This message is from: "Stephen Nasby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Just re-reading old posts and wondered if Oden ended up being diagnosed with lice? I have used Diatomaceous Earth successfully internally (not daily, just when needed) and externally, as well as a topical pour on treat

Re: <:) <:) <:) <---------lice

This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Lisa I have had chickens for twenty some odd years and not knowing about mites suddenly had a swarm of them on me and the chickens. They seem to be drawn to heat. A quick shower takes care of the situation and washing the exposed clothes. T

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This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 1/25/02 10:37:53 AM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Gail, I have some experience with lice, unfortunately. We have one mare who seems to get them every once in a while - usually late winter/early spri

Re: Lice, Diagnosis, Treatment

This message is from: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- GAIL RUSSELL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi all, > > I am looking for confirmation of my "medical > opinion I think O

White horses, Lice

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just a couple suggestions/ideas. Could the "lice" actually be rain rot? I've used Desiden Ointment on our horses for that after cleaning well with a tea tree oil scrub. On the "white" horse question I have a friend wit

Re: Lice, Diagnosis, Treatment

This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Ivermectin can kill sucking lice I think..When did you last worm with >Ivermectin? Within the last few weeks. I saw something on one website on Ivermectin killing lice, but not on any others. I wondered if they were correct

Re: Lice, Diagnosis, Treatment

This message is from: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ivermectin can kill sucking lice I think..When did you last worm with Ivermectin? My understanding is that lice inhabit the mane area more, but I don't really know. Have you looked in his mane? JEan in Failrbanksk, Alaska, 4&

Lice, Diagnosis, Treatment

This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi all, I am looking for confirmation of my "medical opinion" before ordering about $30 worth of Tuttles Brute Insecticide from Valley Vet. I think Odin has lice. He has clearly been biting at his flanksthe hair

Re: Of Lice

> don't mess up the archives? > > 1. Who out there will admit to having had lice in > their barn? and what did > you do about it? Yes, we have done the "lice" routine here, several times, since they are rather indgenous creatures in our climate. the most successful

Re: Of Lice and wo(MEN) and Round Pens

This message is from: Alison Bakken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Cheryl, I have had to dust my horses' for lice this year. I used the Dry Kill. Sulphur is safer than Rotenone. Worming with Ivermictin will also kill most lice. I have an on going battle with lice on the Angora Goats. A

Re: of Lice & wo(men), etc...

This message is from: Jon & Mary Ofjord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cheryl Beillard wrote:Who out there will admit to having had lice in their barn? We have not had lice in our barnyet, but I did board at a barn where one of the horses did have lice. They used a powder, probably somethin

Re: Of Lice and wo(MEN) and Round Pens

This message is from: carol j makosky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cheryl Beillard wrote: > This message is from: "Cheryl Beillard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi everyone.. I have three questions to address: pick one in replying so we > don't mess up the archives? > > > > 2. I am looking to start ground

Re: Of Lice/wo(MEN)/Round Pens/Brag Alert

This message is from: "Carl & Sarah Nagel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello from Teresa horse-sitting at Sarah's in the Selkirk Mountains of Idaho: Cheryl said: Hi everyone.. I have three questions to address: pick one in replying so we don't mess up the archives? >2OR better to build a wood c

Re: Of Lice and wo(MEN) and Round Pens

This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Congratulations Cheryl on your son's achievements. Where did he use to practice his music? Can't imagine surviving some of that din. Of course that is what my Grandmother used to also say. Re lice, honest, nev

Re: Of Lice and wo(MEN) and Round Pens

This message is from: "Cheryl Beillard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi everyone.. I have three questions to address: pick one in replying so we don't mess up the archives? 1. Who out there will admit to having had lice in their barn? and what did you do about it? My new fill

Re: mites and lice

urkersee ya.Linda. -- >From: Alison Barr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com >Subject: mites and lice >Date: Tue, Dec 28, 1999, 1:22 AM > >This message is from: Alison Barr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Hey everyone. If you can't see

Re: mites and lice

rted losing hair below his mane.This kind of distressed me because he had made such a turn around since we got him.He just needed basic care...like teeth floating,worming and some good nutrition.But this new thingit was getting worse every dayhis skin was getting bloody.I tried lice powd

mites and lice

wn. Super thick, and death to clipper blades. He was absolutely ecstatic when we clipped him, and he now gets a hunter type clip every winter. We leave the belly too, so that he has a layer between him and the ground. No more itching. Of course, we don't usually have a problem with mites or

Re: Lice

This message is from: Julia Will <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 10:24 AM 6/18/98 -0700, you wrote: >This message is from: Gail Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Shouldn't you see the nits on the hair shafts. One vet said the darkish area were lice eggs...another vet said no, it w

Re: Lice

This message is from: Gail Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Shouldn't you see the nits on the hair shafts. I have, ahem, *extensive* experience with human head lice. They lay eggs on the shaft at a precisely predictable distance from the skin. Your vet should be able to tell you how to id

Re: Lice

This message is from: Julia Will <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Amy ~ no the problem isn't limited to summer, and the brownish spots appear to be actual damage to the hair shafts when magnified. We don't see any inflamation or redness on the skin. Can I send you hair samples? Julie >

Lice

y were impervious to every solution I used, including clorex and peroxide. (Not on the horse...I pulled hairs for "test" cleanings!) Finally I asked a vet who suggested it was from LICE! Upon close examination, the shaft of the hair has short, brownish areas that don't wash or scr

Re: Lice

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Amy K White) Julia, This sounds like it may be more from Culicoides hypersensitivity rather than lice. Culicoides is a gnat and will attack the horse in the mane and tail causing the area to itch and become inflamed. If you've never seen the lice,