RE: Laura on tail rubbing

2009-09-27 Thread laura fisher
27;t take me long to envision that beautiful mane being ruined.. I treat her with a nine day fly spray and use a sheet especially at dusk or dawn.. I hope you son't have Sweet Itch > From: magicm...@roadrunner.com > To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com > Subject: tail rubbing &g

tail rubbing

2009-09-27 Thread Beth
This message is from: "Beth" Hello list, Anyone have any suggestions for horses that rub their tails??? Is this a Fjord thing??? My mare continues to make a mess of her tail by rubbing it.. I keep it clean, she is wormed regularly and I keep her clean in and around her udder. We have wood f

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2009-03-27 Thread Gina Larson
This message is from: Gina Larson Hello-- I have been reading with interest the posts about tail rubbing as this is something I have been dealing with with my girl. I also have her on daily dewormer, make sure to clean her udder regularly, and keep her tail conditioned but she still likes

RE: Tail Rubbing

2009-03-26 Thread Robin Churchill
This message is from: Robin Churchill That is what I found when I washed the tails yesterday. So maybe that is the problem Robin --- > My horses get itchy too - no bugs down there but plenty of > scaly skin down > on the dock.  Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http:

Re: Tail Rubbing

2009-03-26 Thread KateSeidel
This message is from: katesei...@aol.com Amy - you were spot on for my ponies. I noticed they had started rubbing out of the blue, so today we got the heavy brushes and scratched their butts. It's not an area I use a shedding comb on. Lo and behold tons and tons of shedding hair, and I mu

RE: Tail Rubbing

2009-03-26 Thread Teressa
This message is from: "Teressa" My horses get itchy too - no bugs down there but plenty of scaly skin down on the dock. I just get conditioner and rub it in - there are plenty of good products around just to moisturize the skin on the dock. Teressa Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription

Tail Rubbing

2009-03-26 Thread Amy Evers
This message is from: Amy Evers While everyone is searching for causes, and treatments and cures for those itchy tails, you may want to consider the simplest ones. It's Spring, they are shedding; don't forget that tail hair sheds too, and is just as itchy as any other shedding hair. Comb out t

Re: Tail Rubbing

2009-03-25 Thread Martie Bolinski
This message is from: Martie Bolinski Tried the owl. Anyone want to buy a slightly used plastic owl with a swallows nest on it? It was one of those with the 'wobbly' head and the big glow in the dark eyes. The birds were not impressed. The geese were overly fond of it when we took it down

Re: Tail-rubbing - MTG

2009-03-25 Thread Kay Barnhart
fjord with terrile rain rot the MTG worked well. Good product just bad smell. - Original Message - From: "Robin Churchill" To: Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 7:37 PM Subject: Re: Tail-rubbing - MTG This message is from: Robin Churchill Well it says to use it on tails so I did. We

Re: Tail-rubbing - MTG

2009-03-25 Thread Robin Churchill
This message is from: Robin Churchill Well it says to use it on tails so I did. We'll see what happens. Robin --- On Wed, 3/25/09, katesei...@aol.com wrote: > From: katesei...@aol.com > Subject: Re: Tail-rubbing - MTG > To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com > Date: Wednesday,

RE: tail rubbing

2009-03-25 Thread Linda Lottie
Grantsburg WI No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever. -Francois Muriac www.heartsandhoovesforever.blogspot.com > From: mdenm...@sbcglobal.net > To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com > Subject: RE: tail rubbing

Re: Tail-rubbing - MTG

2009-03-25 Thread KateSeidel
This message is from: katesei...@aol.com Don't know about it for itching, but I used it when Joe had a horrible case of rain rot. I had tried two weeks of other shampoos and treatments with no improvement. The MTG cleaned it up within 2 days. I treated a few more times, the mess went away

RE: tail rubbing

2009-03-25 Thread M. Denmark
This message is from: "M. Denmark" Well we are having a fit with a couple of the fjordies rubbing tails, manes, and center line of bellies due to itchiness. Happens at this time every year. One pony gets worse ever year and he is miserable...it is cullicoides. Think flying pepper with velocira

RE: Tail Rubbing

2009-03-25 Thread Mary Wallace
, 2009 12:36 PM To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Subject: RE: Tail Rubbing This message is from: Linda Lottie Well, one of the reasons I have not gotten chickens is because I heard they get bugs and the horses can get infected. Is this true? I would think any bird can be a carrier of disease th

RE: Tail Rubbing

2009-03-25 Thread Linda Lottie
e: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:39:34 -0500 > From: boli...@dol.net > To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com > Subject: Re: Tail Rubbing > > This message is from: Martie Bolinski > > Uggg. Which mites affect horses? We treated with a mitacide a few > years back when the vet diagnosed

Re: Tail Rubbing

2009-03-25 Thread Martie Bolinski
This message is from: Martie Bolinski Uggg. Which mites affect horses? We treated with a mitacide a few years back when the vet diagnosed our little pony, Wee. We dusted Kilar's tail/mane/forelock areas as well as he was scratching/rubbing. The vet did not find signs of actual mites on Kil

RE: tail rubbing

2009-03-25 Thread plumg...@pon.net
This message is from: "plumg...@pon.net" WE had a horse with lice and were not able to find them, even though it was obvious he had them. Gail Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyu

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2009-03-25 Thread morrisshadowmt
This message is from: morrisshado...@aol.com As far as Listerine irritating it does not. All the ones that I have put it on really enjoy having it rubbed in as it helps with the itch. Another little crawly critter you may want to consider is lice. You can google an image of them as well.

Re: Tail-rubbing

2009-03-25 Thread Robin Churchill
evening. It is going to take a while and some diligence with the tail care to see if it is doing anything. Robin --- On Wed, 3/25/09, Debbie Hunt wrote: > From: Debbie Hunt > Subject: Re: Tail-rubbing > To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com > Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 7:02 AM >

RE: Tail Rubbing

2009-03-25 Thread Karen McCarthy
ate: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:03:44 -0700 > From: rbc...@yahoo.com > Subject: Re: Tail Rubbing > To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com > > This message is from: Robin Churchill > > What do mites look like? It seems like to me that all of mine rub their tails from time to time but I do no

RE: Tail-rubbing

2009-03-25 Thread Karen McCarthy
04:01:21 -0700 > From: rbc...@yahoo.com > Subject: RE: Tail-rubbing > To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com > > This message is from: Robin Churchill > > I have that stuff--it is actually made in Florida and I have used it some on legs and such but I have always been a little sus

Re: Tail Rubbing

2009-03-25 Thread Mike May, Registrar NFHR
ses tails? > >Robin > >--- On Tue, 3/24/09, morrisshado...@aol.com wrote: > >> From: morrisshado...@aol.com >> Subject: Tail Rubbing >> To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com >> Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 11:46 PM >> This message is from: morrisshado...@aol.com

Re: Tail-rubbing

2009-03-25 Thread Debbie Hunt
he is just itchy. They are notorious for rubbing their butts on things. I assume in Florida that you don't have the issue of thick Winter coats that they shed out so this post may not help you at all! Debbie --- On Tue, 3/24/09, Robin Churchill wrote: > From: Robin Churchill &g

RE: Tail-rubbing

2009-03-25 Thread Robin Churchill
ks? Robin --- On Tue, 3/24/09, Karen McCarthy wrote: > From: Karen McCarthy > Subject: RE: Tail-rubbing > To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com > Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 10:54 PM > This message is from: Karen McCarthy > > > Ok, here you go Robin...besides regular d

Re: Tail Rubbing

2009-03-25 Thread Robin Churchill
suggested. I know that Listerine is also sometimes suggested. How often do people wash their horses tails? Robin --- On Tue, 3/24/09, morrisshado...@aol.com wrote: > From: morrisshado...@aol.com > Subject: Tail Rubbing > To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com > Date: Tuesday, March 24, 20

Tail Rubbing

2009-03-24 Thread morrisshadowmt
This message is from: morrisshado...@aol.com A good product that works well with itchy tails that you may already have in your medicine cabinet is Listerine (the Mouthwash) . Just scrub it into the base of the the tail and anywhere else they many have an itch. I then use some vitamin D oi

RE: Tail-rubbing

2009-03-24 Thread Karen McCarthy
ubbers too! http://www.shapleys.com/ :: Karen McCarthy :: Great Basin Fjords :: Madras, Oregon :: http://www.picturetrail.com/weegees > Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:28:19 -0700 > From: rbc...@yahoo.com > Subject: Tail-rubbing > To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com > > This mess

Tail-rubbing

2009-03-24 Thread Robin Churchill
This message is from: Robin Churchill My horses all seem to rub their tails or their butts to certain extents which, of course, breaks the hair and makes their tails look scraggly. I had them on daily wormer along with intermittent paste wormer for years and I fairly recently stopped the dail

Re: mane question/tail rubbing

2004-07-04 Thread sobrien
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi list, My horse also rubbed her tail terribly all the time no matter how much I cleaned her udders. Although I rotate wormers, I noticed when I wormed for pinworms, she would stop rubbing for @ 1 week and the tail would seems to have new hairs, then the ru