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dandeeqh · 05-16-2006, 11:58 AM

I am so sorry for your loss. Sending hugs your way.

kballard · 05-16-2006, 12:47 PM

How sad, I'm so sorry for your loss. I hope you get that mare gone soon.

pennyrain · 05-16-2006, 01:53 PM

So sorry you lost your yearling. It sounds like you went to great efforts to help him.
If your vet cannot identify those insects take them to your county extension agent. If they have to, they can send them to your state entomologist or the USDA, but chances are some one locally will be able to tell you what they are and how to control them. Usually some vaseline applied where they are on an animal deters most insects but if they are all over that isn't what you want to do. Good luck.
Like everyone else I think that draft mare needs to leave and you are doing the right thing with sending her back.

Range · 05-16-2006, 02:20 PM

I'm so sorry for your loss.

Could the bugs be lice?

whiteplainsranch · 05-16-2006, 02:25 PM

Sorry to hear about your yearling. It's a wonder why this stuff has to happen. At least you tried to help him, and now you can be sure he isn't suffering

ToveroMom · 05-16-2006, 02:39 PM

Dang I am sorry to hear that

Orchid · 05-16-2006, 02:57 PM

I am very sorry.

JSlow · 05-16-2006, 03:16 PM

OMG - so sorry for your loss! But feel comforted that you were strong enough to do what was probably best for your colt instead of making him suffer. So sorry. *hugs* from IL.

BYEARL · 05-16-2006, 03:38 PM

I am very sorry to hear of your loss.

I recently had a severly malnurished rescue colt with LICE. His hair was very oily, nasty, rough,dull coat. He smelled, he had little clusters of eggs all over him. You can confirm with your Vet if he has Lice by taking a piece of tape, picking up his mane and look for a really dull, rough area, press the tape down ~~take it to your vet to be confirmed. If cant confirm with your vet this is what we had to do for our horse.

I first gave him a bath in a iodine shampoo let sit for 10 minutes then rinse, then orginal blue/green DAWN, when he was dry i dusted him with Lice Duster. I did this about 3-4 times a week (Bath & Duster). It was getting better within a week. A shampoo containing tea tree oil works very well and is not as harsh and stripping as some other medicated shampoos. Our colt was severly Infested & Anemic. If lice are found also give a does of ivermectin it will kill them as they feed off of your horses blood.

Equine lice can not live on humans.

Good Luck to you.

Seanachie · 05-16-2006, 08:12 PM

I'm sorry to hear about your foal. I know how you're feeling and I hope you can take comfort in the fact that you tried everything to help him.

God Bless!

ray · 05-16-2006, 08:30 PM

I think it is lice too!! Just be careful with the tea tree oil products. I was using it on a horse with scratches and my et told me that it can actually burn a horse's skin.

thumpersgirl · 05-16-2006, 08:46 PM

I missed this thread until today. I am so sorry for your loss. I can't figure out why the mare acted the way she did, but I too would have the other people come and pick her up. I wouldn't be able to look at her without thinking of the yearling. Sending hugs and warm thoughts your way!

Cowgirl Up 101 · 05-17-2006, 09:48 AM

I am so sorry for your loss.

thunderbaby703 · 05-17-2006, 09:01 PM

So to hear of your loss.

treasure1 · 05-17-2006, 09:37 PM

I am so sorry for what yo are going thru

Hugs from michigan

crittermom · 05-17-2006, 09:49 PM

So sorry to hear of your loss.

A quick thought about the "bugs": we used to raise brush goats---we had one light colored (blonde) goat that came down with an infestation of lice and acted very similar to how your horse acted. It took us awhile to figure out what was wrong with her, but gave her a little ivermectin every now and then and she did well. Animals with lice have a strange odor---if that is what you find your horse to have had----perhaps the mare was "sensitive" to that smell. Might explain the behavior. Keep us posted with any new results----we learn from each other. Again, "hugs" from VA

countrygirl · 05-17-2006, 10:30 PM

Im so sorry..

... Hugs from Florida

Valkyrie · 05-18-2006, 06:53 AM

My condolences on your loss.

horses19201 · 05-19-2006, 09:55 PM

Very sorry to hear about this. Yes bot fly eggs are more yelloish in color. Those you can just scrape off with a razor or bot fly knife. I don't know what the other bugs would be besides lice.

05-16-2006, 11:58 AM
dandeeqh Greenbroke Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 3,683	I am so sorry for your loss. Sending hugs your way. __________________ Brazil's National Horse is now in Canada! http://www.sunsetmarchadors.com The more I know people...The more I love my horses

05-16-2006, 12:47 PM
kballard Yearling Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Biloxi, Mississippi Posts: 711	How sad, I'm so sorry for your loss. I hope you get that mare gone soon. __________________ Kim Ballard Proudly owned by 2 gorgeous TWH mares: Sugar-6 and Angel-9

05-16-2006, 01:53 PM
pennyrain Yearling Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: minnesota Posts: 783	So sorry you lost your yearling. It sounds like you went to great efforts to help him. If your vet cannot identify those insects take them to your county extension agent. If they have to, they can send them to your state entomologist or the USDA, but chances are some one locally will be able to tell you what they are and how to control them. Usually some vaseline applied where they are on an animal deters most insects but if they are all over that isn't what you want to do. Good luck. Like everyone else I think that draft mare needs to leave and you are doing the right thing with sending her back.

05-16-2006, 02:20 PM
Range Kid Safe Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Back of Beyond Posts: 6,740	sorry I'm so sorry for your loss. Could the bugs be lice? __________________ "Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it all... you just might get it all, and then some you don't want." Chris Daughtery

05-16-2006, 02:25 PM
whiteplainsranch Yearling Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 662	Sorry to hear about your yearling. It's a wonder why this stuff has to happen. At least you tried to help him, and now you can be sure he isn't suffering

05-16-2006, 02:39 PM
ToveroMom Pasture Pet Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cleveland TX Posts: 17,059	Dang I am sorry to hear that __________________

05-16-2006, 02:57 PM
Orchid Bombproof Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 11,048	I am very sorry. __________________ Careful what you wish; Careful what you say; Careful what you wish; You may regret it; Careful what you wish; You just might get it. ~ Metallica, King Nothing

05-16-2006, 03:16 PM
JSlow Weanling Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Missouri Posts: 499	OMG - so sorry for your loss! But feel comforted that you were strong enough to do what was probably best for your colt instead of making him suffer. So sorry. hugs from IL. __________________ Rising Water Quarter Horses Home of World Champion stallion Phenomenal Creation www.risingwaterqh.com

05-16-2006, 03:38 PM
BYEARL Weanling Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Hico/Stephenville, Texas Posts: 245	I am very sorry to hear of your loss. I recently had a severly malnurished rescue colt with LICE. His hair was very oily, nasty, rough,dull coat. He smelled, he had little clusters of eggs all over him. You can confirm with your Vet if he has Lice by taking a piece of tape, picking up his mane and look for a really dull, rough area, press the tape down ~~take it to your vet to be confirmed. If cant confirm with your vet this is what we had to do for our horse. I first gave him a bath in a iodine shampoo let sit for 10 minutes then rinse, then orginal blue/green DAWN, when he was dry i dusted him with Lice Duster. I did this about 3-4 times a week (Bath & Duster). It was getting better within a week. A shampoo containing tea tree oil works very well and is not as harsh and stripping as some other medicated shampoos. Our colt was severly Infested & Anemic. If lice are found also give a does of ivermectin it will kill them as they feed off of your horses blood. Equine lice can not live on humans. Good Luck to you.

05-16-2006, 08:12 PM
Seanachie Greenbroke Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,103	I'm sorry to hear about your foal. I know how you're feeling and I hope you can take comfort in the fact that you tried everything to help him. God Bless! __________________ Seánachie "I'll keep my guns, my religion, and my money - you can keep the change."

05-17-2006, 09:48 AM
Cowgirl Up 101 Yearling Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 608	I am so sorry for your loss. __________________ When that whistle blows And that crowd explodes And them pickup men are at your side They tell you good ride cowboy, good ride

05-17-2006, 09:01 PM
thunderbaby703 Started Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Georgia Posts: 2,915	So to hear of your loss. __________________ "Never miss a good chance to shut up." -Will Rogers

05-18-2006, 06:53 AM
Valkyrie Yearling Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada Posts: 864	My condolences on your loss. __________________ \"The Horse. Here is nobility without conceit, friendship without envy, Beauty without vanity. A willing servant, yet no slave\" - Ronald Duncan

05-16-2006, 08:30 PM
ray Yearling Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 720	I think it is lice too!! Just be careful with the tea tree oil products. I was using it on a horse with scratches and my et told me that it can actually burn a horse's skin. __________________ If wishes were horses, then beggers would ride!

05-16-2006, 08:46 PM
thumpersgirl Seasoned Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 4,114	I missed this thread until today. I am so sorry for your loss. I can't figure out why the mare acted the way she did, but I too would have the other people come and pick her up. I wouldn't be able to look at her without thinking of the yearling. Sending hugs and warm thoughts your way! __________________ Some people are like Slinkies; they're good for nothing, but make you smile when you push them down a long flight of stairs.

05-17-2006, 09:37 PM
treasure1 Yearling Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: South lyon, Michigan Posts: 904	I am so sorry for what yo are going thru Hugs from michigan __________________ RIP: Neverskiphercolor

05-17-2006, 09:49 PM
crittermom Greenbroke Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 3,233	So sorry to hear of your loss. A quick thought about the "bugs": we used to raise brush goats---we had one light colored (blonde) goat that came down with an infestation of lice and acted very similar to how your horse acted. It took us awhile to figure out what was wrong with her, but gave her a little ivermectin every now and then and she did well. Animals with lice have a strange odor---if that is what you find your horse to have had----perhaps the mare was "sensitive" to that smell. Might explain the behavior. Keep us posted with any new results----we learn from each other. Again, "hugs" from VA __________________ Peace!! I wish the people of the world could get along as well as the animals in my backyard.

05-17-2006, 10:30 PM
countrygirl Newborn Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Davenport Fl Posts: 20	Im so sorry.. ... Hugs from Florida __________________ Sas

05-19-2006, 09:55 PM
horses19201 Yearling Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: North Carolina Posts: 683	Very sorry to hear about this. Yes bot fly eggs are more yelloish in color. Those you can just scrape off with a razor or bot fly knife. I don't know what the other bugs would be besides lice. __________________ Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup ~Maggie~