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Any tips for treating lice?

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:-|Found out yesterday my mare has lice. Which more than likely means that the other five equines have it as well :shock: Any advice for treating? Were gonna hit it with a double dose of Ivermectin today, internally, but externally..What the heck do I dump on her fur and mane? And my tack..my tack has ALL been on her :oops: What do I do to it?

With chickens, we coat them in poisonous Sevin Dust (its that poultry and vegetable dust they sell in a can at the feed store). Would that work for horse lice too?

Anyone ever had a horse that had it?
 
#3 ·
Lice are not contageous to horses with healthy skin.

You do not need to treat them with anything. Just raise their nutrition and supplement with Vitamin A.

If you go through all of the trouble to treat the lice over and over, it will take about 30 days to get them cleared up. If you raise the nutrition level and get plenty of Vitamin A into them, the lice will clear up in about a month. If they get plenty of Vitamin A, especially with good green grass, the lice clear themselves up in about 4 weeks.
 
#4 ·
I'm going to assume the rest have lice too, so to be on the safe side they'll all need to be treated. I recieved a rescue last spring with horrible lice, purchased sevin powder and did two treatments of it. Pay special attention to under her mane and her tail. Coat her whole body with it, blankets, brushes, etc as mentioned above. Hit them with the ivermectin, that's effective on sucking louse. Repeat the sevin treatment two weeks later (on everything) to kill any new lice that have hatched and survived the first treatment. Three treatments of sevin powder usually aren't necessary but you can play that by ear depending how effective the first two are, good luck!
 
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As Cherie said, your other (healthy) horses are not necessarily affected.

The dust is good. Medicated baths may help somewhat. Treat the bald patches, if any, with some kind of topical cream just to keep them from cracking open. Vitamin A, C, and B-12 shots all have their place, too.
 
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