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Those with ponies/horses with sweet itch in the UK?
Have any of your sweet itch ponies started scratching yet?
Strangely mine hasn't, he has quite bad sweet itch and by early march we have normaly started the annual battle with the dreaded midge.
This year it is now mid april and i've yet to see a single sign of scratching from him. One of his favorite scratching posts is opposite my window so i can watch him most of the day.
So just wondering if this is happening to anyone elses ponies/horses or if the sweet itch vaccine has final done its work (he was on the vaccine trial in 2005, 2006 and 2007).
I'm in north wales so no idea what it is like down south either.
the ponies are swishing thier tails like mad but still have winter rugs on due to the weather (rain, rain and more rain am getting quite sick of it). not a single sign of scratching at all. Unfortunately will be starting this show season with a chunk of mane missing because of a stupid full neck rug i put on him in january!
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- midnight_ashesLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
There are two horses at my yard with sweet itch and they haven't started to scratch yet. Lots of tail swishing going on from everybody on the hot days, but as yet no scratching (fingers crossed!)
- 1 decade ago
All the horses at my livery are swishing their tales and the one who normally gets Sweet Itch is scratching like mad already.
Bad times.
Source(s): Horse Owner - Anonymous1 decade ago
my friend has a horse with sweet itch and she has started scratching and has rubbed all the hair off the top of her tail and its all raw skin
she also if you put your hands down will rear and buck :\
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- 1 decade ago
my pony gets very bad sweet itch but has shown no signs of irritation yet.
but we dont have many midges yet, i live in north england so i dont know wat the midge situation is like down south!h
