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RE: [RC] [RC] Hair loss and Oil Reactions - Snodgrass, BonnieJust a caution here. Some horses are VERY reactive to oil. so spraying/wiping them with an oil-based fly spray can make them itch like crazy. Been there! I tried MTG on someones advice on one of my horse's tail last summer. She does lot's of tail rubbing but she is just plain itchy year round. One of those itchy Arabs. Anyway, it really burned her. Drove her crazy and she rubbed out a huge amount of tail hair before I realized what was up and shampooed it off. At the same time I had put a small amount on a dry bumpy patch my other mare had on her shoulder. The hand sized area inflamed badly, literally was swollen about 1/2" above the surrounding areas. I don't know what I was thinking. I know these two mares react badly to fly spray oils and I just didn't think when I bought this stuff. MTG and Avon Skin-so-soft are larged mineral oil, as in petroleum. May not bother your horses at all. Buuuuuttttt, do a small test area first. Years ago a vet thought my mane rubbing Morgan gelding has an allergy to the knat bites. Recommended really frequent and liberal doses of fly sprays. I had just moved to the east coast and for the first time had to deal with all these %$#@*##$ flies. I had bought Fly B-Gone and oil bases spray. Well the more I sprayed the more the horse rubbed. His skin actually peeled and I realized it was the fly spray all along. Shampooed everything off and the itching stopped. Found I could use water based sprays but I still had to bth him fairly frequently to remove the build-up of sprays and sweat. So watch that oil! It could cause problems! -----Original Message----- From: Zephyr Arabians [mailto:z_arabs@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 4:16 PM To: Laurie Durgin; wendym@xxxxxxxxxxxx; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC] [RC] Hair loss --- Laurie Durgin <ladurgin@xxxxxxx> wrote: Probably , I thought that too, but mine loose it in winter too. I found that MTG by Shapley has kept their hair on The MTG helps with sweet itch too. Oil (and MTG is certainly oil based) keeps the midges off and also has an effect on the worms under the skin (if present). I, however, hate the smell of the MTG -- like bacon grease or something. ;) ~Nicole ===== * Zephyr Arabians & KattWmn Web Design * * http://www.zephyrarabians.com * * http://www.kattwmn.com * * From the "Horse Capital of the USA" Norco, CA * * * * You have the right to remain silent, anything * * you say can be misquoted and used against you. * __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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