mare losing hair

[judymae]

Candy looks even better this morning. Thanks for all ya'lls advice and help. I was starting to really freak out. The other horses are now doing the exact same thing. I'm thinking (like it was suggested on here) that it is the unusually wet fall and winter we had...plus we had a record number of below freezing days. I bet their systems are just all messed up from our odd weather. I'm just happy the hair is growing back quickly. We were freezing just a few weeks ago...then it rained non stop for a few weeks...now it's in the upper 70s and lower 80s....Our weather has to be the cause of her hair loss. But boy did I wig out at first!!!

 

[Countrymom]

We are even seeing the same thing down here in South Texas. Horses are loosing their coats after spring wormings and the new summer coats are not in yet. With the weather milder than usual I think that has something to do with it. I have also known horses to be more sensitive to certain wormers than others. Had a guy tell me just a couple weeks ago how one of his horses iyears ago n his training barn that he gave ivermectin to went 95% bald! They had to keep her in a stall and covered so she wouldn't go nuts and freeze! LOL Poor girl.

I would suggest getting some Black Oil Sunflower Seeds (make sure they are not special coated for birds) to feed them. It has good oils and natural biotin in them to help with coats and hooves. Also helpful in clearing rain rot and other fungal coat issues from the inside out. Just a couple handfuls at each feeding helps a bunch. It will put a nice glow to a coat pretty quickly.

 

[ducks4you]

Had a guy tell me just a couple weeks ago how one of his horses iyears ago n his training barn that he gave ivermectin to went 95% bald! They had to keep her in a stall and covered so she wouldn't go nuts and freeze! LOL Poor girl.

I would suggest getting some Black Oil Sunflower Seeds...

Good suggestion. I wonder if a previous owner never rotated wormers? I know that I have developed an allergy to Ibuprofen, and I used to take it (sparingly) for all my aches and pains.

 

[the funny farm6615]

if you can find someone who sells it, try health E oil it keeps a very nice coat and helps maintain weight. you can also find its web sight and read about it.

 

[LauraM]

I agree. BOSS is great.

Also, whole flax seed, which has very high amounts of essential fatty acids (particularly Omega 3s) that are critical for skin and hair health (actually, all health all the way down to the cellular level). You can feed up to 8 oz of whole flax seed, though many horses won't need that much. It's recommended to start out with 8 oz for a month or as a "loading dose" and then drop back to 4-6 oz, and see if that will work. Many horses do fine on the lower amount, though some may need to stay on 8 oz.

 

[goodhors]

A suggestion with the black oil sunflowers would be to buy them shelled/hulled.

With more folks feeding the seeds, Vets are seeing some impation colics where the hulls pile up in the gut. Some folks feed an INCREDIBLE amount of these seeds, so hulls are just piling up inside the horses, not moving like other feed products.

So just a suggestion to feed the hulled seeds, you get all the benefits with none of the dangers of hulls left on the seeds.