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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 2986"><p>> Does anyone have any suggestions</p><p>> on what to do for a horse who gets</p><p>> a skin allergy in the summer. She</p><p>> litterly gets down on the ground</p><p>> and scratches her belly raw. It</p><p>> clears up in the winter so I am</p><p>> assuming it is from bug bites. I</p><p>> fly spray her at least once a day.</p><p>> I tried keeping her in at night</p><p>> and then in the day. She has fans</p><p>> in her stall. I keep her bathed</p><p>> with a good shampoo, etc. The vet</p><p>> said we could try allergy shots</p><p>> but she wasn't sure it would be</p><p>> worth it at this point. She</p><p>> doesn't want to use Prednisone as</p><p>> long as I can keep it somewhat</p><p>> under control. I added flax seed</p><p>> to her diet last fall and am</p><p>> hoping this will help. Any other</p><p>> suggestions? I thought bathing was an issue so stopped but that did no good. I also thought that the fly spray was a problem and didn't use as much. That wasn't it. I hadn't thought of an allergy to a weed but how would I ever be able to figure out which weed? Any information would be greatly appreciated.</p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:lwshe@aol.com">lwshe@aol.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 2986"] > Does anyone have any suggestions > on what to do for a horse who gets > a skin allergy in the summer. She > litterly gets down on the ground > and scratches her belly raw. It > clears up in the winter so I am > assuming it is from bug bites. I > fly spray her at least once a day. > I tried keeping her in at night > and then in the day. She has fans > in her stall. I keep her bathed > with a good shampoo, etc. The vet > said we could try allergy shots > but she wasn't sure it would be > worth it at this point. She > doesn't want to use Prednisone as > long as I can keep it somewhat > under control. I added flax seed > to her diet last fall and am > hoping this will help. Any other > suggestions? I thought bathing was an issue so stopped but that did no good. I also thought that the fly spray was a problem and didn't use as much. That wasn't it. I hadn't thought of an allergy to a weed but how would I ever be able to figure out which weed? Any information would be greatly appreciated. [email=lwshe@aol.com]lwshe@aol.com[/email] [/QUOTE]
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