At 18:17:06 on 12.04.10, weekendwytch wrote:
Hi both my horses seem to be picking up ticks on their faces,does anyone know of a deterrent to prevent them latching on?

At 09:35:20 on 20.04.10, Flicka wrote:
Hi Horsevet, I would also like a bit of info on how careful you should be going into areas with ticks and what you should do if your horse has got one and what are the symptoms of Lymes disease? I'm on Exmoor at the moment where there are a lot on the moors because of the sheep, and in Suffolk which is closer to home I was told to be careful of riding in a particular wood because of the ticks.

At 22:07:05 on 20.04.10, farasi wrote:
I use frontline (the spray for dogs and cats), dab it on the face with cotton wool. If they have a tick dab it directly on the tick and leave it the tick wil die and just comes off. My horse had 14 ticks on his face two weeks ago and more over his body, guess he found a nest! All off now. but I was given some fly repellent to treat him with as its cheaper than front line, I'll dig the name of it out for you. Just to stop any panic. Transmission is rare, only about 1% of recognized tick bites result in Lyme disease.

At 10:17:53 on 21.04.10, YasandCrystal wrote:
Can horses get lymes disease anyway? I thought it was a human complaint!

At 11:41:14 on 21.04.10, sophieandcallum wrote:
I know dogs and cats etc can get lymes disease so I'd say horses can too:)

At 11:47:16 on 21.04.10, weekendwytch wrote:
thanks for the frontline advice, will give it a try! i have been putting vaseline on both their noses (lovely soft muzzles!!!) which is deterring some ticks to latch on but others are still getting through.

At 19:24:15 on 13.06.10, Caseymyrealhorserox wrote:
I live in a VERRRY ticky area and i use a product called Pouridon, when the ticks bite they die- similar to frontline! i also recommend ultra shield as it repells flies, nats, mosquito, and ticks it actually repels them! and when you find on your horse put some pouridon or ultra shield flie spray on it and it will kill it. for pouridon apply it by taking the bottle and turning upside down with the cap thingy on top open (i mean dont take the cap off!- just the latchy thingy) and squeeze GENTLY if needed to make a link form the horses hears to the top of the tail (where the tail hair starts growing) BUT DONT DO THIS MORE THAN MONTHLY and it tells you how to do ultra shield on the bottle hope this helps! oh here is a link to a site selling pouridon
http://www.allivet.com/Poridon-p/10175.htm

At 19:25:45 on 13.06.10, Caseymyrealhorserox wrote:
yes horses can get lymes disease where i take riding lessons there used to be a horse that had it.