Equine Challenge - Treating Sweet Itch, Rain Rot, Dander, Dandruff, itchy/flakey skin, Tail Rubbing

Number 2 in a series of Equine Stewardship Tips brought to you by Equine Challenge Supplements Changing the topical Ph of the skin will create an inhospitable environment for bacteria and fungus. Acetic Acid (white vinegar) will help soothe irritated skin and will remove residual soaps which can dry the skin leading to tail rubbing and such.
Mackie Hartwig, DC
Equine Challenge Supplements, CEO
equinechallengesupplements.com

[@equinechallengesupplements]

You are very welcome, so glad your horse responded quickly!

[@crystalpage4187]

WOW. Thank you SO much! I was at a loss of what was causing my horse to lose hair and what to do, etc, and I was just about to call the vet and spend a butt load of money, but I decided I would check out KZbin first and see if maybe, just maybe, I could find some home remedy to help that wouldn't cost an arm and a leg because we're getting ready to move at the same time and need to conserve money as much as possible -- but I also want the absolute best for my mare -- thank you for this video!!! You explained the underlying solution and how to help her irritated skin now, and you gave helpful insight or "food for thought" as a lot of people would put it. PLEASE keep up your work! I'm going to look for more of your videos!!!

[@vulcannut991987]

Brilliant! Thank you! 😊

[@equinechallengesupplements]

You're very welcome!

[@maryhennessey4284]

That is perfect, vinger is used in many ways. My Mom and probably your Mom used it to be completely clean. Obviously safe for sensitive areas. So I can feel good about spraying my horse down with it. Thank you

[@oceanbreez54]

Ur a problem solver 4 me today, just found some mane dandruff on my baby Anna Nicole. She is a Palomino yearling and I didn't want to use a chemical solution on her. I had totally forgot about vinagar's cleansing ability! I love using it once a month on my own long hair. Thanks!

[@sara_kohls]

I actually did this on my boy today & he luved it so very much, 💖🐴

[@carlycb-l7448]

Omg so excited to try this! Hope it helps my little fella, I’ve tried everything!

[@KIRSTYJM]

Has this worked for you? Would love to know x

[@clintsequipment]

Thank you!

[@equinechallengesupplements]

Fill the canister with vinegar and the water running through the hose, through the canister will do the diluting

[@TheKathywaits]

thank you thank you thank you...

[@equinechallengesupplements]

You are very welcome

[@shesaldy]

I have a friesian mare who can't grow out her mane due to sweetitch. I'm praying this will work, I started yesterday and will do it daily. I'm in Florida so weather is perfect for daily use. Hope hope hope this works....thank you so much.

[@Sofiarivassculptor]

I'll try tomorrow

[@equinechallengesupplements]

We use horse shampoo spray bottles. We empty and rinse the bottle and fill with vinegar.

[@citizenjane2087]

btw this only began a few months back am hoping now cooler weather is coming it will help she never got it until she was moved to a paddock were cattle had been i have since moved her to a better one, i am very upset as she is a very stunning 100% Arabian filly, in dry inland areas of Australia we dont have such problems but this is a lush greendairy cattle hill ar

[@equinechallengesupplements]

Hi...no, you do not rinse off the vinegar with water! Thank you!

[@nasserbrn]

What do you do to the face and around the eyes?

[@faradhaneef5229]

I shampoo with the vinegar mixed in 50//50 is this a good idea

[@libsmacker7]

I was using a 50~50 ratio with Listermint and water it seems to work but yours makes more sense than using something that can irritate the skin. Its been cool here so Ive had to use a brush and spray bottle. Im drop the Listermint and jus use a dilute version of the vinager. Least until its warm enough for a good rinse. Btw will this help keep the ticks from getting on the affected areas? Theyre terrible here.

[@catkimbal7418]

On your answer to fill the canister with vinegar and let the water run through it to dilute, that still doesn't say what dilution it is. My canister has dilution settings. Is it 1:1, as I think a canister with no settings would be? I don't want to assume and end up making the problem worse.

[@Rollcass]

Hi Can you use the vinegar wash with warm water in winter ? Thank You

[@galwayfarm]

I have a horse with severe sweetitch. Please tell me how often i should spray him down with the vinager solution

[@BarrelRacer-uo7lm]

I have a horse with real bad sweet itch.. How often do I do this rinse down?? Thanks.

[@equinechallengesupplements]

I am not familiar with your canister or its settings. A 1 to 1, 50/50 would be fine or you can try starting with a lwer setting and work up to 50/50 if needed.

[@equinechallengesupplements]

Weather permitting this can be done daily

[@tobyntess1]

my horse has what i have been told to be rain rott, i have spent alot of time and money trying to fix this, it has now started on the two horses that run with him. wish i could upload pics somehow to let you see it. idk what else to do. im gonna try the vinager.

[@cornishrob123]

thanks mate my pony will be washed an smelling like a chip shop tomorrow lol

[@citizenjane2087]

my 2yr arab filly is ruining her long beautiful mane by rubbing i will shampoo and condition then rinse with vinegar and water as you suggest its cheap and worth a go, she is mostly affected in her mane but she hates being hosed, i may

[@MuffinKakes92]

Hi there! I have a mustang thats suffered every summer with sweet itch or some type of allergy. He rubs his entire mane and tail out each June. I thought feeding flax everday would help but no :( his neck is so tight and he's in so much pain from rubbing his skin raw. Will spraying vinegar solution on his open sores sting? Should I cover them with diaper cream first and then spray the rest of him down? I feel so hopeless...

[@deaniravela9990]

I know its been months but I feel you I'm at my wits end with my mustang😭

[@bertreriksen1297]

My sprayer has oz settings do what setting should I set it at thanks for your help

[@equinechallengesupplements]

Bert R Eriksen Hello... You can set it as high as it will go, as the water will mix with the vinegar. Don't wash it off when you are done, just let your horse dry in the sun.

[@robertcrift4166]

How can I send you pictures of my horse condition?

[@13thDiscipleU]

Hello where can I get that sprayer that attaches to water hose I’ve seen some at Home Depot for garden and it says 2 cup of vinegar with water or u can do tsp of vinegar it releases with water. How much vinegar should it release

[@equinechallengesupplements]

Hello. The sprayers at home depot in the garden dept. work great as well as the horse shampoos that come in a sprayer. If the sprayer has settings, choose the setting for a 50/50 dilutions, equal amounts of vinegar and water.

[@LynelleHinkley]

@sylvesmiller You can get these containers at any garden supply store or use an empty ezall shampoo sprayer. Or you can do what I did by putting 2 tbps of white vinegar in a spray bottle and then fill it full with water. I did it this way because it is starting to get too cold here for a bath but I still had sweet itch to get rid of. So far it is working. I have been using it for 3 days and the hair is already starting to grow back in. Also putting on a layer of Corona ointment helps too.

[@eadaoinmalone503]

Hello! at the moment my horse is covered in dandruff and its now starting to turn into rain rot but i have a problem i live in Ireland and winter is going but the winter weather isn't and it's ment to snow soon and i don't want my house to freeze because i'm spraying her with vinager and water so i was wondering if there's any other way of fixing the problem because i don't want it to get worse

[@equinechallengesupplements]

Hi Eadaoin. Here is a link to an article that may give you some alternative treatments, hope this helps! equinechallengesupplements.com/treating-sweet-itch-in-horses/

[@TheViking34482]

what setting do you set it on, my sprayer max setting is 8 oz per gal thanks, Bert

[@equinechallengesupplements]

Anywhere from 5-8 would be great. I use the highest setting.

[@stephenshy9941]

I have been rinsing my mare for about a week or so. her itch does not seem to be getting worse but any improvement has been slight. how long before I might start seeing her get better? thanks, see you down the trail.

[@equinechallengesupplements]

Hi Stephen...are you living the vinegar on your mare and not rinsing it off? Here is a link to some more tips for managing sweet itch, along with these suggestions, rubbing MTG into the area after she dries off is helpful. equinechallengesupplements.com/treating-sweet-itch-in-horses/

[@stephenshy9941]

yes i leave it on and do not rinse.and sun dry, she really likes it, it tingles my hands too! it is doing something i will try setting the nozzle at 50% mix.

[@jamesbourke6211]

Hi I'm doing this at the moment and putting coconut oil on the sore areas,any other advice please?

[@jamesbourke6211]

With the coconut oil yes but the vinegar not much

[@adrianexo21]

Can i use this on horses i suspect have mange or lice of some kind?

[@equinechallengesupplements]

Yes, that would be fine. And I suggest not doing a water rinse when you are finished, just leave it on and allow the coat to dry.

[@user-wn5ow9fp6i]

What is the vinager ratio? Could i just use a spray bottle? How often

[@equinechallengesupplements]

@@user-wn5ow9fp6i apply daily. You want to saturate the coat down to the skin. 50/50 if you use a spray bottle. If you use an attachment to a hose, 100% vinegar and the water from the hose will mix with it.

[@BM_Artist]

How can you treat acute laminitis/ founder and thrush cheaply, thanks

[@mnunan]

try icing the hoof. Ice boots are about $30 from Horseland

[@christinechurch4699]

Bethany Mcferran Laminitis...You can't!! (I recommend having a really good vet and farrier always in reach during these cases). My horse suffered severe laminitis all winter, then abscesses. Cost me thousands! I am still trying to pay the bills off. The only GOOD thing was we had a lot of snow so he was outside most of the time standing with his feet in the snow, which helped (ice, keeping the feet cool, give Bute for pain and make sure the horse's stall is packed full with soft pine shavings). I bought my horse Soft Ride boots. They saved his life, and eased the pressure from his feet so much, the damaged lamina healed faster. Another horse at the barn has bad thrush. Been treating him with this stuff called Tomorrow. (I also used it in the hole where my horse blew an abscess out his coronary band). It works really well.

[@juliamartinez3154]

I just bought a new horse I noticed it that all his hair is falling out he was in bad shape when I got him what can I do to help him with his hair problem please let me know it my first horse

[@equinechallengesupplements]

Hi Julia...this is the time of year that horses are shedding out, and it can be a lot of hair! Are their bald spots from hair falling out, or the summer coat underneath? Feel free to email me with more info if you'd like. [e-mail]

[@hazzyandbunbun]

Where does one find a canister like this? My pony suffers from sweet itch on the mane and tail and I need to find something that will give him relief! Thank you :)

[@shesaldy]

Any farm supply store

[@jessicastewart732]

Where did you get your hose attachment?

[@equinechallengesupplements]

You can use either a weed and feed hose attachment from the garden section or a horse shampoo bottle hose attachment. I don't remember which one we used for the video.

[@jerven65]

DO YOU RINSE OFF THE V WITH WATER.?????

[@madduck2323]

No, you leave it on.

[@ricksmith7300]

How many times a week can you do this with vinegar

[@equinechallengesupplements]

Rick Smith... This can be done every day!

[@cahaldog]

If I was to use a spray bottle should I mix it 50/50 and brush it in

[@equinechallengesupplements]

You can go anywhere from 50/50 up to 100% depending on what you are treating and the severity.

[@cahaldog]

It's dandruff and dry skin I'm gonna try tomorrow maybe 70/30 vinegar just so I know there's plenty vinegar on .. how often can I do this

[@equinechallengesupplements]

You can apply daily.

[@equinechallengesupplements]

It's not as important to brush it in, more important to get the spray down to the skin.

[@equinechallengesupplements]

Use common sense in the winter if it is too cold for a "normal" bath, it is too cold for a vinegar rinse

[@faradhaneef4623]

White vinegar correct not apple cider

[@equinechallengesupplements]

Farad Haneef correct, just regular white vinegar.

[@faradhaneef4623]

Thanks for the quick reply I didn't have a sprayer so I sponged on today and left to dry I mixed the vinegar with water in a bucket

[@gomezlgt5507]

will this help horse lice?

[@Horsingabout]

You are going to have quiet that bloke down a bit. Well put forward

[@equinechallengesupplements]

To view "before and after" pictures of a horse in Lebanon whose owner contacted us two months ago regarding her horse with a sweet itch problem on his tail, please click on the above link which will take you to our complete page of Equine Stewardship Videos.

[@faradhaneef5229]

I shampoo with the vinegar mixed in 50//50 is this a good idea