EQyss Micro-tek equine shampoo

[bingbingbing]

I think Equiderma’s leave on products are much more effective than EQyss’s. But I do like EQyss’s shampoo better.

[Pussy_Cat]

@Gainer

I love their products and have been known to not follow directions. I love the marigold spray and use it regularly in the winter. Really helps keep the static down to a minimum.

And I wish they still made their blanket wash. It was the best in my opinion. The blankets were clean and actually smelled good, too.

The marigold spray is also great in the summer as a bug repellent.

[Texarkana]

@OverandOnward

Did you find Equiderma shampoo to be more effective than EQyss Micro-tek?

I have some of both. I’m not sure the Equiderma ‘shampoo’ is really a cleansing substance, as it were, it seems to be more of another way to apply lotion.

The Equiderma skin lotion has done wonders for my horse’s itchy areas. It has been a great itch relief as well as healing to the skin.

To be fair, I haven’t needed to use the shampoo enough to notice. I’ve just use it for occasional baths and it seems to work fine for my backyard purposes.

The lotion knocks out crud for me without even needing to wash.

And I like their fly spray. I unfortunately haven’t been able to get it as easily this summer.

If I had a horse with full body rainrot, I would still probably reach for the MicroTek shampoo. But I haven’t had that situation in years. It happened all the time in the days of sweet feed and stressed horses. Now the last time I had it happen was a horse on stall rest being treated with three different antibiotics, a ton of bute, and omeprazole.

I also like their Marigold spray for static control.

[tikihorse2]

I’m just gonna say that I’m damn careful with shampoo after I squirted Neogen Squire Ultra Whitening Shampoo right on my grey horse. He had visible purple stains for a few days!

It did make a change from poop brown and pee yellow, however!

[OverandOnward]

@Texarkana

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And I like their fly spray. I unfortunately haven’t been able to get it as easily this summer.
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Is that Equiderma’s ‘fly spray’?

I’ve found Equiderma’s horse spray to be a tricky subject. As best I can tell, including squinting at convoluted email answers to my questions from Equiderma itself, it is not a fly repellant. It is skin treatment. They claim it kills the flies that land on your horse and bite. But that rather turns the horse into fly paper, as it were, which was not my plan. It’s an admission that it isn’t made to repel flies. Equiderma dances around a straightforward admission of this fact, though.

Equiderma itself never, ever refers to its spray as ‘fly spray’. But some of its distributors do, regularly. They want to advertise a fly spray during the summer, and I’m not sure they have comprehended the difference between a traditional repellant and Equiderma horse spray.

Equiderma’s horse spray is good for the horse’s skin, I’ve found, but if I think the horse seriously needs repellant I use a true repellant from another maker.

[Mukluk]

Well Microtek shampoo is very expensive. I would rather use a precision amount so as to conserve product. And also to not over-medicate of course. I am using it because my mare has a skin condition.

Plus I used to work in a research lab and delight in precision measurements. My cat gets 50 grams of cat food for dinner. I get 30 grams of almonds or walnuts for lunch. And 30 grams of gummy bears for my lunch desert.

But I eat as much ice cream as I want. No point in measuring that!

[WildGooseChase]

I don’t dilute any horse shampoos. Not even the ones that tell you to lol

If you’re treating a skin condition, don’t dilute it. Just put it direction on the area being treated. For just a regular bath, I use a jelly curry and put a dime size amount on it and work that in to a wet coat. When I need more, I use more, if it’s not working in well, I wet the area back down and use a bit more shampoo.