So I have your typically skin sensitive OTTB. When it rains, no joke, he breaks out in hives. Spring time is the worst but usually once the rainy season passes we rarely see them. Well this late summer/early fall has been wet around here and of course we had a day of light rain and guess who broke out in hives. So the hives isn’t the big deal, within a day or two they go away, the problem is that his hives turns into scabs that then means he basically loses all his hair. So you can only imagine what this looks like. Usually occurs most on his hind end.
Of course we’re on our way to a rate jumper show this week and he has hair loss, nothing I can do about it now, but does anyone else have this problem? Do you feed anything special to help with this? Any products you spray on them before you turn them out?
I’d love to know. I have tried spraying conditioner on him before turnout hoping it would create a barrier and it seemed to work one day, but haven’t used it long enough to confirm it. He is on a copper supplement (was told great for skin conditions) gets fish oil and has a healthy diet. No health issues other than being sensitive skinned.
My vet wants him to live on prednisone but of course I would prefer not to especially with rated shows.
