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I've been feeding flax seed religiously for over a year. I
thought that it had kept my pony's itch at bay, but hark, when it turned
warm in July (later than usual) and the flood waters receded, he itched
(and is itching) as much as usual. My vet looked at it the other day
again and he said to try gold bond or athletes foot powder, desitin, etc.
Anything for itch relief at this point. I even discussed get a Boette
Blanket (at $300, this isn't something I want to do) I've gotten some of
that Schreiber's Herbal Remedy to try too. I have been feeding Source as
someone said it frequently helps skin trouble, but alas, no luck.

I didn't ground my flax and it didn't do much for me. I don't know how I
would keep it ground at my barn since there isn't really a good space to
keep it cool. We just got a fridge, but it's not big enough really to
keep it cool.

At 05:49 PM 8/16/04, you wrote:
> The only luck I have had in
> combating sweet itch has been adding flax =
> seed to my horses' diets.  I have 3 bays and they all need to be on
> =
> ground flax seed when the weather is conducive to those pesky black
> =
> gnats.  You have to play with the amount to suit the horse.  I
> usually =
> start out with 1/3 cup and go from there.
> Some say you don't need to ground it but you can get about 1 =BE to 2
> =
> cups ground flax for every cup of seeds.  More cost efficient to
> ground =
> it.