Best treatment for head lice

There are two types of lice that can affect horses and both are highly contagious among herds. Biting lice feed on flakes of skin and hair particles while suckling lice actually penetrate the skin and live off your horse’s blood which can lead to anemia. Horses located in the northern part of the US or [...]

Warm weather is here, and so are the bugs! External parasites are those that live on, or get its food from a host, which in our case is the horse. Our horses are primarily affected by these parasites in warm weather. This is when flies, gnats, mosquitoes, chiggers, lice, mites, and ticks are most prevalent. [...]

Posted on Saturday, May 15, 2004 – 8:02 pm: I am having real problems with lice on my 24 year old mare. Her coat is very long maybe three inches and she doesnt shed it out as she gets older. I still havent ridded her of lice since October last year. I have tried the [...]

Parents know that too much exposure to strong chemicals are harmful to children. For this reason, more and more parents now want to know about any home remedy for head louse problems. Before you use one though, you need to take note of a couple of things. What Remedies are There? There are actually numerous [...]

You must be wanting to rid yourself, or your children of head lice since you are looking for a good home remedy for head lice. There is a lot of information on the internet about free home remedies for treating head lice. Actually, I think there are too many home remedies for killing head lice [...]

Home Remedy for Head Louse – Natural Home remedies for Head Louse Every now and then panic-stricken notices will be sent from school indicating that head louse or lice are once again proving a pest. These are tiny little parasites which suck blood from the skin and live in the hair. They irritate and they [...]

So lets look at white vinegar. It is a commonly suggested home remedy for head lice. It will loosen the nits (the lice eggs) from the hair shaft prior to you performing the nit picking aspect of head lice removal. The white vinegar will loosen the nits but it will not kill the lice or [...]

Summary: If your child has a problem with head lice, buying over-the-counter medications may be extremely expensive. Try creating some at-home head lice remedies to save some money. Head lice are a problem that many parents have to deal with. The wingless little parasites that feed only on human blood are found on scalps and [...]

A Four-Step Home Remedy for Head Louse Infestation There are lots of misconceptions about head lice, the biggest being that those who suffer from this condition are somehow unclean, or have poor personal hygiene. But, the truth is, personal hygiene has nothing to do with whether or not a person will get head lice. In [...]

Any parent of school age children have had at least one bout with head lice. If you haven’t, you will. Head lice shampoo that you buy at the local pharmacy isn’t cheap, and it isn’t always 100% effective. Here are a few home remedies to try out that are cheap, in some cases free, and [...]