Doc T,
Thanks so much for your speedy reply.
The rescue ranch owner said: “(After being fed coconut oil) all three horses got super uncontrollably itchy and one got very bad hives, he is still battling one week later and he is oozing in several spots. He had some small bald patches to begin with but they were resolving. Sweet itch got worse, old skin problems erupted and melanoma patches got swollen and bigger. Over night really.” After stopping the coconut oil, “One seems better and the other two are teetering back to normal. One did loose lots of hair and melanoma patches got about 5 times bigger and many welts, seem to be getting less itchy.”
So she linked the sweet itch with the coconut oil dosing since it came on immediately following ingestion.
What do you think? Might the itch be connected to the oil?
Thanks much,
Chaela