Carr Day & Martin Killitch Sweet Itch Lotion – 500ml

Carr & Day & Martin Killitch – 500ml

Killitch is Carr & Day & Martin's thick anti-itch lotion, and the manufacturer's own description of it is straightforward: a thick lotion that reduces itching and soothes irritated skin in areas such as the mane and tail. Those are exactly the places a horse rubs raw, and the thickness is what keeps it where it is put on a dock that is being scrubbed against a fence post.

The method is worth reading before you buy. Carr & Day & Martin want 75ml applied twice daily to start with, reducing to once a day as the irritation settles — so a 500ml bottle is a few days of intensive use, not a season. They also want the affected areas shampooed and rinsed weekly with Gallop Medicated Shampoo, and the lotion re-applied after washing or hard work.

Performance & Benefits

• Thick lotion that stays on the mane, dock and other rubbed areas.
• Reduces itching and soothes irritated skin.
• Can be used preventively from early spring, before the rubbing starts.
• Carr & Day & Martin's long-standing lotion for this job, described by them as the original, proven and trusted lotion.
• Designed to work as a routine alongside weekly medicated shampooing.
• Rubs in by hand or with a soft cloth.

Suitable For

• Horses that rub the mane and dock through spring and summer.
• Irritated skin from fly and midge worry.
• Preventive use from the start of fly season rather than after the damage.
• Use as a programme with Gallop Medicated Shampoo, which is how the manufacturer recommends it.
• Not for use on skin that is already broken or raw from rubbing — treat that first, and for a barrier over vulnerable wet-weather skin, Protection Plus is the ointment in this range.

How to Use

• Patch test 24 hours before full application.
• Apply to all areas affected by itching, rubbing in with fingers or a soft cloth, as soon as fly season starts.
• Apply 75ml twice daily initially, reducing to once a day as the irritation reduces.
• Shampoo and rinse all affected areas with Gallop Medicated Shampoo at least once a week.
• Re-apply after shampooing or heavy exercise to maintain protection.

Specification

• 500ml bottle.
• Thick lotion formulation.
• Carr & Day & Martin list Killitch in 500ml and 1 litre.
• At the recommended 75ml twice daily, a 500ml bottle covers around three days of intensive use.
• Carr & Day & Martin publish no ingredient list, licence number or withdrawal period for Killitch, and do not describe it as a licensed veterinary medicine, so none is stated here.

Care & Caution

• Do not apply to broken skin. This is Carr & Day & Martin's own instruction and it matters — a horse that has already rubbed itself raw needs the skin healed first.
• Perform a patch test 24 hours before the first full application.
• Keep it out of the eyes. Apply around the head and ears with a cloth, carefully.
• Carr & Day & Martin publish no FEI or BHA statement and no withdrawal period for Killitch, so check the current rules with your governing body before using it on a competing horse.