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Post by shellebell on Dec 17, 2011 21:50:50 GMT -6
I'm starting a four year old track mare this spring, but right now all I have been doing is grooming her every weekend.
Now that she has stood still I was checking out a pretty nasty scab (she finally stood still long enough) in-between her mandible on her sternohyoid (the muscle in the bottom center of the skull) She has had a few more nasty scrapes but thats from one of the nastier horses in the pasture.
After I cleaned up the dried up blood, pus and hair, two nasty looking lumps. Around a centimeter round one slightly larger, also with a clotted area.
I don't know how long it has been their, at least two weeks as when I noticed the scab.
If any one has experienced something like this before, please tell me. I tried looking it up on google and have just wound myself up.
I'll maybe post picture's tomorrow if I get time.
Also she has a slight dandruff problem, so she already has poor skin.
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Post by Onzyy on Dec 18, 2011 6:37:17 GMT -6
If there were any other symptoms with it, example fever, running nose, lethargy, etc, I would say that it could be strangles. If there were more than the two, it could have been a reaction to something, maybe something she eats causing her to break out in hives. Maybe you can wash her in a sensitive skin shampoo, maybe with tea tree extract, or apply an ointment with tea tree in it.
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Post by .Rissa. on Dec 18, 2011 9:27:42 GMT -6
Hmmm, I am not sure. What Onzy said it a pretty convincing thought. I don't know much about that. I read somewhere about similiar swelling under the horse's jowls, only the bumps were as large as a fist, and the were air pockets from a leak in the nasal passage or something like that. Very weird!
Could be allergies, or sometimes even ticks can form large bumps on them.
When I rescued my filly Cowgirl, her skin was flaky, and her hair was very dandruffy. She had been in a small dirt pen with no shelter or grass of any kind. Apart, from being malnourished. Her face, especially her white colors were dryed out way more. I brushed her daily, changed her feed so she got more nutrition and let her wear a fly mask. In a week or so, her coat had changed. The bath option would probably work as well. Cowgirl hated being sprayed with fly spray, so a hose was out of the option. Now of course, she excepts both (:
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Post by shellebell on Dec 18, 2011 9:59:46 GMT -6
Thanks for the great replays. There seems to be no other symptoms that I have noticed her nose is clean and she has a good temperature. I don't think it's her feed since she did eat it as a foal too and was fine, it might be something in the pasture. I wish I could bath her but there is snow on the ground and I have no place warm to give her a good wash. I might be able to get some tea tree ointment though.
I'm pretty sure it's not strangles or it would probably be worse by now. She has the flakey skin like your horse as well. I don't know what kind of place she was kept at though? Its good to hear about your mare, nutrition does do wonders once they get it and love does too.
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Post by Onzyy on Dec 18, 2011 14:53:54 GMT -6
If she's had the feed as a foal, I would look at that as well. Feed that is given to foals, weanlings and yearlings, are different to feeds that adult horses get. The former is given mainly to stimulate growth and contains vital vitamins and proteins. Maybe a change of feed is also necessary?
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Post by .Rissa. on Dec 18, 2011 15:04:18 GMT -6
If she's four and you are training her, how did you know that's what she had as a foal? And, I agree with Onzy, there are many different types of feed out there, and foal feed probably isn't the best for a grown horse.
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Post by shellebell on Dec 20, 2011 20:39:23 GMT -6
It's local, she did get Tiz Whiz when she was a baby for the extra nutrition. But we tend to stick with the local hay from the area, even hard keepers grow plump on the grass. Also my grandmother has been feeding it to mares, foals and stallions for years. If she is allergic it will be a real pain to keep it organized.
She is a product of one of are brood mares, we sent her to the race track for a period but since she isn't really going anywhere I'm going to (hopefully) turn her into a hunter/jumper.
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Post by .Rissa. on Dec 20, 2011 20:49:53 GMT -6
Oh wow, you have racehorses? That's neat!
Okay, thanks for the clarification. Have they gotten any bigger since you first told us about them? I was thinking that since you said 'puss' she might have gotten stuck with a splinter from scratching or something like that.
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Post by shellebell on Dec 21, 2011 14:41:50 GMT -6
Not many we only have one brood mare and she's getting old so we have stopped breeding them.
No, I am going to check tomorrow when I have time to tie her to keep her head still since she's a bit head shy. I'm hoping it will go down now that it's cleaned up with some disinfectant. A splinter(s) possible but it would be an awkward place to get them.
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