My horse recently got these weird sores, can anyone tell me how to get rid of them?
Written by admin on March 9, 2010 – 9:19 pm -I have an unknown mix of some warm blood horses named Griffin. He started getting little bumps on him about a week ago that turned quickly into pussy scabby hard knobs on his neck, belly, under his mane, and in his tail. I’m really concerned about the ones in his tail, they are rather large (the crust balls are about the size of a chocolate colored raisin) and when I try to break them up and get them out of his tail he thoroughly enjoys it, but it also pulls out huge chunks of tail hair. I love my horses full tail, it’s so easy to braid for shows! I’m afraid that he’ll start rubbing it (I think there may be evidence that he already has) all out.
The only two culprits I can think of are that it is some allergic reaction, or that there are some really nasty bugs out there. I don’t really see how the bugs could make it through all of his tail hair to his tail bone though. I did just start giving him some new feed, of course just small hand-fulls to begin with to get him used to it but that was about the time that these bumps started appearing. It was also around the time that the weather warmed up and the bugs started showing up.
He’s not the only horse that has it in his pasture, there is another mare who has gotten the same kind of scabby things but there is also another gelding who has not a bump on him. The gelding who has no bumps is from this area, the other two are from further south.
Any suggestions would be really appreciated!!
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By wire_hearts524 on Mar 9, 2010 | Reply
go to the vet. it could be serious. there was a horse at my old bard that had odd bumps on him and he ended up passing away some time after. it might be contagious so waste no time and call a vet.
By Jenny on Mar 9, 2010 | Reply
Have the vet check him out, since the mare in the pasture has it too. Sounds like it is contagious. Only the vet can tell you what it is and how to treat it.
Good Luck,
Jenny
By Donna R on Mar 9, 2010 | Reply
Take a picture and show it to your vet. My vet told me to do this after I called her out to investigate sores on my horses stomach. I could have saved myself a vet call with the pictures. It was sweet itch (my horse is allergic to the little midges that come out mostly in the spring). Any way to be sure I would take some good clear pictures and go to your vet and explain the situation. A good vet will tell you if you truely need them or not and will not charge you for looking at the pictures.
By Rosi M HPTS on Mar 10, 2010 | Reply
My old Azteca went through that here on the West Coast when we moved farther inland. Turned out the flies in the new area found fresh meat and no matter how well I kept him sprayed they were eating him alive. Try a fly sheet and see if that helps.