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Post by arrogorn on Jan 24, 2008 20:24:26 GMT
Last season in the summer my youngster came up in lumps down her shoulder but only on her white bits(shes coloured), at first we thought they were sweat lumps from her fly rug or a sensitive skin due to only coming up on the white bits. They went away them seemed to only come back if there was a change of bedding i.e if we were staying overnight at a show,
with cold water and aloe vera they went down,
No further probs until two nights ago when I stripped her rugs off she has two heavy weights on, she was covered from head to toe in big lumps all over her body they look huge but not sore, she is not off her food and is drinking plenty,
We have taken her food off her incase she is getting too much and have dropped her to one rug incase she is over heating,
Has anyone had any experience of this? If they dont go will get the vet out just not in a hurry as she isnt in pain and is her normal self
Thanks
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Post by Milliesmum on Jan 24, 2008 20:41:10 GMT
Sounds like hives, could it be an allergic reaction to something? Has anything in her routine changed?
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Post by arrogorn on Jan 25, 2008 14:38:27 GMT
Vet coming next week she is very itching with them and some have a little dried puss they are simular to a nasty fly bite when they get the yellow matter in the middle.
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Post by Nessa on Jan 25, 2008 16:12:20 GMT
This may sound strange but check for ticks!! We had this happen to a pony last year, it was only by luck of catching one on him(they drop off once full)that we found out! They sound exactly like what he had. The dried puss got worse! Vet said unusual for horses to get them on body but sometimes seen. Gave us some stuff to spray them with.  |
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Post by arrogorn on Jan 28, 2008 18:51:42 GMT
Vet been out and she has urticaria (hives) due to the change in her feed too much protien or alergic to something.
Hopefully now that we know for def she will be getting the min amount of feed and changing to something better for her digestive system vet has suggested sugabeat and chaff however she will go nutts on beat!
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Post by stinkpig on Jan 28, 2008 18:53:49 GMT
Glad to hear that you've found out what they are and can now do something about them.
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Post by dpl on Feb 8, 2008 15:01:43 GMT
A friend of mine had something similar with her dales pony and it turned out to be a staphylococcus infection under the skin causing the pus/lumps etc. I am sure the vet treated him with strong antibiotics for a couple of weeks and the lumps have not come back so far!
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Post by HarryHaflinger on Apr 9, 2008 17:53:59 GMT
you sed ur vet recomended you chaff and beet , but speedi beet works wonders on my littlen . He would useually send me flying if he was given any kind of sugar beet as this is just the monkey he is , but so far (1 1/2 months) later he has not been ticked off by it  |
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Post by kazzyc on Apr 17, 2008 21:00:19 GMT
Unmollassed sugar beat is good as without the sugar its not such rocket fuel  |
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