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Post by wdf on Feb 4, 2011 7:29:09 GMT -1
Over the last week Doc has had some tiny pin prick size lumps come up all over he's rump & flanks, their obviously very itchy as when I go to touch him he pushes himself into me and when I've applied Camrosa to the majority of them the hair's come out leaving bald patches - any ideas of what it could be  mite bites, heat lumps |
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Post by DalesLady on Feb 4, 2011 11:04:51 GMT -1
What are you feeding? We had one who reacted to alfalfa and another one to soya in a similar way
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Post by wdf on Feb 4, 2011 11:43:10 GMT -1
He's been having Topspec TopChop Lite & their Lite balancer for over a year now woth a bit of Quik-beet, other than that he has hay which I havn't been soaking as it's been far too cold & frosty. Someone mentioned Lice BUT I thought they had to be in poor condition for those? or Sweet Itch BUT again thought not as their in the wrong "typical" place?
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Post by olivia on Feb 4, 2011 12:30:17 GMT -1
If he is loosing hair I would think it's some kind of biting thing - when Tilly had barley bumps she never lost their hair from them and they weren't that itchy. She did get some kind of parasite problem just before Christmas and we gave her a good going over with some coopers and that sorted the little blighters out - many thanks to lynda for that tip -saved a fortune in vets fees. I don't think lice are restricted to horses in poor condition - Tilly certainly isn't! However the cold weather is bringing all sorts of other animals down to the fields (deer etc) all of which carry all sorts of random parasites that can opportunistically hop over to horses. I think if the horses are in poor condition it can make them less able to cope with the parasites and also people who let their horses get in a poor state are less likely to notice and treat the problem when it starts - so the horses suffer for them for longer and it can become very problematic for them She also developed a funny set of bumps down one side couple of weekends ago - they weren't bothering her, so I ignored them and they disappeared a couple of days later, so I think it must have been a one off reaction to something. Other things I know can cause bumps are: -contact allergic reaction to something they've touched/laid down on (e.g. washing power used to clean numnahs, rugs etc, something in the field they've laid on, something odd in straw they've laid on in the stable) - reaction after being clipped (to the actual clipping itself or the clipper oil used) - urm - thought there was a third one when I started this post, but can't now remember what it was... if it comes back to me I shall post again  Hope he's OK for a |
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Post by valerie n scout on Feb 4, 2011 12:39:12 GMT -1
oh I hope you get sorted, poor lad x
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Post by olivia on Feb 4, 2011 13:00:48 GMT -1
Oooh - remembered the third thing!!!
Being too hot!
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Post by cutemangurdi1 on Feb 4, 2011 16:01:59 GMT -1
One of our quarter horses had this sort of thing a few years back. Turned out to be anaemia, which was a real surprise.
I have also seen it on a horse that was stabled near to Alpacas.
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Post by wdf on Feb 8, 2011 7:43:55 GMT -1
Oooh - remembered the third thing!!! Being too hot! I had the vet come out to check him yesterday . . . . . . RAIN SCALD  vet recons he's had heat lumps which have got infected  I wouldn't mind but he only wears a LW summer rain sheet  |
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vet recons he's had heat lumps which have got infected 
I wouldn't mind but he only wears a LW summer rain sheet 