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Post by fleabitten on Apr 18, 2009 18:33:24 GMT
Noticed a crusty bump in the fur on Kierans bum one day and investigated to find it was a yellowy red crusty sort of a scab like you would get if you had a spot yourself. It came off and there was no bleeding or anything - doesnt seem to be an open cut. We put some Botanica herbal skin cream on it and it didnt seem to make much difference. Now he has got 2 on each side so have pulled the crusty bits off (no new crusty bits on the old cut things) and put some wound powder on them all.
Cant think what would be causing them - do you think its flies?
Also found 3 small bumps under his skin where his saddle is - they feel squishy and you have to press quite firmly to feel them. More fly bites?
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Post by kitcat on Apr 20, 2009 8:12:26 GMT
This is interesting Flea. Cav has been out of work due to scabby bits on his back which leave bald patches when they come off. Apparently it looks like rain scald but isn't. The RS is not sure what has caused it as he is in all the time (he tends to injure himself if they let him out in the field). Interestingly he had the same thing at the same time last year and then all of a sudden it just clears up with no sign that anything has been amiss.
Not much help to you I know and I hope Kieren clears up soon.
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Post by fimacg on Apr 20, 2009 8:44:24 GMT
could be fly bites, but not sure
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Post by scattymare on Apr 20, 2009 11:27:47 GMT
The bum bits sound like possibly a horsefly bite. Re the saddle not sure, though I did read on another forum about someones horse who was allergic to the sheepskin numnah - don't know if Kieran or Cav have one - which first came up as lumpy bumps, then when a bit weepy and scabby followed by baldness. Never seen it first hand but maybe an allergy to numnah/washing powder used to clean numnah?
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Post by fleabitten on Apr 20, 2009 15:25:10 GMT
Will take another look this evening to see how its doing.
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Post by kitcat on Apr 21, 2009 7:22:28 GMT
The RS did change the washing powder once and almost all the horses turn out to be allergic to the new one. They changed back very quickly! However, I don't think this round of scabs is due to that as it is not just where the numnah sits, it is all over his bum too. Cav is not lucky enough to have a nice sheepskin one!
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Post by racaille on Apr 21, 2009 7:46:36 GMT
The bum lumps sound like insect bites but the under-saddle bumps could be sweat or pressure lumps.
Pressure bumps typically swell up if you on horseback for a while and then whip the saddle straight off, without progressively loosening the girth. For instance, on a rando, when we stop for lunch we will leave the saddles on for half an hour, loosen the girths little by little. If you don't, blood and lymph races to the area squashed by the saddle and fills up pockets in the area.
So even if you are only schooling or hacking for an hour or so, you should still loosen off the girth a little and leave it on for a while, before removing it completely.
Pressure bumps will disappear though as the lymph is reabsorbed.
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Post by scattymare on Apr 21, 2009 7:50:25 GMT
Thats interesting Racaille as I am guilty of removing the saddle as soon as I have finished riding.
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Post by fleabitten on Apr 21, 2009 19:07:51 GMT
Was asking Helen about then and she said the lumps where his saddle is were probably pressure bumps as you said racaille  at least nothing serious. She also said the ones on his bum were maybe fly bites and I said what we were putting on them (herbal skin cream or wound powder) and she said that was fine. I also tried my poly pad on and she said it would help spread the pressure out - right enough it made the saddle more comfy to ride in as well! I was thinking the poly pad might have been too thick to fit under his saddle especially as he has got fatter since we got his saddle fitted but it was fine and didnt slip. |
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at least nothing serious. She also said the ones on his bum were maybe fly bites and I said what we were putting on them (herbal skin cream or wound powder) and she said that was fine. I also tried my poly pad on and she said it would help spread the pressure out - right enough it made the saddle more comfy to ride in as well! I was thinking the poly pad might have been too thick to fit under his saddle especially as he has got fatter since we got his saddle fitted but it was fine and didnt slip. 