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sasha
Posted - 15 Jan 2010 : 12:18:23 PM Very strange, he has never done this before, but about a month ago I noticed a little bald patch on the side of his cheeks, then one appeared near where the browband goes, now he has rubbed either side of his nose, just above the noseband area.He is now bald in these areas. He is rubbing his head on the back of the stable door and also on the side of the door frame when he is stabled at night. I put sudocreme on, and found traces of it in those places, so know where he is rubbing it, but why? My first thought was lice.. but he is not rubbing his mane, forelock, tail or anywhere else. I have picked through the roots of his mane and forelock and there is nothing at all. Has anyone had experience of this, he is 16 years old and has never done it in his life, has an itch turned into a habit, or could it be some kind of allergy.. Guess I will have to shave all the hair off his face now as he looks so motheaten!! Your thoughts please. Linda
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kate b
Posted - 15 Jan 2010 : 3:05:50 PM I have a 3 year old filly that does this every winter. Tried allsorts of creams and powders and nothing changes. Vet says its because she grows such a thick coat and as we have mild winters (until now!!!) she gets very warm under all that fur and gets very itchy. Its around her head and the underneath of her neck that gets the most itchy - and therefore more patchy! Doesnt look very nice at all.
Kate
Bebely
Posted - 15 Jan 2010 : 1:31:20 PM We had a horse on our yard who did the same thing - face only, and it turned out to be ring worm. It wasn't obvious round patches because of how she had rubbed it. We never got to the bottom of how she became infected and not one other horse on the yard ever had a single symptom. Once it was diagnosed she was quickly treated and came right in no time.
precious
Posted - 15 Jan 2010 : 12:27:44 PM My mare, the other week all of a sudden went very itchy on her back legs. I thought it was due to a new rug i put on her a fortnight before. She was that irritated by it she was nearly falling over to get to her legs. I was putting sudacream on them too. Her itchy patches turned to bald soar patches. At this point i got my vet out. He was surprised to see yet another case of it. He had been to 4 cases in that week (all different areas) One had them all over, one back legs and chest etc. Vet had done skin scrapings on them which showed nothing. He has treated my mare with the same as the others which was an injection for the irritation and a cream starting with flami (ill check it tonight) Touch wood her itchiness has died down now but she wasn’t rubbing n e where else.
Good look maybe ring ur vet for a chat about it.
pinkvboots
Posted - 15 Jan 2010 : 12:27:31 PM I used to work on a livery yard where a Welsh cob had a simular thing, he started with a sore under browband and it got worse spreading around the head, he would also rub on anything he could, the vet did scrapes and the conclusion was it was a type of bacteria he had picked up bit of a mystery really, he had cream and antibiotics for it which did clear it up but it did come back a while later. hope you find whats causing it.
Zarena
Posted - 15 Jan 2010 : 12:26:21 PM I agree with you. My first thought would be lice. Why not treat for lice anyway? Those powders are not very strong these days so apply several times. The little patches couldn't be ringworm could they?
