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| martha615 |
Posted - 14 Jul 2013 : 1:08:44 PM
Hi,
I can't decide if this is a rash or an injury. It is a swelling at the bottom of her neck. It found it yesterday morning and thought it was due to the fly sheet pulling on her. Removed the sheet and then found this morning it was worse. So the fly sheet isn't the culprit.
You cant' see from the photos that there are little soft swellings beneath it, too.
Do you think it is an allergy? Or that she has been putting her head over the stock fence? I use Newmarket wire fencing made for horses on the side of my field that borders the woods. I didn't think there was anything to eat on the other side, but I guess I am wrong?
What do you guys think? Poor ol' Esme!
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| Callisto |
Posted - 15 Jul 2013 : 5:05:10 PM
Martha you can get small mobile electric fence units that run off D cell batteries, I think they are around £85, which would dissuade her from leaning on the stock fence - I have used one very successfully to keep mine away from substandard fencing in my rented fields that have no electricity. |
| sab2 |
Posted - 15 Jul 2013 : 2:25:18 PM
Ah but Martha its 6 weeks on wed since she did this and i took pic yesterday to show you, it sure had the Frankenstein effect when she did it, because shes palomino the blood stood out as i walked across the field, i think she was trying to tell me she didn,t want to go showing. Try not to worry it will heal just needs time, my girl has healed really quickly when you consider what she did to herself, horses don,t you just love them  |
| Judith S |
Posted - 15 Jul 2013 : 1:30:21 PM
The pockets of fluid are blisters from the equivalent of rope burn, that is what Charlie had and the marks will scab and fall off once healed underneath. |
| martha615 |
Posted - 15 Jul 2013 : 1:23:43 PM
Hi Sab 2, it looks very similar, doesn't it? I don't see any skin broken, but I do have those pockets of fluid you describe. I've rung to vet to see if she can squeeze me in tomorrow. If not, it will have to wait. I don't think its serious but it sure is ugly! Esme's has the frankenstein effect -- at least your filly doesn't have that! |
| sab2 |
Posted - 15 Jul 2013 : 1:08:59 PM
Martha this is my fillies chest , as you can see she didn,t learn the first time and ended up with three lines , all done in the same night, its over 5 weeks since she did it, she did break the skin and it became filled with pockets of fluid , but as you can see its nearly healed now . Good luck hope it heals ok. |
| martha615 |
Posted - 15 Jul 2013 : 12:52:18 PM
Well, I swapped her over to a place where there is less likely injury and she's worse. Same frankenstein scar, but all these little soft pockets of lymph, too. I think I'll give it a little while and then get the vet if it is doesn't sort itself out. It doesn't seem to effect her otherwise but looks ghastly! |
| pinkvboots |
Posted - 15 Jul 2013 : 09:03:42 AM
Would agree it is the fence, I also have a mare that comes in with cuts all the time heaven knows how she does it I only have post and rail and wire electric around the hedges side, I m currently dealing with a gash on her hind leg which she did last week so I know how you feel Martha.
Also wanted to say my mare is 13 this year and is covered in scars and bumps. |
| martha615 |
Posted - 14 Jul 2013 : 6:30:51 PM
Thanks so much everyone. I think the best thing to do is put her in a different part of the pasture where there is no stock fence, because I can't get electric out to where she is (probably) doing this.
Esme is always getting bangs, cuts, bruises, and now THIS! I simply do not know how she's reached 14 years of age, nor how a horse with such natural beauty could do as much as possible to make herself look like frankenstein! |
| sab2 |
Posted - 14 Jul 2013 : 3:08:35 PM
My yearling has just done this from putting her head over fence, apart from its a bit worse as she didn,t have a rug on, we were going to show her this year but not now as looks a mess although it will heal , its not like mine are short of grass theres tons of the stuff but as others have said , the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. |
| Kharidian |
Posted - 14 Jul 2013 : 2:56:13 PM
I agree with the others. Can you put a strand of electric above the stock fence to discourage the "grass is greener" tendencies?
Caryn |
| Pasch |
Posted - 14 Jul 2013 : 2:10:11 PM
I'd say head over the stock fence-the grass is always greener on the other side! |
| Judith S |
Posted - 14 Jul 2013 : 2:09:07 PM
Looks like the stock fence is the culprit! Charlie once had similar from electro rope when he went through it, was several years ago but can still see it on his neck at certain times of coat change. |
| Ari |
Posted - 14 Jul 2013 : 1:15:42 PM
It looks more of an injury from reaching over to me and her fly sheet has prevented any real skin trauma. It's too straight and symmetrical to be insects or allergy. |
