dunbnwild
Yearling
Wild horses can drag me away :-)
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Post by dunbnwild on Jul 29, 2009 14:52:06 GMT -5
Hi all--
This past weekened, after a long day of riding and standing around, I took Lazzy out of the trailer and immediately noticed three egg-like swellings around her girth area.
By morning they were significantly down. I first thought it had to do with her being saddled and that maybe the girth didn't fit her well. However, I also recall Cat having some less noticable swelling in the same area, and she hasn't been saddled in forever. Plus one of Lazzy's has popped back up, and I haven't saddled her since the first ones came and went.
I'm suspecting it is from them kicking at flies--but that is just a theory--anyone else have any knowledge on what might be causing this?
They aren't hot or sore to the touch and there's no rubbing or broken skin or anything like that.
Thanks! Cindy
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Post by barbhorses on Jul 29, 2009 16:37:39 GMT -5
First thing that comes to my mind is that you may have cinched her up a bit too tight and she developed some hematomas.
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Post by lindad on Jul 29, 2009 23:41:17 GMT -5
Hematomas do not go up and down over night. They develop and dissipate very slowly, believe me I know from experience. I don't have any idea what it is, just it is not a hematoma.
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Post by barbhorses on Jul 29, 2009 23:57:45 GMT -5
Ah oops, didn't read that they had gone down significantly. Hematomas are basically blood filled areas on the body. The body will eventually reabsorb all of the blood, but you are right, they do not just go down significantly over night. Think of them like huge bruises. That is after all what a bruise is, except not as significantly huge as a hematoma. But a bruise is just blood underneath the skin.
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Post by DianneC on Jul 30, 2009 8:24:42 GMT -5
Are they itchy? Do they feel soft or hard? Might be lymph that was unable to circulate, but I can't imagine it coming back.
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Post by angelsdream on Jul 30, 2009 11:03:41 GMT -5
I know my horse's will get knots or small lumps on there bodies from certain type of flies that bite them - they will last a few days then go away.
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Post by stormyranch on Jul 30, 2009 19:13:03 GMT -5
Yes, our horses get lumps from bugs, too. I think the kiger skin is usually sensative. I have seen them on Dino as big as a half dollar.
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dunbnwild
Yearling
Wild horses can drag me away :-)
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Post by dunbnwild on Jul 31, 2009 14:46:58 GMT -5
I think the Kigers are sesitive too---mine seem 10x more itchy and irritated with flies than my QH's ever were. They always need a good roll after any kind of sweat. And of course they love grooming and butt scratches more than other horses.
As for Lazzy's bumps, though--these are bigger, just a little smaller than my hand. Right now there is just one prominant one--it's been the same size for 3 days. I think it is the big one from Saturday (it was about the size of my hand cupped).
I'm still thinking it is from the girth or her kicking herself. Just from the fact that she didn't have it when I unsaddled and hosed her down, but did an hour later getting out of the trailer, makes me suspect the girth. The trainer had ridden her, and probably did it up a lot tighter than I do. But I've never seen a girth do this.
That's all I've got. Still a mystery.
~Cindy
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Post by DianneC on Jul 31, 2009 16:15:23 GMT -5
I don't know, mystery horse at work. When I was riding Chinny western I couldn't find a saddle to fit his flat back and big shoulders. When I took the saddle off there would be quarter sized soft - like watery, itchy bumps along his spine. But they would go down in a few hours. So I quit ridding western until I got a saddle to fit. So it doesn't sound like lymph circulation.
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