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Re: strange crusty stuff on my mare's nose...



Possible that it's sunburn. Try a little Nolvasan cream (if you still have
any. They have discontinued the cream within the past few months but it's
the best around for minor irritations and cuts, etc.)
Pat
----- Original Message -----
From: <guest@endurance.net>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 12:21 PM
Subject: RC: strange crusty stuff on my mare's nose...


> Deanna German finishis2win@columbus.rr.com
> Groomed my mare Monday evening; she looked fine.
>
> Last evening (two days later), she had small, bumpy encrustations in a
> small strip between her nostrils and more of them around another nostril.
> They looked like an old, itchy rash.
>
> They didn't seem to bother her, but she really did not like me touching
> them. Not jerking away, but just annoyed. (She usually lets me play with
> her lips, muzzle and nostrils.) I left them alone, didn't put Corona or
> bag balm on them since I figured it would just come off in her hay or her
> feed anyway, or she would wipe it off on a leg.
>
> Anyone have any ideas what this is? Is there anything I can do about it?
> My guess is that it's a reaction to something, but nothing's changed in
> her environment. I haven't walked the pasture, but no other horse in the
> barn has this problem.
>
> I'll be gone this weekend helping at a CTR and I'd like to tell my fellow
> boarders and barn owner when to call the vet if that's needed. Or at least
> how to keep my mare comfy if these things get painful or itchy.
>
> TIA for all responses. I'm lurking, so responses to RC are fine.
>
> Deanna (Ohio)
>
>
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