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Re: [RC] RE:Scratched - heidi sowards

Could stress play a role? Maybe a nervous horse that does
not like to be confined?

heidi


--- Carol <cstiles@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Julie wrote:
<Interestingly enough, when this horse was pastured the
<scratches went 
<away. He had never been pastured 24/7 until boarded at
my <place.  
<Perhaps it was a sensitivity to the chips used as
bedding? I <don't 
<know... but it was nice to see him comfortable.

I'm wondering since this seems to only happen when the
horse is stalled, maybe the horse's skin is actually
sensitive to the ammonia and urea that's gets mixed in
with the bedding when it urinates?  Kind of like a baby
would get a diaper rash from being in a wet diaper. When
the horse is in the pasture it's moving around and not
standing in constant contact with the urine soaked
bedding. Just a thought...
Carol



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