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Post by sassiedogtk on Oct 14, 2009 12:34:42 GMT -5
I noticed this morning that our gelding had a bad smell in his mouth. I cleaned his mouth with some water and noticed that he has scabbed sores on his upper lip on the inside. I have a call into the vet but just thought I would see if anyone has ever seen this.  Thanks |
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Post by sassiedogtk on Oct 14, 2009 13:11:33 GMT -5
He has an appt tomorrow at 10:00 and they think it's summer sores (habronemiasis) caused by flies. Looks  . Tina |
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Post by pnp4kidz on Oct 14, 2009 13:54:38 GMT -5
well..... I just got some hay from a 'friend', at a nice price...
and it was FULL of foxtails!
the horses had raw spots in their mouths like that in just two feeds...
so, don't rule that out!
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Post by sassiedogtk on Oct 14, 2009 14:06:28 GMT -5
What did you do for it?
I did just get new hay about 2 wks ago.
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Post by sassiedogtk on Oct 14, 2009 14:30:07 GMT -5
Checked our new hay and no foxtails. I guess I will see what the vet says but one of the other horse now has the same thing so 2 out of three have these sores so might be something in the hay.
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Post by wildwoman on Oct 14, 2009 15:02:10 GMT -5
Wow-thanks for sharing-best of luck and let us know what you discover.
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Post by mbr on Oct 14, 2009 22:19:14 GMT -5
What about cheatgrass (sp) my horse got some in his mouth and the vet had to drain them, nasty and smelly, my dog had it in his ear and it worked through his eye he had to have surgery, not good we have allot of it here it's hard to stay away from it..Hope everything is good..
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Post by pnp4kidz on Oct 15, 2009 0:46:58 GMT -5
I didn't see the foxtails, but found the things in their mouths!
I cleaned out the wad of seeds/hay stuck in their mouths and in two days they were all better again, healing well.
they might have been some other seed, but they definately had the barbs and were very bristley... and obviously the horses couldn't spit them out...
and they were rough on the gums...
might use a syringe and flush out the mouth and poke a finger in the upper and lower gums to clean it out and see if there is anything in there...
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Post by sassiedogtk on Oct 15, 2009 16:14:59 GMT -5
Well back from the vet and we think (not 100%) it is something in the hay. We found small fiber like things in the sores. Summer sores don't usually show up inside the mouth like his are. So he is on SMZ, a betadine wash and go back to our old hay and see if they clear up. It still could be th summer sores so he got some steriod shots in the large sores and we need to do a good worming. Hopefully something will work and his poor mouth will clear up.
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Post by sassiedogtk on Oct 16, 2009 13:20:57 GMT -5
It is the seedheads that is causing all the sores. I was able to really scrub out some of the sores and found the little seeds stuck in there.
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Post by pnp4kidz on Oct 16, 2009 14:25:23 GMT -5
OMG, makes me want to go back and clean them out again! this was a week ago, and I figured they were all ok by now, but maybe some still have little seeds in there...
argh... my weekend just got more fun...
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