suz
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My guy seems to be losing quite a bit of hair, and I'm wondering if it is just normal shedding or maybe he has developed a skin allergy/problem?
Near the eye, he seems to have "worn" the hair off, like he is itching or rubbing somehow. The barn lady says that he likes to play with his feed bucket and that is causing the little rub patches.
Also, for the past couple of days, I have been able to pull out (easily) small clumps of mane and sometimes clumps of his tail too.
I'm starting to get worried. Where I board him, the lady says he is just shedding. Only one other horse in the barn is "shedding" this way with his mane and tail. I don't know.... Could he have caught something from that horse?
Also, he seems to be getting little cuts and rub marks on his face and body mysteriously.....
I'm sure these people aren't hurting any of the horses here, but the other place he was boarded at for 3 years, he never had any of these problems...
Oh, the only change in his feed is the barn lady has added free choice minerals, Morman brand, to his sweet feed for about the past month. I'm wondering if he may be allergic to something in these minerals? Again, she said no, as his feet are growing nice and fast, so the minerals are doing him good.
I am going to switch to Buckeye Grow 'n Win tomorrow and will be dropping the minerals (and, of course, the sweet feed), so hopefully, this condition will clear up.
Any thoughts??? I'm beginning to worry.....
p.s. Moving him is not an option, as there is NO PLACE else to board him around here :no:
Near the eye, he seems to have "worn" the hair off, like he is itching or rubbing somehow. The barn lady says that he likes to play with his feed bucket and that is causing the little rub patches.
Also, for the past couple of days, I have been able to pull out (easily) small clumps of mane and sometimes clumps of his tail too.
I'm starting to get worried. Where I board him, the lady says he is just shedding. Only one other horse in the barn is "shedding" this way with his mane and tail. I don't know.... Could he have caught something from that horse?
Also, he seems to be getting little cuts and rub marks on his face and body mysteriously.....
I'm sure these people aren't hurting any of the horses here, but the other place he was boarded at for 3 years, he never had any of these problems...
Oh, the only change in his feed is the barn lady has added free choice minerals, Morman brand, to his sweet feed for about the past month. I'm wondering if he may be allergic to something in these minerals? Again, she said no, as his feet are growing nice and fast, so the minerals are doing him good.
I am going to switch to Buckeye Grow 'n Win tomorrow and will be dropping the minerals (and, of course, the sweet feed), so hopefully, this condition will clear up.
Any thoughts??? I'm beginning to worry.....
p.s. Moving him is not an option, as there is NO PLACE else to board him around here :no: