Gum color

[BFS_Simon_Says]

So I don't know if I should be worried about this or not, I've never dealt with it before. I noticed last night that Spirit's gum and upper lip color is a pale pink(normal?) but some spots are a bluey black. I'm not sure if it's normal, a color thing or if something is drastically wrong. I took some pictures they are blurry but it give you an idea of where the spots are(hard to take pictures of the inside of his mouth while holding him).

 

[disneyhorse]

Some horses have pigmented gums... like a purple color. I sort of think it's like the Chow breed of dogs that sometimes have purple tongues.

I couldn't tell you without seeing, but have they always been that color or are they normally pink or have you just not noticed before?

Andrea

 

[txminipinto]

Looks normal to me, provided of course that your horse is acting and eating fine. Many horses have dark pigment on the underside of their lips and on their gums.

 

[BFS_Simon_Says]

Everything has been normal, temperature, respiratory rate, heart beat, he's eattig and drinking normal, I just never noticed this coloring before.