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Leg has been clipped, he's been having various topical treatments since the last antibiotics. There's not much under the scabs - they are across patches maybe the size of a 2p piece but lots of little scabs, the skin is pink underneath when they come off. It could be CPL but there doesn't seem...

Yes, the same general spectrum ones - I'm not sure how they would test to give him anything more specific. Maybe bloods but he is difficult to handle at the best of times so I'm not sure how feasible that would be...

Cob in his late teens. Seen by vet today and highly likely that he will be PTS in the near future. It's for lots of small things rather than a catastrophe and although he is perhaps not quite as bright as usual, he is not showing signs of suffering. He is EMS, probably has mild osteoarthritis...

The page about not using barriers also says not to take the scabs off... but the vet has said that the scabs should come off. With this horse we are assuming CPL, it was a horse I used to have who had vasculitis. I've also treated mud fever. For all of these the general advice seems to be...

I like the cling film idea. Would that work with Aromaheel? Or better to do something like cling film with udder cream and then Aromaheel afterwards?

I had forgotten about that stuff too! I really should keep notes...

Thanks, I think I did use that in the deep and distant past!

I'm looking after a horse who probably has CPL. He has a couple of small patches of scabs and the advice is to try to remove these. I really, really don't want to have to wash his leg every day - it's not pleasant for either of us in the winter and I suspect it would dry out his skin in an...

Thinking about this now! I had another who was a rehab, he was bad to catch unless he could see that you had a carrot for him.

Probably a rehash of what others have already said: a horse who had been through treatment for sarcoids (a while ago so it was the heavy metal cream I think) understandably became difficult to catch. I just walked after him persistently - I think it took me several hours and then when he...

Could it be the different mouthpiece material rather than the bit design? I had one who very suddenly took up headshaking when he was about 12. He only ever did it when working (saddle or lunge) faster than walk. Never saw him do it when loose in the field. It was controlled completely by a...

(I wrote a reply that vanished!) Thanks everyone, it's comforting to know that the likely cause was not going to go away - she wouldn't have gone for surgery. I'm feeling relieved that I did it yesterday too, today is heavy snow and everything would have been even more difficult.

Thanks, this is really helping. It's the first time I haven't felt 100% that the time was right.

Thanks, I'd like to believe it was something like that. Always the worry that I decided too early but she couldn't keep being that miserable...

She was put to sleep this afternoon so this is just me mulling things over, it would be great to have help. 19 year old TB, she's been a companion here for about the past 5 years. Never had any ailments while here and I think she was pretty healthy before that too. About 5-7 days ago I noticed...