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Blacky's cut her nose but it's a really weird cut.
it's like a graze but underneath it's like a jagged straight line.
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any ideas on how she did it?
oh, and the white stuff is sudo-cream
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and one of her looking pretty today lol
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there's not really any walls to rub on. she doesn't get an itchy nose much either.
it's really only the first pic you can see the straight cut in. that's the weird part
 
I must admit I didn't think it was a cut either, or least in the first instance.
It looks more like a skin irritation ie bites, sunburn, reaction to an irritant. Then she has rubbed her nose to relieve the itch and it has resulted in her receiving a cut to the nose.
Either that or she has scraped it as it does not look like a conventional cut say on barbed wire or similar.
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It may have only just come out. It doesn't have to be hot and really sunny for them to get it. It could be a result as the sun reflected off water. My boy got a burnt nose from the snow in the winter and it wasn't sunny then.
Edited to add I agree with the person above it could also be an irritation of some kind?
 
I've seen this before as a reaction to buttercups, also if the field has recently been fertilized I believe this kind of reaction can occur. I would treat with Sudocrem. She's very pretty
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I use sudo-crem as you say you are doing already. When its sunny try and put a sun-block on and see if this helps? I would do a test patch before applying it all over just to make sure she won't have an allergic reaction to it. One of my ponies was awfully allergic to suncream.
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Sudocrem definately....you can use it as a total sun block as well. The main ingredient that blocks the sun out is Zinc oxide whic is what sudocrem (or the tesco's zinc oxide cream version) are made of; so you can use the sudocrem to not only help you heal it up but can continue putting it on as a sunblock
 
Yes buttercups are if eaten and can cause skin irritation in animals and people via the sap. Apparently it is fine if dried and happens to be found in the hay though.

found this on a website about it

However, if for any reason animals do ingest fresh buttercup, a toxic glycoside (ranunculin) within the flowers, leaves and stems will cause severe blistering of the mucous membranes lining the entire gastrointestinal tract, and protracted bloody diarrhea will ensue. (Humans are also susceptible to the effects of this glycoside, so one should never consume any part of the plant or permit direct skin contact with the plant juices.)
While the juices from a fresh plant are a well-known irritant to animals, the dried buttercups that may become part of a hay crop do not have any significant toxic effects on animals because the ranunculin is partially decomposed upon desiccation.

Sudocrem is very good and is one of the only good creams you can put on minor burns in animals and people. I know first aid says not to apply cream to burns etc but I have always used sudocrem on sunburn on humans, as well as cuts and just about anything and as eventrider said above the magic ingredient is zinc oxide.
Pharmacodynamic properties of sudocrem, no wonder it is loved by many and I have sworn by this cream since my daughter was born over 12 years ago.

Zinc oxide:
A dermatological agent with astringent, soothing and protective properties.

Benzyl alcohol:
A local anaesthetic with disinfectant properties.

Benzyl benzoate:
An acaricide and has been used as a pediculicide, insect repellent and pharmaceutical solubilising agent. It is a constituent of many natural balsams and is one of the principal esters of Peru Balsam.

Benzyl cinnamate:
This is the other principal ester of Peru Balsam BPC 1973. It is synthesised from benzyl alcohol and cinnamic acid which has antibacterial and antifungal properties. Peru Balsam is categorised as having a mild antiseptic action because of cinnamic acid and its derivatives present.

Lanolin (hypoallergenic):
Resembles the sebaceous secretions of human skin. The grade used is manufactured so as to exclude many sensitising substances present in the lanolin.

Cazx
 
No probs anytime x lovely horse btw and I hope you get her sorted but with the sudocrem on it will soon clear up as it's magical stuff
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Cazx
 
Boris had buttercup poisoning last summer, he had a massive rash like that all over his white nose, he became lethargic and had very swollen legs.

I asked for advice here and ended up applying sudocrem type stuff, kept him off grass for a bit, walked in sea to bring swellin g down and then i added a supplement called D-Tox to his feed...... it took about a week for the rash to clear up and about 2 wks before he was as right as rain.

He has been very sensitive to any type of weeds etc since and even got mud fever on the black part of his nose this spring................ he does tend to scavange so i have to make sure that he's not on the same field for too long.

Don't panic it may get worse before it gets better.
 
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