Whoopit
Well-Known Member
I suspect my horse has aural papilloma - white crusty patches on the inner ear which I think are allergic reactions to fly bites in there?? He has in the last week become furiously headshy although he did have them a couple of months ago and I managed to pick and clean them out and now it seems they're back again. He is booked on the next vet visit which isn't until 24th May, unfortunately.
I'm going to get him a fly mask with ears before I give him a mild sedative to clean out what I can before the vet comes as that's all they're going to do anyway to start with, then paste his inner ears with Aloe Vera Gelly (yes, I feel bad as it'll be really weird for him) as that seems to cure everything in my experience! A docile low head carriage horse suddenly turns into a giraffe if you go near his ears now. It's a 15 fifteen minute fight to get his bridle on so as well as the car accident terror earlier this week, i'm completely off riding him at the moment as it's such hard work to tack up in the first place!! Plus, he is only a baby so I don't want to keep harassing him and end up with a permanently headshy horse.
Has anybody else had this? What did your vet do and how well has it cleared up?
I'm going to get him a fly mask with ears before I give him a mild sedative to clean out what I can before the vet comes as that's all they're going to do anyway to start with, then paste his inner ears with Aloe Vera Gelly (yes, I feel bad as it'll be really weird for him) as that seems to cure everything in my experience! A docile low head carriage horse suddenly turns into a giraffe if you go near his ears now. It's a 15 fifteen minute fight to get his bridle on so as well as the car accident terror earlier this week, i'm completely off riding him at the moment as it's such hard work to tack up in the first place!! Plus, he is only a baby so I don't want to keep harassing him and end up with a permanently headshy horse.
Has anybody else had this? What did your vet do and how well has it cleared up?