Aural plaque... Good heavens... it seems Camrosa might work!! Pics

[PapaFrita]

Not quickly mind...
A year ago I had a bash at putting Canesten (not a typo!) on PF's ear plaque.

This was her left ear on 25 April 06

and this was her right (not very clear- sorry)

A month later it was apparent that there wasn't much progress
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Right

Soon afterwards I gave up BUT later I thought I'd have a go with Camrosa... similarly disappointing results although I stuck with it for a while (longer than the Canesten). A few weeks ago I started to notice there were definitely fewer white spots and today I finally got my camera out...

What do you think?

Left

Right

Have now started re-applying Camrosa to see if I can get rid of them completely.

 

[RachelB]

To me it looks as though they have all but gone, and just left a pink pigmented spot where they were? Or is that just the photos? Impressive stuff really... I've been thinking of giving it a go on my dog's paws, he's not allergic to anything but gets horrible itchy patches... might get some after seeing this!

 

[ISHmad]

The other thing that is apparently good for this is athlete's foot powder. But haven't tried it on the horses myself.

 

[Enfys]

Thankyou PF.

Coincidentally I was going to post on this subject as four of mine have this. Vet didn't seem bothered at all, just glanced and said "Leave well alone, unless they get bigger"

I have some Camrosa ordered anyhow, so when it arrives I will give it a go. It can't do any harm even if it doesn't work on mine can it?

 

[the watcher]

that is really useful and it looks to me like it has worked, one of mine has these and the vet said to just leave them unless they get bigger, but I might try Camrosa

 

[brightmount]

I remember we did this experiment last year, and I used Dermafas, which also worked well. What happened was that I applied it religiously for a few weeks but didn't see a difference and her ears were getting greasy, so I stopped. But then the aural plaques cleared up, so the cream had obviously knocked it on the head and then nature took over.

I think this is encouraging as received wisdom on aural plaques is that you can't do anything about them and just have to live with it, but it clearly isn't true. My horse doesn't shake her head any more like she used to, so it's more than just a cosmetic thing.

Glad Camrosa works just as well as Dermafas as it's easier to get in this country.

 

[PapaFrita]

Yes, I remember

PF is much happier about having her ears touched now too. It seems though that these remedies take a while to get started and then astonish us all!

 

[horsegirl]

Are they contagious does anyone know?

 

[H-J]

Why do they have to be treated?

Spider has a couple in one ear but I will just leave them, Headley Britannias ears are full of them, will it not cause more discomfort treating them?

 

[horsegirl]

My boy has them quite badly and won't let us touch his ears which makes it difficult to get anyhting in them

 

[the watcher]

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Why do they have to be treated?

Spider has a couple in one ear but I will just leave them, Headley Britannias ears are full of them, will it not cause more discomfort treating them?

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I am told that Headley Britannia's bridle has to be completely disassembled to take it off and put it on because the mare's ears have gone so stiff, and I expect they are uncomfortable - my boy has 3 or 4 in each ear and I would like to control them before they get to the stage where they cause him any pain

 

[horsegirl]

I expect so as hers are worse than my horse's and I have to take his bridle apart to get it on him.

 

[H-J]

If they were that uncomfortable would Lucinda not of had them treated?

I was always under the impression to leave them, I will ask the vet to check them and ask their opinion when she has her jabs in a few months

 

[PapaFrita]

No, I don't think so

 

[PapaFrita]

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Why do they have to be treated?

Spider has a couple in one ear but I will just leave them, Headley Britannias ears are full of them, will it not cause more discomfort treating them?

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Nope, camrosa did not cause PF any discomfort; I was very gentle applying. They don't have to be treated, but I thought I'd have a go anyway. Got nothing to lose.

 

[brightmount]

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My boy has them quite badly and won't let us touch his ears which makes it difficult to get anyhting in them

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Our horse was the same when she had aural plaques. It has to be a softly softly approach. You need to get the horse used to the idea of having his ears touched before trying to massage cream into the plaques. So it's a good idea to spend time stroking the horse's neck and working up gradually to the ears. Do this for a few weeks before using the cream, then apply the cream in the same way, by stroking the neck first and working up to the ears.

 

[CarolynDorey]

My daughter's horse has them quite badly, but we are reluctant to interfere in case it upsets her. When we got her a year ago, we had to stip her bridle, but can now put it over her ears. The plaques appear to be reducing. Does anyone know if they will disappear on their own? Is the condition genetic - she is a half-sister to HB?

On Camrosa - we used it on a cob with a sore leg that nothing would clear - we had good success with it, but as soon as we stopped the condition reappeared - anything noticed yet with the aural plaques?