Aural Plaques

Balibee

Balibee

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Hi everyone

Just a bit of advice please.

My horse has Aural Plaques. Just wondered if anyone else's horse has these and if they have caused any problems or if anyone has a way of dealing with them.

I have had a look online at them and it seems like nothing really can be done about them :-(
I am fairly lucky that one of the main problem seems to be horses becoming difficult to bridle and becoming headshy, but my lad had never shown any problems being bridled and is not at all headshY. Although after exercise, if he is sweaty and I try and wash around his bridle area he puts his head right up and does not like being washed around his ears.

Just wondered about others experience?


Thanks
 
my boy has them but they never bother him its part of his grooming for me to put my thumb into his ear and grip the ear slightly between thumb and finger slide my hand and up the plaque slides out
 
My horse has them
Not normally a problem--can be itchy sometimes--barely visible just now
We can be plagued by the small black flies here in certain weather conditions--his ears get irritated then--usually baby wipes followed by eg sudocreme is soothing and keeps the flies out--or they drown in the cream!!
 
My big chap has them and after about 5 years he did become earshy. Had to in the end split bridle in two so you werent squashing ears or even touching them when putting on bridle, RVC vet said leave them alone, dont fiddle with them.
 
Both my horses have them and have never been a problem, the younger one doesn't like his ears being trimmed so I don't make an issue of it they just have to stay fluffy. He will tolerate me getting the mud off his head with pimple palm gloves but I never fiddle inside his ears as vet advised it can make them headshy.
 
Two of my horses have them and the only problem I have had is when some idiot AI at Stoneleigh (when my boy was borrowed for their BHS exams) decided that they could be brushed out with a stiff brush. She twitched him and scrubbed away at them. His ears bled and bled and he became totally bridle shy. I was livid. it took me years to get him over it. Just ignore, leave them there, you can't get rid.
 
Thank you for the advice. :-)

Think I will just carry on and leave them alone. Sounds like the best thing. They certainly do not seem to bother him.

Thanks again
:-)
 
dont know if it works but some one told me to put caneston on them as it is the same fungas i havent tried it yet but they said it really worked
 
An Update ....

I had the vet out yesterday for a dental check and just mentioned his ears and he said the best thing is just to leave well alone. He said trying to put anything on them or picking them off can actually cause more problems.

Just thought it would be handy to pass this info on.

Thanks for the help and advice given
 
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