Aural plaques

Kiristamm

Kiristamm

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Hi I have just found aural plaques in my fillies ears. I have seen people recommending canesten or camrosa. Which is best?? She is very good at putting up with me looking in the ears and I have started the process of her letting me touch the inside of them.

Any help/ideas on canesten or camrosa!
 
I would leave well alone tbh, my horse had them when I bought him as a 2 yr old(13yrs ago) I've never,ever done a thing with them. They still there but slightly less noticeable than they were. I've known a couple with them & the only issue they seem to cause are that they don't like having their ears bent about when bridling-I just undo drop headpiece over ears & undo side of bridle nearest to me pop bit in & buckle bridle up. I can do stuff with his ears as long as I don't touch them, I trim them,fully clip his head when I clip & he's fine with earless fly masks hoods etc. Messing with them can make them worse, there was an article in h&h a few months ago that contained some stuff about them.
 
I would leave well alone and they may just disappear on their own. One of my horses developed these one summer quite badly. I left them well alone and they virtually all disappeared on their own and she now just has one or two very small ones in one ear. Ears are quite sensitive so i would be hesitant to start poking around in case they become sore and then you start to have trouble putting anything over her head like her headcollar, bridle etc.
 
Just to confuse things further, my present horse had them at 8 his is now 16. I treated them with camrosa as he was happy to let me touch his ears and they disappeared after two weeks treatment. My vet had told me to leave them alone but I thought they looked awful, so treated them anyway.
Previous to this I had a mare who had them badly and would not let me bridle her. The vets operated on her, as she was so bad but they just came back. She was then sold as a brood mare. :(
 
my mare 'failed the vet' because of them and they have been listed on her insurance ever since. I have never touched them, and never given them a minutes thought since. (she is a welsh cob though and has hairy ears so you can't see them!)
 
mumperry said:
my mare 'failed the vet' because of them and they have been listed on her insurance ever since. I have never touched them, and never given them a minutes thought since. (she is a welsh cob though and has hairy ears so you can't see them!)
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What?! Mine has a couple, they don't bother him although his ears are sensitive (but I can touch, hold etc after plenty of practise). The vet obviously noticed them, but it has zero to do with his performance for insurance purposes (everything including showing up to county level) He flew through his 5 stage. :confused:

I would leave well alone. Ears are a funny thing, you don't want the horse getting bridle shy.
 
mumperry said:
my mare 'failed the vet' because of them and they have been listed on her insurance ever since. I have never touched them, and never given them a minutes thought since. (she is a welsh cob though and has hairy ears so you can't see them!)
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Mumperry, did the vet give a reason for failing the horse for having Aural Plaques?, very surprised by this myself, and worrying too.
 
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