Bizarre symptoms- help please!!

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Tinsel Trouble

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I have a 17year old 14.2 welsh sec d. I've owned him for 10 years now and in the past couple of weeks he's presenting with some funny symptoms.

He's lost some hair under his face (between his cheeks) we have just moved to a new yard (he has been kept at home since i've had him) I put this down to the stress of the move as there's no flakiness, no scabs and no oozing and no pain; just simple hair loss. A couple of weeks ago he had a minor nose bleed when he came back from a hack- a small trickle from his right nostril that stopped very quickly. (He's a head shaker who reacts to midges a nose net helps him, I put it down to this). Tonight walking back from the field he had another nosebleed. Again a small trickle from the right nostril which stopped after 5 mins.

Do you think the hair loss and the nosebleeds are related? I'm reluctant to call a vet out incase I'm over reacting as he's quite highly strung and I don't want either him or the vet to get stressed or hurt. All ideas welcome!!
 
If you dont want to get the vet out as a first port of call you could just ring them and describe the symptoms, ask them what they think...
 
Hi,

My old pony started having small nosebleeds when he was 19. It was only from one nostril and stopped quite quickly. He didn't have any hair loss with this so I don't know if the hair loss is related or a coincidence or just different to what my pony had.
I decided to have him scoped as the nosebleeds became quite frequent but didn't distress him in any way.
It turned out that he had a small nodule in his passages that would bleed occasional. On the Vets advice I didn't treat him with anything and although he had the occasional nosebleed he lived to be 30 so it obviously didn't affect him!

I would definately ring your Vet though, as you want to err on the side of caution and just make sure that they don't think it is anything that needs urgent attention.

Good luck, let us know how he gets on.

Nikki
 
I agree just speak to a vet and see what they think before booking in. A visit.

Out if interest my boy had choked about once a test since I've had him until last year it was every fee days, so he was scoped, but nothing obvious was seen.
He has had nose bleeds occasionally and one recently when just grazing, maybe they are related.

The hair lost I'm nit sure of could be s coincidence.
 
Your first port of call should most definitely be the vet - whether you're over reacting or not, let them be the judge of that.

Simple hair loss is one thing, nosebleeds should always be a cause for concern.
 
amymay said:
Simple hair loss is one thing, nosebleeds should always be a cause for concern.
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You're quite right- but seeing as the first nose bleed stopped so quickly- I wiped it away and nothing came back. I was concerned but not overly worried. The vet book said that a small bleed that lasts for up 15 mins is not serious, unless it happens regularly. Last night (15 days after the first bleed) the same thing happened, but there was a little more blood than last time, it bled for about 5 mins. Hence why i'm going to speak to the vet in my lunch hour, and not rush them out as an emergency.

If it was both nostrils I'd be panicking and the vet would have been called last night- I would not have been asking questions about it on here!!

Also he's quite highly strung and head shy with people he doesn't know (he has a large dent in his forehead our last vets believe was caused by a hammer blow) and he's not insured- hence even more trepidation for getting vets involved than with the average bear.
 
Tinsel Trouble said:
Also he's quite highly strung and head shy with people he doesn't know (he has a large dent in his forehead our last vets believe was caused by a hammer blow) and he's not insured- hence even more trepidation for getting vets involved than with the average bear.
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amymay said:
Lack of insurance is no reason not to call the vet.
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There was a longer list than lack of insurance that prevented me from calling the vet out. He really does not like people he doesn't know near his head- the distress this would cause would not be beneficial to him, and potentially dangerous to the vet. Hence why I am going to speak to them first. If they decide they should come out because it sounds like a serious issue- then so beit- but for everyone's safety, and his, I need to speak to them first- during office hours.
 
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