CPL / Mallanders / feather mites

[Bobthecob15]

So my horse Blue has mallenders I posted further up .
He’s an extremely nice horse and would sell very easily for more than I paid for him but we have done a lot of training .
He’s very easily managed but we do have to manage him but everything we do is just about good management it’s not complicated stuff the biggest pain is the clipping all year round and the weight control .

Good to know, thanks

 

[SEL]

No miracle cures but if I didn't know better, I'd think that was what my big cob has but I know that it was originally a reaction to linseed in a balancer that I made worse by by giving her extra linseed to support her skin(!). That is well over a year ago now, she still has bare spots up the inside of her thighs and had a small breakout on the outside of her pastern/point of hock a couple of weeks ago. Goodness knows what promoted that but a quick spray of Teatree oil sorted it and the hair is beginning to grow back. Could your problem be allergy related?

Sorry SEL, I hadn't realised this was an old thread, I obviously read this forum with my eyes closed half the time!

I'd forgotten all about it!

Funnily enough linseed set the big boy off too and I only found out when I ran out of the stuff and his itching stopped. Felt awful about that but my little cob is much the same - she gets ridiculously itchy on too much grass too.

That little cob struggles with mud sometimes and I wonder if there's something in the soil she reacts to. She gets manically itchy and gets piriton until it calms down.

I would have a good feel down the legs of any cob I was looking to buy. CPL legs are very large and swollen under the hair and I'd be careful buying anything at that stage - I'd stay clear of anything with nodules

 

[Goldenstar]

Years ago in my first job I looked after a heavyweight hunter with CPL I did not really know what it was then .
He was a lovely horse and my friend when times where tough away from home for the first time he lived to a great age.

 

[Bobthecob15]

I'd forgotten all about it!

Funnily enough linseed set the big boy off too and I only found out when I ran out of the stuff and his itching stopped. Felt awful about that but my little cob is much the same - she gets ridiculously itchy on too much grass too.

That little cob struggles with mud sometimes and I wonder if there's something in the soil she reacts to. She gets manically itchy and gets piriton until it calms down.

I would have a good feel down the legs of any cob I was looking to buy. CPL legs are very large and swollen under the hair and I'd be careful buying anything at that stage - I'd stay clear of anything with nodules

Will do, it certainly doesn’t look anything like the CPL I’ve seen online and she’s managed as a regular horse is, stabled overnight or out for only a few hours when really wet and walked in hand or ridden..it doesn’t get worse with being stabled so doesn’t sound like typical CPL. will have a chat with our vet and obviously get her vetted if we proceed x

 

[Goldenstar]

Defiantly talk to your vet .
All horses have something that you manage and it’s a question of understanding and accessing your attitude to the risk.
Of course it means that you have to vigilant and have a system for leg clipping with the horse perhaps you be able to risk the odd short cut we all take when things in life goes a bit wrong .
Blue stables at night no problem as well but I would never ever leave him standing in without exercise of some sort unless he was injured in some way but then that’s a rule I have for all my horses.
You also to think about things that might get you into trouble like injury and box rest I have had Blue through a short period of box rest with no problems .
If you keep your horse on livery consider if finding yards to suit this horse will be a problem .

 

[Bobthecob15]

Defiantly talk to your vet .
All horses have something that you manage and it’s a question of understanding and accessing your attitude to the risk.
Of course it means that you have to vigilant and have a system for leg clipping with the horse perhaps you be able to risk the odd short cut we all take when things in life goes a bit wrong .
Blue stables at night no problem as well but I would never ever leave him standing in without exercise of some sort unless he was injured in some way but then that’s a rule I have for all my horses.
You also to think about things that might get you into trouble like injury and box rest I have had Blue through a short period of box rest with no problems .
If you keep your horse on livery consider if finding yards to suit this horse will be a problem .

Thank you, yes this is definitely a factor x

 

[sollimum]

I went cob shopping and checked all their feathers and they all had something going on without exception. I have had my older cob for 10 years and have always kept him clipped and moisturised and moving. My young cob has just been clipped out for the same reason - we can see what is going on. I would not buy one with massive chronic CPL folds but all cobs will need managing for mites etc, you just get into the routine of it. So I would have a really good look at the legs and a chat with your vet.

 

[Bobthecob15]

I went cob shopping and checked all their feathers and they all had something going on without exception. I have had my older cob for 10 years and have always kept him clipped and moisturised and moving. My young cob has just been clipped out for the same reason - we can see what is going on. I would not buy one with massive chronic CPL folds but all cobs will need managing for mites etc, you just get into the routine of it. So I would have a really good look at the legs and a chat with your vet.

Thank you, no folds that I can see but I have sent photos to my vet too. It looks mild and has been well looked after by current owners x

 

[sollimum]

Thank you, no folds that I can see but I have sent photos to my vet too. It looks mild and has been well looked after by current owners x

That's good news. I am sure your vet will advise. Hope all goes well x