Crusty lumps on body????

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Anyone know what the following might be.

Mainly where the saddle goes, a few weeks ago a rash came up. I assumed she's allergic to something and they went away.

They're back!! But this time have (overnight) got crusty lumps on the top. It isn't sore and not weepy, just scabs which look horrible. The scabs are lots of little scabs all over lapping to make a larger scabby area. It total the largest patch being 50p size.
They are on both sides and also on the flank area where no saddle/ numnah goes.

I've hibiscrubed the area and picked off as many as I've got time to. It may be related but this horse gets hot easily and although I try to under-rug, it's been hard the last week or so. Hope to get pics later.
 
Am eating my brekkie and your title made me gag:(:D No help to offer i'm afraid though, someone will know though, i'm sure.
 
It could be friction from old sweat. It also could be a reaction to the numnah; have you washed it in anything different or it's not been rinsed out thoroughly?
If it was me, I wouldn't wash again but smother it in something like Sudacrem or Protocon, to loosen up the scabs but don't pick them off until they're ready to roll off else you will make it a lot sorer for pony.
Either way, until it is completely healed up, it sounds like pony is off work, poor you.
 
A friends horse had something that sounds similar. Think it could be something too do with him having a new numnah have you changed your or washed it different? He washed them in hibi scrub daily and put cream on. Also let as much air get to it as possible to help the healing process. He had to not ride for a couple of weeks till they healed. Hope this is some help
 
I think there are two possible causes of the crusty lumps; bacteria and allergy.
The horse could be allergic to your washing powder, and the skin is coming up in an allergic rash. Easy to solve - change your detergent.
Or it could be a form of rainscald due to a bacterial infection - bacteria thrive in warm, moist conditions, such as under your numnah - you could keep washing with Hibiscrub and try to keep your horse dry (turn out with a rug on) but fairly cool.
You could always ask your vet to take a skin scraping to see what is happening.
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My old pony had loads of scabs allover her back when we first got her, but we put Camrosa ointment on her and it seemed to cure the problem she had. I would definitely recommend it.
 
Sounds like a rainscald infection to me. My mare had a patch on her shoulder a couple of years ago, even though she doesn't get wet! I tried Malaseb, Hibi scrub, antibiotics, and sudocreme but it was aloe vera gel that finally cleared it up. Hers was due we think to a lowered immune system due to her age.
Hibi scrub the scabs, you'll need to loosen them, so leave the wash on for 10 mins, then rinse it off and apply aloe vera gel once dry. Re-apply the gel on an evening too, and leave the rugs off to let the skin air as well, unless it's raining.
 
If it's just under the saddle area, I bet you £5,000 it's good old rainscald. As others have said, rainscald can occur anywhere the skin is moist and never gets a chance to dry properly. The bacteria that normally live harmlessly on the surface of the skin can penetrate it when the skin is compromised. Rain can cause it, so can sweat under numnahs, saddles, rugs etc. To clear it up, you need to gently hibiscrub the area - keep at it over as many days as it takes until you can carefully pick off any remaining scabs. Be gentle because the skin will be sore. The bacteria lurk under these scabs so applying products on top of scabs won't clear it up. Once all the scabs are gone, keep gently hibiscrubbing making sure it gets right down to the skin - you can even make a tiny bit of dilute hibiscrub up and massage it right into the skin and leave it there. It should clear up in a week or two but ideally no riding until it's healed to give it a proper chance. When you're riding again, make a rule to use a clean dry numnah every single time you ride and wash and dry the saddle area before rugging.
 
I have a randomly scabby pony, skin scrapes show nothing, he gets them on a range of areas of his body but mostly flank, belly and neck, rarely under saddle.

I have come to the conclusion that they have 2 initial causes. Either him getting too hot (he comes up in heat bumps then).... but I cant clip anymore hair off! Or at some times I think he gets an allergic reaction to some fly bites. Somehow I think he then gets a low grade bacterial infection in the area.

He gets a small areas of yellow crustiness and you can just see an area of raised hair, hardly noticeable unless you feel it.

I dont always hibiscrub, having done it daily it never really helped. I find that using sudocreme or a sulphur creme (or sudocreme + sulphur) clears them up in a couple of days. I rub it in hard and the next day the crustiness will have gone. This has been trial and error though over the years. I did try leaving them but they just spread and got bigger.
 
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