Crusty Lumps!

[Haffy Lover]

My Haflinger has got lots of lumps on him, mainly on his rump. They are yellow and crusty, like they've been weeping, and the skin underneath is quite sore. If I brush them the hair comes away with the crusts! I took him to the vets but they just tested them for ringworm (which I could have told them it wasn't!) but they didn't shed any light on what it was! Has anyone else come across this?

 

[Boxers]

rain scald?

 

[Natalie_H]

Sounds like urticaria. Mine gets it. We control it with anti-histamines, but if he has a very violent reaction, the lumps will burst & a yellowy serum will ooze from them & crust over. Removing the crusts will often leave a bald patch where the hair has adhered to the serum. It is an allergic reaction to something (also known as hives or nettle rash).

 

[FarriersFriend]

That'll be rainscald,my horse has always been prone to it even though he's suitably rugged.

He had it when I bought him and even now he gets a few very small scabs just like the one's you've described in the winter.

It's easy enough to treat-I use malaseb and with a couple of washes it's gone.

 

[Haffy Lover]

Is this something they get just when they're out in the rain? That's a tough one if that's what it is as I can't rug him in the summer and rarely rug him in the winter. I do use malaseb, how often do you use it on yours? Some of the crusty lumps are quite big and he seems to have more than ever this year.

 

[Haffy Lover]

He doesn't seem to have lumps as such before the crusts, he just has lots of crusts, more than ever this year. Do you get anti-histamines from the vet? I think I shall try them and keep using the malaseb as suggested in the other answer I've had. I'm worried he'll end up completely bald!!