Grass glands - anyone else?

[Sprat]

With all of this mental weather we've been having, the grass has gone crackers. Poor Bean has some whopping grass glands at the moment, she looks like a hamster. Anyone else getting this?

Unsure what to do for the best really, she's out from 08:00 until about 14:00 and they are still really swollen by the time I get to the yard after work. Thinking reducing turnout (not my preference if possible), or maybe haying in the field so he's staying away from the grass a bit? Would antihistamines help this?

Rode last night and she was not happy in a higher frame.

Obviously I will speak to vet if it gets worse.

 

[Kat]

Mine gets them too but they have normally gone down enough to ride by the time I arrive in the evening

 

[milliepops]

Horrendous for Kira too, no one else seems affected.
I catch in at 2 and ride about 5 some days and by then the filling has sort of slid down her face and given her a puffy chin ?

When I am able to, I ride in the morning instead!

 

[Kat]

Yeah L's move too.

Might be worth feeding hay from the floor to see if that helps it drain enough to be comfortable to be ridden.

 

[PapaverFollis]

I thought it was feeding high to drain grass glands?

Beast's were up yesterday but not enough to interfere with being ridden and gone by the time we got back. I think she gets them when they're struggling to find grass rather than when the grass is growing well.

 

[Kat]

I don't know, I find they move by feeding as I do so they aren't problematic when I ride. ?

 

[Sprat]

I feed hay from the ground as it is (aside from last week when the yard put her to bed with a haynet and she jammed her foot through it). Can't win really, don't particularly want to feed up high and invite back / neck issues.

I did think of that MP but I am just so crap at getting up in the morning, and after a few years of part livery I am far to used to a later alarm clock.

Hopefully it will calm down in a few days

 

[PapaverFollis]

I think the advice I got was to just feed from a net tied high for a short period to help them go down. Not to put their whole hay ration up high. So not enough to cause a back issue just enough to raise the head for a bit. I found it helped but wasn't a miracle I think but I don't remember properly. Never had a problem with them being so large I couldn't ride.

 

[scats]

Yep, Polly has a puffy face. Millie rarely gets affected.

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

With all of this mental weather we've been having, the grass has gone crackers. Poor Bean has some whopping grass glands at the moment, she looks like a hamster. Anyone else getting this?

Unsure what to do for the best really, she's out from 08:00 until about 14:00 and they are still really swollen by the time I get to the yard after work. Thinking reducing turnout (not my preference if possible), or maybe haying in the field so he's staying away from the grass a bit? Would antihistamines help this?

Rode last night and she was not happy in a higher frame.

Obviously I will speak to vet if it gets worse.

Several of ours have grass mumps.

 

[Tihamandturkey]

Madam has them sometimes when something new or unusual comes up in the field - only lasts a day usually - if very bad I don't put bridle on - just lunge off headcollar that day

 

[ihatework]

My recent horses have never had a problem but for my old dressage mare is was a problem. I would make sure she was stabled for at least 3-4 hours before needing to ride. Just took planning.

And if for some reason I couldn’t then it was hacking exercise on a long rein only

 

[little_critter]

Mine came in yesterday, not with classic grass glands, but with his cheek muscles looking ‘lumpy’. He didn’t seem bothered when I poked and prodded them so hopefully just the result of some serious chewing.