Greeny White Thick Snot

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Hi - my mare has a bit of this from time to time coming out of her nose. She also has a slight cough from time to time.

At the moment she is on dry hay and has only been in for 12 days from out 24/7 - I expect it is the dry hay - should I soak - if so for how long as I do not want to take any goodness out of the hay or should I go for haylage?

Would a good gallop help?
 
Anything more than an occasional clear discharge should be regarded as abnormal.

You should get the vet as she could have a lung infection. This discharge might have been brought on by dry hay, and dust and spores getting into the lungs, but you certainly don't want to be galloping until it clears up.
 
mcnaughty said:
Hi - my mare has a bit of this from time to time coming out of her nose. She also has a slight cough from time to time.

At the moment she is on dry hay and has only been in for 12 days from out 24/7 - I expect it is the dry hay - should I soak - if so for how long as I do not want to take any goodness out of the hay or should I go for haylage?

Would a good gallop help?
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I'd soak for an hour. That will reduce some sugars (always good if you're soaking anyway! lol) and not much else.
I'd be tempted to get the vet to examine her at some point when he/she's around.

Tbh, I don't go with the good gallop theory, mucous and greeny mucous point to some irritation or infection to me.
 
Regards the Hay - steam it instead.
Get a haynet and put in into a heavy duty bag or plastic dustbin, and pour a boiled kettle over it. Seal it up / close lid and leave to steam (and cool).

Regards the think greeny, white - whilst likely to be a mild allergy, it's not always the lungs.
A neighbours horse had an infection in his sinus caused by a crack in the root of his tooth - treatment was surgery, but it had got very very bad and the discharge was thick, green and smelly (not like yours)
 
It may just be an upper respiratory infection but anything that is not clear and of water consistancy running from the nose is vet material! - if it's greeny or yellow coloured then it is infected and you run the risk of long term damage especially if the pus is inhaled deeper into the lungs.
While she has this discharge - don't work her! Feed her from the ground, either steam or soak her hay or feed her haylage, damp all her feeds well.
 
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