Has anyone seen this before?

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I’m going to consult with my vet if these don’t go down, so please don’t come at me .

I noticed my horse had these hard, small, bony lumps on her spine after riding today.

She wasn’t sensitive to me palpating these with fair pressure. They have just popped up. My veterinary physio has never raised any concerns about her back.

Her saddle has also recently been checked by a SMS saddler. It’s a fairly recent Albion with a wide channel (I can fit my fist and then some in the channel), so I can’t see how it would have placed pressure anywhere near her spine .

I don’t think it’s fluid, they are really quite hard.

Sorry, photos are crap .

 

[AShetlandBitMeOnce]

Dex has something that looks a bit like the top photo but further back and I asked my vet who was out at the time, and he looked at me and said 'yes, that should be there, that's his spine'

If yours are new then I would query it as you are, but I felt like a right knob

 

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Dex has something that looks a bit like the top photo but further back and I asked my vet who was out at the time, and he looked at me and said 'yes, that should be there, that's his spine'

If yours are new then I would query it as you are, but I felt like a right knob

Well part of me wonders whether it's always been like that but I have been anything but observant! She isn't a stoic horse, so if it was hurting, there is no way she'd have let me push down on them hard.

 

[TheMule]

That really is just her spine. She may have dropped a little condition so it has become more prominent.. but it has always been there!

 

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That really is just her spine. She may have dropped a little condition so it has become more prominent.. but it has always been there!

She has had a few months off, figures . Thank you.

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

Has she lost weight/muscle tone recently? That really does just look like her spine. As you said, " hard, small, bony lumps on her spine".

 

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Has she lost weight/muscle tone recently? That really does just look like her spine. As you said, " hard, small, bony lumps on her spine".

She has lost topline due to a break over the worst of winter. I do feel a wee bit silly now .

 

[little_critter]

She has lost topline due to a break over the worst of winter. I do feel a wee bit silly now .

But hopefully reassured

 

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Thank you all . I had all sorts of wild and whacky diagnoses going round my head.

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

It's nice to be the bearer of good news for once.

 

[ecb89]

She has lost topline due to a break over the worst of winter. I do feel a wee bit silly now .

I thought my horse was developing a sarcoid. After frantic googling I realised it was his belly button

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

I once almost made a vet appointment for a Lab pup, until I realised that the crustiness around her ear was porridge!

 

[adamntitch]

best to ask and look silly than not and its something else

 

[Landcruiser]

I once almost made a vet appointment for a Lab pup, until I realised that the crustiness around her ear was porridge!

I once panicked about a large new mole on my chest - then realised it was chocolate