Lumps under saddle

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Donkey has always had a couple of what were described as sweat lumps (small hard lumps) where her saddle goes, I noticed last night that she now has 6, what do I do to get rid of them? Also what can I do to prevent more appearing? They are not bothering her, but as she is my pampered princess I want to get rid of them.
 
Corroy gets them too sometimes. Vet told me just to make sure they have always for a clean saddle cloth, other than that nothing really. They disappear on their own.
 
Wash the area thoroughly with a dilute solution of hibiscrub initially and thereafter with warm water after exercise. And always use a clean numnah.

Is she fully clipped? If so - remove the saddle patch as well.
 
Winston suffered with them for years
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but since i use the Gel-Eze pad theyve all gone!
I keep his back clear from sweat everytime hes ridden hes wiped over with a damp sponge - but the vet said a lot of it was to do with the skin reacting under the saddle to rider pressure. So since using the pad theyve all disappeared.
 
William has had them for about a year now, they have hardened off and have gone black and shiny.
His are from an allergy and the vet is coming out next thursday to remove them.
They don't bother him, but they are unsightly, especially in summer.
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Are you sure they're sweat lumps?
Meg has got a few hard pea-sized lumps under the skin, and we think they're protein lumps... caused by too rich haylage, and the huge amount of working mix I've been feeding in order to make her speedy.
I'm in the process of reducing the mix as it has made no difference to her energy-wise, and am hoping the lumps will go down too.
 
Could poss be protein lumps........Keeps an eye on them and see if they change shape etc, also wash all things that come into contact with them just incase they are from sweat........Zara gets them sometimes....
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Antifaz has got 2 lumps about pea-sized in the saddle area. They don't hurt at all so I leave them alone although they're not very pretty. I wash my numnahs regularly too. Perhaps will try and get F to reduce his feed a bit as he's certainly not skinny in case they're protein lumps
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Only protien she gets apart from haylage is her oats - 1 full scoop a day, is that too much??

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Unlikely - and she'd have lumps elsewhere.
 
Haylage is very protein-rich though - and if the donkey is anything like mine she'll get through a lot of it this time of year.
Meg is in a lot more due to the bad weather at the moment, which has meant she's getting at least one extra haynet and isn't stood shivering in the field for as long.
 
She is out from 7.30 until 4.30 whatever the weather (she would stay in happily but I am an evil mother who believes fresh air is good for her!!) and only has one large net a day so don't think it is too much. (but may be wrong)
 
I've been going through this with Sonny at the moment - we too thought it was from protein, then we wondered if it was from barley, or from a reaction to fly bites. We have FINALLY found out it is a staph. infection (and a big thank you to Tia, among others, who first suggested this could be the case!) It is a bacterial infection caused by horses getting too hot mainly, although there are other causes. Sonny is a very hairy native, he had a very thick winter coat which encouraged the staph. infection. I have also been reliably informed that there is no such thing as a protein "over-dose" - it just would not show itself in this way! If you'd like to see photos of Sonny's lumps please PM me; I have some recent ones, but I'd rather not put them on an entirely open forum!
 
Doesn't sound like too much at all. I think I'm massively overfeeding mine!
I'd much rather mine was out, but YO wants to conserve her fields and has limited it (at the moment) to afternoon TO.
 
Archie got these, they stayed for around a month, didnt change in anyway (as i monitored them carefully) and they are now totally gone. I didnt do anything to them (on advice of vet friend).
 
Really, they'll go by themselves. Old pony (also highly treasured) had them. I worried and worried, forgot to after a while and then - gone!

She always has a thick coat and did appreciate them being scratched - or maybe it was just her back! I never tried to pick them though.

She hasn't got any atm.
 
Oh mine isnt the only one- he has lumps of about three (peasize) on both sides of back. They are visable and quite raised, gg isnt bothered and don't seem to be causing him pain, but they look horrid. He has had them since I bought him (over a year ago).
Is on a fibre based diet, hay, fibre cubes and alfa lite and cloths always clean doesn't get too sweaty is in medium work also reg wormed. Any ideas folks or should I also leave well alone?
 
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