my horse looks like a squirrel! think he alergic to oats!

[mazziek]

Brought cob in today and his cheeks and top of his neck were rather swollen, could it be oats? its the only new thing been added t his feed. has anyone had this happen to thier horse? thanks

 

[welshied]

yeah my youngster was like this his was just grass glands though but caused his face to swell lol

 

[mazziek]

grass glands???? wat did you do?

 

[welshied]

just left them and they went down the next day

 

[welshied]

i could be wrong though

 

[mazziek]

hmm interesting, he went from being in big field wit loads t grass to field with little grass. so wonder if that maybe the problem

 

[Keltic]

Yep def sounds like grass glands.

 

[mazziek]

why would he react like that though? lack of grass?

 

[welshied]

usually when grass is really wet or short as it is a lot richer i think thats right anyway

 

[Keltic]

If you do a search on here it brings up loads of info look for Grass Mumps.

 

[mazziek]

great thanks for all ur advice! glad i posted bout this now!

 

[digitalangel]

mine were up in his cheeks yesterday - gone today!