Small Lumps on belly?

[Jericho]

i have a little 5 yr old companion pony with me at the moment. Was quite thin when she can 3 weeks ago and has steadily been putting on weight since then with the help of some good dr green and a feed of Speedibeet linseed conditioning cube, glug of oil, vit and min supplement, magox and salt. She is unclipped and has been unrugged for the last week in this nice weather and is mounting nicely. However 4 days ago she came up with lots of 10p size hard bumps in the sides of and under her belly (this is where her coat is thickest) and she isn't keen on me touching them. Flies don't seem to be an issue as we still have a good breeze and there doesn't seem to be many around. Can't think of anything that has changed in her routine particularly but have noticed she is loving the salt lick!

Does anyone know what the bumps are? Grass related? It's growing like mad here... Should I cut all the hard feed out to see if she is getting too much protein?

 

[Silverfire]

i have a little 5 yr old companion pony with me at the moment. Was quite thin when she can 3 weeks ago and has steadily been putting on weight since then with the help of some good dr green and a feed of Speedibeet linseed conditioning cube, glug of oil, vit and min supplement, magox and salt. She is unclipped and has been unrugged for the last week in this nice weather and is mounting nicely. However 4 days ago she came up with lots of 10p size hard bumps in the sides of and under her belly (this is where her coat is thickest) and she isn't keen on me touching them. Flies don't seem to be an issue as we still have a good breeze and there doesn't seem to be many around. Can't think of anything that has changed in her routine particularly but have noticed she is loving the salt lick!

Does anyone know what the bumps are? Grass related? It's growing like mad here... Should I cut all the hard feed out to see if she is getting too much protein?

Do they pitt if you press them? Do they look like these?

My horse has had these for over a year now, they were under her skin, don't pitt and are painful to touch. After about six months they went bald, some are in lines. No help as to what they are sorry. Have had couple vets look at them, one said it might be dead tissue in lymphatic vessels. Hers came up as a reaction to drugs I think but not certain (may be linked to Potassium in some way). Her Albumin/Protein tests normal. If your ponys get worse then you might want to blood test and check its not protein loss.

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

Do they pitt if you press them? Do they look like these?

My horse has had these for over a year now, they were under her skin, don't pitt and are painful to touch. After about six months they went bald, some are in lines. No help as to what they are sorry. Have had couple vets look at them, one said it might be dead tissue in lymphatic vessels. Hers came up as a reaction to drugs I think but not certain (may be linked to Potassium in some way). Her Albumin/Protein tests normal. If your ponys get worse then you might want to blood test and check its not protein loss.

agree they could be linked to protein loss, get the vet to check