_jetset_
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Grace has been working so well recently, and today she had a well derserved day off. Because our fields are very wet, I turned her out in the arena for 45 minutes while I tidied her bedroom.
I noticed she had eaten every last scrap of her breakfast, which is something she tend to fuss over, and had cleaned up all of her haylage from last night... again, there is usually a bit left over that she has dragged into her bed.
Anyway, I brought her back in, changed her rugs (she had got drenched in the down pour) and then turned out my other mare. Grace is really attached to Hannah, so she proceded to snort and shout for her while Han took absolutely no notice of her at all!
I had almost finished mucking out Han when I noticed Grace had some green snot in her nostril, a good blob of it
I put some rubber gloves on (I am always a bit careful with snot), cleaned it away and then cleaned a small amount that was on the floor (with disinfectant) and some that was in her other nostril.
I took her haylage away from her and wet it thoroughly as it has been pretty dusty this weekend, gave it her back once it had dripped off a little and she started munching straight away and was happily tucking into it.
I checked her several times before I left for work and there was no sign of anymore green snot; her nostrils were clear all the way to where it bends (I had a good look) and she seemed very perky and bright.
Usually, if Grace is even slightly unwell she really gets knocked off her feed completely!
I called the vet, and they are coming up to swab this afternoon as I was supposed to be taking her down to the Inter Regionals this weekend... while I do not 'feel' it is something nasty, I would hate to take her not knowing, as I think it would be a very irresponsible thing to do
The only changes that have been made are that it was a new bale of haylage yesterday morning which was a bit dusty, and I swapped her onto Nedz Bedz Pro from BedMax on Saturday evening...
Could something like an allergy or a change of bedding cause green snot? I always thought it was just an infection which caused green and that clear snot is good snot!
I noticed she had eaten every last scrap of her breakfast, which is something she tend to fuss over, and had cleaned up all of her haylage from last night... again, there is usually a bit left over that she has dragged into her bed.
Anyway, I brought her back in, changed her rugs (she had got drenched in the down pour) and then turned out my other mare. Grace is really attached to Hannah, so she proceded to snort and shout for her while Han took absolutely no notice of her at all!
I had almost finished mucking out Han when I noticed Grace had some green snot in her nostril, a good blob of it
I took her haylage away from her and wet it thoroughly as it has been pretty dusty this weekend, gave it her back once it had dripped off a little and she started munching straight away and was happily tucking into it.
I checked her several times before I left for work and there was no sign of anymore green snot; her nostrils were clear all the way to where it bends (I had a good look) and she seemed very perky and bright.
Usually, if Grace is even slightly unwell she really gets knocked off her feed completely!
I called the vet, and they are coming up to swab this afternoon as I was supposed to be taking her down to the Inter Regionals this weekend... while I do not 'feel' it is something nasty, I would hate to take her not knowing, as I think it would be a very irresponsible thing to do
The only changes that have been made are that it was a new bale of haylage yesterday morning which was a bit dusty, and I swapped her onto Nedz Bedz Pro from BedMax on Saturday evening...
Could something like an allergy or a change of bedding cause green snot? I always thought it was just an infection which caused green and that clear snot is good snot!
