sweat mark on shoulder when not hot

[Sags_Deer]

has anyone ever heard of this before, i was with a clients horse and it comes up with a 3/4inch long thin sweat mark on shoulder blade. does anyone know why it was on the nearside.

 

[rubyred]

possible nerve damage?

 

[I_A_P]

a horse i know has this....just a sweaty patch that comes up...im sure the vet said nerve damage

 

[Stinkbomb]

Yes my old pony Simon used to have one, i just thought he was wierd!!! Never looked into it as it never caused any problems!!

 

[SpruceRI]

My friend's Arab gelding sweats across his withers a lot, even out in the field.

 

[weetmanswagon]

My gelding comes up with a sweaty patch on his hind quarter - I wondered if it was a blocked gland or something.....never thought of nerve damage

 

[Scarlett]

my boy gets this, about 2/3 inches long down his offside shoulder blade.... he only had it for a couple of weeks while he had his winter cost, I did think it was his rug rubbing, now his thick coat is gone it has too...

He has no other 'symptoms', no obvious pain or lameness/stiffness and is happy for it to be brushed etc...

 

[Doublethyme]

My old mare used to get this on her shoulder - developed after she slipped as a youngster in her stable onto the concrete floor (summer no bedding). I assumed it was nerve damage. She had it for years and then it just went and never came back (lost her at 10). It never affected her and she hadn't damaged the shoulder in any other way.

 

[valentine]

my boy gets it too didnt know anything about nerve damage always wonder why he got it just there and no were else

 

[hollyzippo]

My old chestnut used to get it on right scapula- vet said that was nerve damage as above! Looks odd I must admit! Never bothered him tho.

 

[Mudsplasher]

My boy had it too. It disappeared in the end and never seemed to bother him . I'd not heard of anyone elses horse having it though .I also just thought he was weird .

 

[Sags_Deer]

thanks guys i had been thinking along that line, but you have confirmed it. thanks again.

 

[Peanot]

Hi, this is usually a sign of a damaged muscle. It may mend in time or it could do with a massage.

 

[marion95]

My mare has this - on her shoulder. Is always the first bit to sweat - and often sweats there and nowhere else.

I asked my McTimoney practitioner and she said it's a sign of a problem (not major, but site of soreness etc) she did some manipulation, but it didn't go away. Doesn't seem to bother her though.

But it did only start after she had an accident in the field, so maybe she tweaked something there.

 

[MOOSET]

Yep nerve damage my mare cracked her pelvis some years ago and damagaed nerves still sweats now. <font color="pink"> </font>

 

[Evil_Cookie]

My mare has something similar down her shoulder, it's bleached and it sweats occasionally. Back lady has put it down to toxins, there is no soreness there and no accident that I can tell. It goes away in witer, so I'm assuming it is something to do with coat change and spring grass, she had it at this time last year.