Sweating in one patch

[marion95]

Hi everyone,

Have any of you had experience with your horse sweating in just one patch?

My TB mare has recently started sweating on her shoulder (just below her mane) in a really small patch - about 2 inches long 1 inch wide. It's not all the time, but a lot, and when she isn't hot anywhere else. Obviously she sweats everywhere when she is hot!

I had my back lady out last night (McTimoney) and she said that it is a sign of isolated pain. She also pulled her legs out to stretch and there was a big clunk, so hoping that's the problem sorted.

Has anyone else had this?

Thanks,

 

[AmyMay]

Yep - loan horse sweats in a funny patch at the top of her leg at the sight of an old injury.

 

[kick_On]

Has she had a previous injury at this site??
Normally it suggest that there has been damage at this site and sweat rececptor (sp) can't switch off correctly so therefore, she sweats just on this patch first

 

[PapaFrita]

I used to have a horse that sweated first on a patch on his withers (both sides) No idea why though he showed no sign of being in any pain.

 

[marion95]

Well it's only just started happening, so I don't think so. One suggestion is that she may have fallen over when she got her leg caught in barbed wire a month or so ago. Although she has never been stiff or lame on her front legs.

Hopefully the big clunk will sort it out!

 

[TGM]

I agree with the others that it can be the sign of an old injury. One of my previous horses had a massive injury to her hindquarters and although it healed well, she would always get a strange patch of sweat in that area.

 

[mrussell]

Yep both my TBs do it. Infact my fella even has different colour hair there (much darker).

Ive had both of them since age 4 and neither of them have had an injury there so just assumed it was a TB thing.

 

[Happy Bird]

There was a post on this previously and lots of answers. Try searching the forum for more info.

 

[kayleigh_and_rocky]

My boy has a sweat patch in exactly the same place and exactly the same size!!!its so funny lol sometimes it can be properly dripping and the rest of hims fine. I think its an overactive sweat gland.

 

[vicijp]

They will quite often do this at the sight of muscle/ligament damage. My guess would be that someone has injected her a bit low in the past, and nicked a ligament near to the spine.

 

[Judie]

Yep my chap does it, usually when he is a little tense and tired, travelling home after competing. It's quite a common place for them to sweat.

 

[kick_On]

well i bet you, that's it, just 'epedemus damage' (sp)

 

[marion95]

Yep tried that but couldn't find anything. Put in 'sweating in one place' and 'sweat patches' and more!

 

[marion95]

How funny!

Well as she's not showing any adverse effects and never has, I'm not too worried, but it's just a little odd!

 

[cobwithattitude]

Doesn't sound like this is the case with yours but my old horse used to sweat in one particular patch on his chest as a result of injury to a sweat gland when he was injected.

 

[vicijp]

Your horse came from Ireland didnt he KandR?
Its likely to have been from being injected with a wormer, a lot of them have it.

 

[10past6]

My tb also does this in exactly the same place. He did it all last summer, but not this summer i didnt think anything of it just thought it was an over active sweat gland.