Swollen Glands - Advice Please

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ellasmith

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Brought our new cob home one week ago. Noticed a couple of days ago that her glands were a bit swollen. Could it be the change in environment? Other changes we've made are from shavings to straw and from haylage to hay. She has very little hard feed which is Dengie Hifi Lite and Allen & Paige Calm & Conditioning. She's also very itchy. She's got a hunter clip and is in at night/out during the day and we've kept her in the rugs she came with but on very cold nights have added a fleece under stable rug. Could she be too warm - she's started moulting.

Any thoughts very welcome.
 
I am not unduley worried that your new horse is a bit itchy. Probably just clipped to look smart to sell.Give him a realy good grooming. Dont over rug him. Is this your first horse?I am slightly more concerned that his glands are up. Get yourself one of those digital thermometers from a supermarket and take his rectal temperature . Anything betwean about 36.5 and 38.0 is normal. Horses do vary widely in their normal body temperature so it is worth taking your horses regularly for a few days anyway. Often when a horse is moved to a new environment he picks up all sorts of sniffles that he is not immune to. If he runs a temperature call your vet and discuss it with him.I hope this is of help.My appologys to your mare for calling her him ,just realised.
 
If they are the glands sort of under the ear behind the cheek they are probably just grass glands and harmless, my horses get that a lot. But as it is a new horse, I would def. check the temperature and maybe keep it isolated just in case its a contagious infection. The itching is probably moulting/too warm as you say, but you could try louse powder as a precaution..
 
Thanks both. She isn't our first horse and we did have one whose glands came up a bit in the spring but only lasted a day or two and we haven't got much grass. Will take your advice and get a thermometer asap.
 
New horse, no in depth knowledge of its history, glands under its jaw swollen, I'd be suspicious! Grass glands are usually a spring thing, caused by the horse stuffing its face with spring grass and chewing, chewing, chewing. So the salivary glands go into overdrive. This time of year, I wouldn't expect it. Could be as others have said, picked up a bug at your yard. But what bugs cause swollen glands under the jaw? For safety, I'd isolate him and get the vets out, or just isolate him for a week or so.
 
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