undiagnosed mouth problem?

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Hi Wonder if anyone can help.
In October my horse was calling alot in field and on closer inspection we realised he was salivating badly. It turned out he had 'eaten' a twig and it had got stuck round back teeth, removed by hand and he went straight back to eating none the worse for wear.
In December we found he had not eaten morning hayalge and was again drooling foamy saliva. Vet had to come out as no obvious reason and found some ulcers on inside of cheek, about where a cavesson noseband goes round, and he was prescribed anti-biotics and bute, within 2 days completely normal again.
However, yesterday he had eaten no haylage, drunk no water overnight and had same symptoms as before, with swelling in same place. Vet came again and said cannot see any reason why, no splinter, cant find abscess, not teeth or bit.
So am at a bit of a loss, am going to take him off new feed (he has been on for couple months), make sure he cannot get near any cribbox (have a mare that windsucks). Cant think of anything else he maybe allergic too, but then again dont know what is causing the problem?

He has lived in same yard, same fields, haylage supplier etc for over 5 years.

Any ideas really welcome.
Thanks in advance.
 
get vet out again in mean time get your self some sage herb for him to go in his feed very good for ulscers and infection within the mouth!
 
It sounds like sharp teeth to me. Maybe you should get an EDT to have a look at him. He can put the thing that keeps their mouth open (sorry can't remember word for it) so that he can have a good look inside, I remember being told/reading somewhere that unless this contraption is used there is no way you can take a good look at the teeth. Maybe there is an EDT reading this that confirm what I am saying??
 

Did the vet x-ray to confirm there were no abscesses or damage to root of teeth? There may be something above the tooth which is causing discomfort and swelling. This may cause sinus problems which would not necessarily appear immediately but can make them feel pretty grotty. How does his breath smell?
 
Hi, No he did not x-ray. Did say if it flares up again he mignt do a scan, but want to wait for next time as he feels it will be easier to see any reason/cause that way. Yes his breath does smell a bit. Symptoms are showing on fleshy cheek bit. Will as vet re-below tooth etc.
Thanks.
 
applecart - you mean a gag - most vets should carry those around with them anyway - normally at each practice there is a vet who does most of the dental work. you may want and EDT and vet to work in conjunction with each other to get to the bottom of the problem.
 
Hey thanks for that Bean88. Yes Gag is the word! No my vets don't have one, and unfortunately my old vet did my horse once and didn't use a gag. Nor did he have help with him and my horse messed around so much (he is very tall) that the vet just gave up and went onto the next horse! This resulted in half my horses mouth being done, but not the other half. My poor horse ended up unable to chew properly on the one side and as soon as I realised he had a problem (I did not know the vet had given up halfway through until days later) I called an EDT called Alex and he came out the next day. Because he was so quick to come out and efficient and sorted out Bailey's problem I told loads of liveries and they all wanted him. Now he comes twice a year and does about 20 horses at a time! He is very good. just goes to show how something routine can go wrong and cause a problem for someone else to fix!!
 
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