rosebud
Well-Known Member
Brought Belle in from the fields today and notice she had thousands of flies lined up on 3 marks she has had on her chest for a while.
The marks are as if shes had a cut there and its the scar/scab left from it although shes never seamed to have any cuts there before. She has hair there although the skin underneath is very scalpy, flaky and bitty. They have seemed to have got bigger then when we first noticed them.
After we scraped the flies off, we noticed a few dots of blood on them as if the flies had been sucking at them.
Any ideas on what this could be?
Also after we brought her into the school where we do the daily check over on her foal and her, she came across a bit lethargic, with her head down, and didnt seam to be her usual self.
Weve check for mastitis because she is still feeding but her teats dont seam to feel lumpy or any hotter then what they would normally feel.
Do you think these two could be related or just a coincidence? We will check Belle tomorrow to see how she is, just in case she was having an off day, otherwise well give the vet a call tomorrow.
Here are a few photos of the marks on her chest but sorry if the quality isnt very good as we only had camera on our phone.
The marks are as if shes had a cut there and its the scar/scab left from it although shes never seamed to have any cuts there before. She has hair there although the skin underneath is very scalpy, flaky and bitty. They have seemed to have got bigger then when we first noticed them.
After we scraped the flies off, we noticed a few dots of blood on them as if the flies had been sucking at them.
Any ideas on what this could be?
Also after we brought her into the school where we do the daily check over on her foal and her, she came across a bit lethargic, with her head down, and didnt seam to be her usual self.
Weve check for mastitis because she is still feeding but her teats dont seam to feel lumpy or any hotter then what they would normally feel.
Do you think these two could be related or just a coincidence? We will check Belle tomorrow to see how she is, just in case she was having an off day, otherwise well give the vet a call tomorrow.
Here are a few photos of the marks on her chest but sorry if the quality isnt very good as we only had camera on our phone.
