What is this?

[Stroppy Mare]

Horse has bald patches all over its neck, and possibly body too, its covered over with a rug. What could it be?!

 

[Ollie's Mum]

Ringworm? Mange?

 

[SusieT]

horse looks very poor-is it yours?

 

[Stroppy Mare]

No, thankfully it isnt (its a 2yo appaloosa), but its in close proximity to mine - hence why I want to find out.

Ringworm was something that crossed my mind, but does it look like that, shape and amount wise?

 

[Sparkles]

Rainscald type fungal infection?

 

[Stroppy Mare]

Could be likely, owner appears to not like to rug it very often (and is sporadic - when it snowed, rug got wet so was taken off said horse and horse went naked, despite rug being a HW and horse being in poor condition!)

Is there any way it could be transmitted over a fence to my horses?

 

[Ollie's Mum]

If it doesn't look obviously like anything then it would probably need a skin scraping taking by the vet to look at. There are certain things that could be tramsmitted - ringworm is a spore and can live on wood like fence posts so potentially it the horse had scratched itself on the fence and your horse does the same then yes it could catch it. Ringworm is very contagious to humans too.

 

[Hedgewitch13]

Are you at livery? If so your YO owner should be saying something to the owner about the state of that pony. Can you say something to them in confidence? Poor little thing.

 

[ELFSBELLS]

Looks like rainscald to me.

 

[ester]

could be lots of things, poss looks more licey to me than the aforementioned.

 

[vieshot]

Dont think it looks anything like ringworm.....

More likely lice or rainscald perhaps

 

[navaho]

Could be any number of things, i cant make out much from the pic to be honest. Could the bald patches be from where its rubbed & has lice, that would also possibly explain why it looks poor.

 

[Ceris Comet]

Is it just me or has he got a blue mane ?

 

[Stroppy Mare]

It's been poor since at least june/august time last year, its never fed well enough to keep any weight on it, and water is a privelidge to them.

 

[Hedgewitch13]

If that is true and they are really being neglected then please report the owners for not looking after their horses properly. I know I would.

 

[QUICKFIRE]

I would at a guess would say its lice! and a case of neglect!

 

[Stroppy Mare]

I didn't think that the RSPCA would be interested unless the horse went without food and water for about 3 weeks or more?

 

[ester]

which is why it is best to go to someone other than the RSPCA at times, try whw or bhs welfare. At the very least they will advise the owner I should hope.

Also if the horse does have lice or other condition which is being left untreated I would think that adds more weight to the situation than a poor feeding/watering regime, it is certainly worth the phonecall.

 

[Stroppy Mare]

Thanks, I'll have a look. I'd be more than happy to report her given the way she treats them.

 

[AmyMay]

I didn't think that the RSPCA would be interested unless the horse went without food and water for about 3 weeks or more?

This is not the case - ring the WHW or BHS.

The horse looks to have lice and to be suffering from neglect.

 

[charlie76]

99% sure that would be lice. Horses with lice go manky and bald like that. Is he quite poor??

 

[misterjinglejay]

It looks licey, and does look in a poor state, IMO.

 

[charlie76]

You can buy powder but to to be honest looking at the extent of that it won't work. That horses needs injections from the vet to clear it up.

 

[vieshot]

Ant powder. Cheap and works a treat.