Tapir
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Just been to view a nice cob who has feather mites. She would be coming to live with my other hairy cob who does not. I haven't deal with mites before but know they can be a real problem. Would it put you off buying?
I would take a very close look at the pasterns to see the extent of damage to the skin and flesh. We looked after a horse where the damage was so bad that there were several long deep sore crevices in every pastern that we never got it sorted. The horse sadly died very suddenly - maybe we'd have succeeded but it really was an uphill struggle and I don't know if we'd have got it sorted after several previous years of neglect. The horse was very sensitive to any handling around the lower legs so it took hours to trim the feathers and treat not to mention being hazardous due t the horse's understandable sensitivity - it must have been so sore.Just been to view a nice cob who has feather mites. She would be coming to live with my other hairy cob who does not. I haven't deal with mites before but know they can be a real problem. Would it put you off buying?
Are you going to see her again? You need to take a good look and/or feel of the pasterns. If you buy her you will find kinder ways than picking off the scabs! We like Hilton Herbs Phytobalm but didn't use it on the horse I mentioned earlier because his long deep sores were open and weeping. Good luck and let us know how you get on.Thanks everyone. The cob seems good in all other ways but I didn't really get chance to have a good look as she was not happy for me to touch her leg s at all. Apparently her owner had been picking at the scabs whilst she was waiting for me.