Does this look like ringworm or something else?

GiddyUp123 · 11-07-2009, 07:26 AM

I never wear my glasses to the barn but happen to have them on yesterday and noticed on my yearling filly crusty stuff all over her nose! She has had the areas on her ears for a couple of weeks but I thought she was just scratching due to the mosquitos. So this morning, I notice on my other mare her nose starting to crust up, looks like it just started as the hair has not fallen out yet nor did she have this yesterday. What is this?? HELP please!

Yearling:

Other mare just starting:

Seein'Spots · 11-07-2009, 07:43 AM

could be baby warts and she passed them to your mare.

Rhythm 'n Blues · 11-07-2009, 07:45 AM

The 2nd horse defenitely appears to have juvenille warts (at least to my eyes), but i'm not convinded that's the same as the 1st horse......

hp_farms · 11-07-2009, 08:09 AM

Warts, I would say also.

GiddyUp123 · 11-07-2009, 08:13 AM

I was just reading up on the juvinile warts and it says usually happens in horses up to 5 years old. The first horse in the pictures will be 2 in May and the 2nd one will be 4 in March. I have a weanling colt and another mare that will be 3 next year....are they probably going to get them too? I also read that you can aggitate them or put different stuff on them. This is really ugly!!!! Has anybody on here have success getting rid of them?

Seein'Spots · 11-07-2009, 08:15 AM

yes they're ugly but should go away on thier own. Can the other horses touch them ? if so then yea they might get the too.

Rhythm 'n Blues · 11-07-2009, 08:18 AM

My 2.5yr arrived off the trailer with them from South Dakota in the beginning Aug of this year. Totally ugly but totally harmless. They are a species specific thing, so your horse can't give them to you, your dog, cat, or anything else. It's a version of the herpes virus.

Most people tell you to just leave them alone. My BO didn't like them at all, and wanted them gone ASAP, so I bought a wart freezing kit. My guy didn't mind it, but honestly it only helped the smaller ones. It acutally made the BIG one even worse, so not something that I would do again. To give you an idea, Fez (my 2y/o) still has 1 between his lip & nostril. It was the giant one that grew to be larger than a quarter, and about 1/4" high! Yeah it was big! It's nearly gone now, about the tip of my baby finger now. You just have to let them run their coarse.

There's no guarantee all your horses will get it, Fez was turned out with another 2.5y/o filly & she NEVER got it! But I think I was just lucky, as it typically runs through an entire barn of young-ins..........

GiddyUp123 · 11-07-2009, 08:27 AM

Well I do have to say, even though they are UGLY as they are, I am just so very happy it's not ringworm!!! I would rather deal with something like warts that will go away on it's own then treating a whole herd of horses and barn cats for rignworm! SHEW!!!

I have read olive oil, tea tree oil, apple cider, etc will speed the process too but I may just leave them be. Again, just relieved NO RINGWORM!!!

11-07-2009, 07:26 AM	#1
GiddyUp123 Full Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Punta Gorda, FL Posts: 109 Images: 27	Does this look like ringworm or something else? I never wear my glasses to the barn but happen to have them on yesterday and noticed on my yearling filly crusty stuff all over her nose! She has had the areas on her ears for a couple of weeks but I thought she was just scratching due to the mosquitos. So this morning, I notice on my other mare her nose starting to crust up, looks like it just started as the hair has not fallen out yet nor did she have this yesterday. What is this?? HELP please! Yearling: Other mare just starting:

11-07-2009, 07:43 AM	#2
Seein'Spots Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Beautiful British Columbia..VI Posts: 1,708 Images: 176	could be baby warts and she passed them to your mare. __________________ 3,000,000 posts .....I was there...4,000,000 too .........LATE4THESKY......... Dossyn & Jurni Be sure the words you speak are sweet for you may end up eating them

11-07-2009, 07:45 AM	#3
Rhythm 'n Blues Senior Member+ Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 3,659 Images: 172	The 2nd horse defenitely appears to have juvenille warts (at least to my eyes), but i'm not convinded that's the same as the 1st horse...... __________________ Pay equal (if not more) attention to your own self carriage as that of your horse

11-07-2009, 08:15 AM	#6
Seein'Spots Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Beautiful British Columbia..VI Posts: 1,708 Images: 176	yes they're ugly but should go away on thier own. Can the other horses touch them ? if so then yea they might get the too. __________________ 3,000,000 posts .....I was there...4,000,000 too .........LATE4THESKY......... Dossyn & Jurni Be sure the words you speak are sweet for you may end up eating them

11-07-2009, 08:18 AM	#7
Rhythm 'n Blues Senior Member+ Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 3,659 Images: 172	My 2.5yr arrived off the trailer with them from South Dakota in the beginning Aug of this year. Totally ugly but totally harmless. They are a species specific thing, so your horse can't give them to you, your dog, cat, or anything else. It's a version of the herpes virus. Most people tell you to just leave them alone. My BO didn't like them at all, and wanted them gone ASAP, so I bought a wart freezing kit. My guy didn't mind it, but honestly it only helped the smaller ones. It acutally made the BIG one even worse, so not something that I would do again. To give you an idea, Fez (my 2y/o) still has 1 between his lip & nostril. It was the giant one that grew to be larger than a quarter, and about 1/4" high! Yeah it was big! It's nearly gone now, about the tip of my baby finger now. You just have to let them run their coarse. There's no guarantee all your horses will get it, Fez was turned out with another 2.5y/o filly & she NEVER got it! But I think I was just lucky, as it typically runs through an entire barn of young-ins.......... __________________ Pay equal (if not more) attention to your own self carriage as that of your horse

11-07-2009, 08:09 AM	#4
hp_farms Full Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Strathcona County. Alberta Posts: 179	Warts, I would say also.

11-07-2009, 08:13 AM	#5
GiddyUp123 Full Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Punta Gorda, FL Posts: 109 Images: 27	I was just reading up on the juvinile warts and it says usually happens in horses up to 5 years old. The first horse in the pictures will be 2 in May and the 2nd one will be 4 in March. I have a weanling colt and another mare that will be 3 next year....are they probably going to get them too? I also read that you can aggitate them or put different stuff on them. This is really ugly!!!! Has anybody on here have success getting rid of them?

11-07-2009, 08:27 AM	#8
GiddyUp123 Full Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Punta Gorda, FL Posts: 109 Images: 27	Well I do have to say, even though they are UGLY as they are, I am just so very happy it's not ringworm!!! I would rather deal with something like warts that will go away on it's own then treating a whole herd of horses and barn cats for rignworm! SHEW!!! I have read olive oil, tea tree oil, apple cider, etc will speed the process too but I may just leave them be. Again, just relieved NO RINGWORM!!!

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