hair loss

Horseczy · 04-10-2006, 05:09 AM

Kendras new horse has about a quater size hair missing in the center right under his withers. We are pretty sure that the saddle fits. we put it on w/out the pad and it doesn't seem to be resting on anything it shouldn't. However if we move it up too far it looks like it could have rubbed in the area where the hair is missing. We went to a show on Saturday, and when we got home the hair was missing. I guess I am wondering if the saddle is the cause would it have come off so fast and so much?? Also is there anything I can do to help it grow back. Someone told me that there was nothing we could do if the saddle rubbed it off. But there must be something. I don't even care if it come back white, I just want hair there instead of an ugly bare spot!!
Also any tips to help make sure the saddle fits??

cassidy · 04-10-2006, 05:58 AM

umm my feeling is that the saddle obviously moves once on the horse!! i think you should get this checked it could not only cause hair loss but serious back problems!!!

shsmith · 04-10-2006, 05:53 PM

Is the bare spot scaly at all? Is the hair growing back on it's own yet? Could be ringworm.
Put some anti-fungal cream on it asap, I use one with Tea Tree oil and hydrocortisone. Works well.

Also for it growing back, I have a hoof ointment that I use on bare spots, my one horse had skinned herself on the back of her leg, and there was a bare spot for a while, and after applying the hoof ointment a few times the hair grew back very quickly!

Horseczy · 04-11-2006, 05:14 AM

what was the name of the hoof ointment?

Bex · 04-11-2006, 07:37 AM

Check it isn't the pad, sometimes they can sit tight over the withers and rub. Also if your horse has a rug on it could be that...

Bex

Buckshot · 04-13-2006, 06:42 AM

Well, I still think it could be the result of a poor fitting saddle. However, it *could* be ringworm. Could you post pictures of it?

04-10-2006, 05:09 AM	#1
Horseczy Full Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 186 Images: 1	hair loss Kendras new horse has about a quater size hair missing in the center right under his withers. We are pretty sure that the saddle fits. we put it on w/out the pad and it doesn't seem to be resting on anything it shouldn't. However if we move it up too far it looks like it could have rubbed in the area where the hair is missing. We went to a show on Saturday, and when we got home the hair was missing. I guess I am wondering if the saddle is the cause would it have come off so fast and so much?? Also is there anything I can do to help it grow back. Someone told me that there was nothing we could do if the saddle rubbed it off. But there must be something. I don't even care if it come back white, I just want hair there instead of an ugly bare spot!! Also any tips to help make sure the saddle fits??

04-10-2006, 05:58 AM	#2
cassidy Senior Member+ Join Date: May 2004 Location: england - its sunny sometimes honest! Posts: 21,575 Images: 820	umm my feeling is that the saddle obviously moves once on the horse!! i think you should get this checked it could not only cause hair loss but serious back problems!!! __________________ ive been snowballed... May your life be like toilet paper - Long and useful A horse doesn't care how much you know until he knows how much you care. - Pat Parelli http://www.freewebs.com/linz88055/myprofile.htm

04-11-2006, 07:37 AM	#5
Bex Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lancashire Posts: 344 Images: 41	Check it isn't the pad, sometimes they can sit tight over the withers and rub. Also if your horse has a rug on it could be that... Bex __________________ I don't care who tells me, I won't die until someone proves to me that there are horses in heaven!

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04-10-2006, 05:53 PM	#3
shsmith Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Alberta Posts: 184 Images: 2	Is the bare spot scaly at all? Is the hair growing back on it's own yet? Could be ringworm. Put some anti-fungal cream on it asap, I use one with Tea Tree oil and hydrocortisone. Works well. Also for it growing back, I have a hoof ointment that I use on bare spots, my one horse had skinned herself on the back of her leg, and there was a bare spot for a while, and after applying the hoof ointment a few times the hair grew back very quickly!

04-11-2006, 05:14 AM	#4
Horseczy Full Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 186 Images: 1	what was the name of the hoof ointment?

04-13-2006, 06:42 AM	#6
Buckshot Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Michiana Posts: 5,585 Images: 26 Blog Entries: 19	Well, I still think it could be the result of a poor fitting saddle. However, it could be ringworm. Could you post pictures of it?