Mane flaking off?

Jenje! · 08-10-2006, 06:18 AM

Eek!

Allure, my four month old filly, is having a bit of a "beauty crisis".

She's developed a sort of dandruff-type thing just behind her ears, where her bridle path will go when she's older. It hasn't shown up anywhere else in her mane, forelock or tail. When I pick at it, big chunks of dead skin (dandruff) come out of it, bringing bits of hair with them. It does seem tender (she will duck away and whine when I mess with it) but all it really looks like is dandruff!

Any idea as to what's causing it? She doesn't seem to be rubbing it or anything, and probably wouldn't anyway if it's a bit sore. I can't have my little princess losing all of her hair!

What would you put on something like this?

JBandRio · 08-10-2006, 06:55 AM

It could be where a tick was, and now the damaged skin is peeling off.

Jenje! · 08-10-2006, 06:56 AM

Bump!

Anyone?

Jenje! · 08-10-2006, 06:57 AM

The spot is about two inches long... would tick damage be that extensive?

buddiebreeze · 08-10-2006, 08:11 AM

it COULD just be dry skin, try applying vaseline, allowing it to go soft, then pick it off! sounds yuk, but works!

Jenje! · 08-10-2006, 08:42 AM

I don't necessarily want it to come off... it's taking her hair with it!

buddiebreeze · 08-10-2006, 08:47 AM

well, i would just leave it as it is, Bud used to have really flaky skin, though it was his whole mane.........i just left it and it went away

also.........if you do pick it off...it WILL grow back pretty quick lol!

sorry, dont know much about ticks

dakotawinters · 08-10-2006, 08:48 AM

try a dandruff shampoo! heh...head and shoulders.

Jenje! · 08-10-2006, 08:49 AM

It's tender, though. Meaning it hurts, so it's not something I want to just "leave" and hope it goes away, y'know?

Jess! · 08-10-2006, 08:55 AM

Can you get pictures by chance? That might help

08-10-2006, 06:18 AM	#1
Jenje! Senior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,421 Images: 859 Blog Entries: 27	Mane flaking off? Eek! Allure, my four month old filly, is having a bit of a "beauty crisis". She's developed a sort of dandruff-type thing just behind her ears, where her bridle path will go when she's older. It hasn't shown up anywhere else in her mane, forelock or tail. When I pick at it, big chunks of dead skin (dandruff) come out of it, bringing bits of hair with them. It does seem tender (she will duck away and whine when I mess with it) but all it really looks like is dandruff! Any idea as to what's causing it? She doesn't seem to be rubbing it or anything, and probably wouldn't anyway if it's a bit sore. I can't have my little princess losing all of her hair! What would you put on something like this? __________________ ♥ Jen That love is all there is, is all we know of love. - E. Dickinson *** VA Allure * BBA First Page * Instead Of Flowers ***

08-10-2006, 06:55 AM	#2
JBandRio Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NC Posts: 19,703 Images: 121 Blog Entries: 12	It could be where a tick was, and now the damaged skin is peeling off. __________________ - JB Acres, owned and operated by Dynamite animals. - It's a wonder horses as a whole don't just kill us all and be done with their misery. - Keep your voice soothing and low - even when things get western (buck1173) - Rio feels good - he bounced an in-and-out

08-10-2006, 06:56 AM	#3
Jenje! Senior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,421 Images: 859 Blog Entries: 27	Bump! Anyone? __________________ ♥ Jen That love is all there is, is all we know of love. - E. Dickinson *** VA Allure * BBA First Page * Instead Of Flowers ***

08-10-2006, 06:57 AM	#4
Jenje! Senior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,421 Images: 859 Blog Entries: 27	The spot is about two inches long... would tick damage be that extensive? __________________ ♥ Jen That love is all there is, is all we know of love. - E. Dickinson *** VA Allure * BBA First Page * Instead Of Flowers ***

08-10-2006, 08:11 AM	#5
buddiebreeze Senior Member+ Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Sunny Scotland (UK) Posts: 2,510 Images: 113	it COULD just be dry skin, try applying vaseline, allowing it to go soft, then pick it off! sounds yuk, but works! __________________ *member of the BGC ........... Big AND Beautiful!*

08-10-2006, 08:42 AM	#6
Jenje! Senior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,421 Images: 859 Blog Entries: 27	I don't necessarily want it to come off... it's taking her hair with it! __________________ ♥ Jen That love is all there is, is all we know of love. - E. Dickinson *** VA Allure * BBA First Page * Instead Of Flowers ***

08-10-2006, 08:47 AM	#7
buddiebreeze Senior Member+ Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Sunny Scotland (UK) Posts: 2,510 Images: 113	well, i would just leave it as it is, Bud used to have really flaky skin, though it was his whole mane.........i just left it and it went away also.........if you do pick it off...it WILL grow back pretty quick lol! sorry, dont know much about ticks __________________ *member of the BGC ........... Big AND Beautiful!*

08-10-2006, 08:48 AM	#8
dakotawinters Full Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 235 Images: 2 Blog Entries: 8	try a dandruff shampoo! heh...head and shoulders. __________________ be a sponge soak up as much information as possible

08-10-2006, 08:49 AM	#9
Jenje! Senior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,421 Images: 859 Blog Entries: 27	It's tender, though. Meaning it hurts, so it's not something I want to just "leave" and hope it goes away, y'know? __________________ ♥ Jen That love is all there is, is all we know of love. - E. Dickinson *** VA Allure * BBA First Page * Instead Of Flowers ***

08-10-2006, 08:55 AM	#10
Jess! Senior Member+ Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 8,834 Images: 187 Blog Entries: 14	Can you get pictures by chance? That might help __________________ (¯`·._¤ Jess!·._¤ ´¯) A Thousand Mile Journey Proud Marine Wife - 17 Weeks left in Iraq!

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