Ridecamp: [RC] RE: A puzzling phenomenon

Lucie wrote:  "swellings of about quarter to half 
dollar in diameter, puffy places along the jaw, on the 
side of the jawbone, not underneath"


This may sound funny, but we have a pony that has 
something similar.  It freaked me out the first time I 
saw it, but we discovered that it was grain that became 
lodged way back in his jaw between his teeth and 
cheek.  We can press downward on it and work it out, 
remove it with our finger, or give him a few hours and 
he will work it out himself.  Now we just laugh and say 
he's saving it for later, or he's got a "chaw" of 
tobacco.

This may be something totally different from what you 
find in your horses, but I thought it was worth sharing 
anyway.

Jill

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