I went out yesterday morning to start getting ready to
leave for the Fire Mountain ride.
When I got my mare out, I noticed swelling on her right rear leg below
the hock, with what appeared at first to be scrapes. I thought maybe she
rolled into the hot wire and got caught.
When I looked her over more thoroughly, I noticed she had bumps
about 1-2 inches in diameter over her hindquarters, on her stomach
and some on her back legs. Under her long winter coat there were dime-sized
bald weepy areas. The ones on her back leg were all weepy looking and swollen.
The ones on her stomach area had a lot of swelling.
Needless to day, I've cancelled out of the ride. Her temperature is
normal, she is eating, running around and playing.
She had shots Monday morning - flu, rhino & West Nile. My vet here
says if she had a reaction to the shots, it would have been in 24 hours. She
has never had any reaction to any vaccinations before.
Has anyone seen anything like this? She is totally normal in every other
way. I have washed these sores with a betadine solution and applied a topical
ointment to soothe them, but them seem really itchy to her. I would be
more worried except she feels so good! She just looks terrible.
And - we (were) getting ready for our first 100 next month - help!
