Ringworm

I'm going to go mad one of these days.

Thriller now has a bald spot on his muzzle and another that looks like it is about to go bald.

There was a stray dog running about but there's always cats dogs foxes new horses etc about. If it's ringworm it could be what that other beast had but hers went from two circles to very raw sore blister type things.

Can't take any more bloody horse drama!!!!!

Oh, dear! That's awful! Do you have any anti-fungal wash?

I think it's extremely likely that that's what Stella has, though. In which case, her owner owes you a huge apology.

It's just weird looking. It's like a scald but no blisters. Like an old one. V strange. I'm working tomorrow 13hrs so on thurs I may pop over to the vet if it's worse. He has been known to scrape himself on the stable door before.

Well there we are - ringworm, all is explained. No-one's fault - it happens. And can be cured.

At least if it is ringworm it's treatable, not the end of the world and not something you caused.

Let us know how you (& the horses) get on.

Does a horse vet charge an arm & a leg the way small animal vets do?

Ringworm can lie dormant in wood for decades before becoming active - in no way is this your fault.

Lorraine wrote:Ringworm can lie dormant in wood for decades before becoming active - in no way is this your fault.

I didn't know that!!

Yes. The spores are very hardy and bleach doesn't really kill them like flea or worm eggs.

Scary! You learn something new every day.

It's a nuisance. Last year, the winter we had was extremely mild, so none of the ringworm was killed off. Come spring and summer, the entire herd of dairy cattle up at the farm had ringworm. It then passed onto the beef unit and the equine yard!

I don't think it is the scrape on his nose is healing the way I expect a scrape would. There is still the random circular scabby bit in his chin that is worryin me so I'm keeping a good right eye and trying hard not to snog him. That usually doesn't work though he just too cute.

Caryll wrote:Let us know how you (& the horses) get on.

Does a horse vet charge an arm & a leg the way small animal vets do?

Worse. Lol

One vet trip cost me £85 and I had a jab. That was it.

That's strange, isn't it?

When we lived in Wales our vet was really cheap (by comparison) - apparently the welsh hill farmers were too tight to pay much!