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Location: Bandera, TX | I bought a three year old at the beginning of November. She has a very glossy thin coat. Very pretty blood bay. The weather here is very crazy, 32 one day 75 degrees the next. I have her blanketed when it is cold. I noticed yesterday that she is shedding heavily…. Like it is March – it is just coming out of her. Any ideas why she would do this? I’m not keeping her under lights (she may have been under lights at her old place though).
It seems very odd to me…? None of my others are shedding yet.
Thank you.
Since I first posted this, the mare is now going bald. She has large bald spots all over her. Acting fine otherwise, but looks like a plugged chicken. I just want to cry.
Going to the vet tomorrow morning for blood work and skin scrape. Other vet thinks she is just shedding out to grow winter coat, and is being overly dramatic about it. I think she may have been under lights at her old place. I'm horrified.
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 Too Skinny
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Location: LA Lower Alabama | Any change in nutrition?
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Texas Taco
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Location: Bandera, TX | cowgalsissy - 2016-12-13 2:19 PM Any change in nutrition?
Yes ma'am. She was on a cheap Purina pellet, and now gets Hay-Rite alfalfa cubes and Hay-Rite Complete Pellets. And a bit of oil on top. Plus coastal hay of course. |
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Too Skinny
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Location: LA Lower Alabama | Bingo! Her body is able to produce a true coat now because her nutrition has increased. Really I am just guessing but sounds good right? |
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Location: Bandera, TX | cowgalsissy - 2016-12-13 2:34 PM Bingo! Her body is able to produce a true coat now because her nutrition has increased. Really I am just guessing but sounds good right?
LOL - sounds much better than any odd genetic mutation.... |
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Location: Bandera, TX | classicpotatochip - 2016-12-13 2:40 PM Ivan is shedding too! I'm putting it down to way better nutrition! :) Oh good!! Chloe the Hippo wants to be like Ivan!!! That is good. I like that. Good role model. 
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| My mare started to hair up early like in October, now she is shedding like crazy. But where I bought her from gets colder quicker so I just chaulked it up to her adapting to nice sunny southern Calif weather.. lol
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Other than this shedding business, how are you feeling about your new horse?! I saw your name and wanted to know if your anxious feelings have dissolved and been replaced by just happy/excited feelings?
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Location: Bandera, TX | star1218 - 2016-12-13 3:08 PM Hey Misty!
Other than this shedding business, how are you feeling about your new horse?! I saw your name and wanted to know if your anxious feelings have dissolved and been replaced by just happy/excited feelings?
Everyone is into a routine now I assume?
Ha! I'm still a bit anxious about it - mainly the increased amount of work and money.... but when it hits me too hard, then I drink a beer and admire her beauty. She is a looker, I guess that is if she doesn't go bald on me.... |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | My horses hav'nt really put on a winter coat yet, the weather is so up and down one min. its warm and then its cold.. But the colder weather is on its way, hope you have a good blanket for her.  |
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| GoMistyGo - 2016-12-13 2:47 PM
classicpotatochip - 2016-12-13 2:40 PM Ivan is shedding too! I'm putting it down to way better nutrition! :) Oh good!! Chloe the Hippo wants to be like Ivan!!! That is good. I like that. Good role model.
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Location: Bandera, TX | Bump for update in original post! |
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Location: North Texas | I wish I had this problem. Mine started hairing up in October and is a huge fuzzball now, even with being blanketed.
Mind you, I am in TEXAS. It's supposed to be 80 on Saturday! |
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Location: Wherever They Send Me | lol...not laughing at you...I had the same thing happen and I know EXACTLY how you feel.
I moved my horses from Kansas to Alaska, when it started to get cooler and my other two were growing longer hair, my mare started to loose hers. I was really nervous, I had owned her for several years in other states and I had never seen her do this before.
After about a few days, you could see new fuzz growing in. I just figure, she wanted to blow her entire summer coat out before putting on a nice Alaska worthy winter one. She did the same thing the following winter as well...I have since move to Louisiana and she has long hair, but didn't go streaking before she put it on her "winter" coat. |
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | Bald, like to the skin? Is the hair coming out with skin attached? Possible dry rot or a type of mange? I had a mare that came down with bad dry rot. Her hair was coming out in patches. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | ~BINGO~ - 2016-12-15 9:17 AM Bald, like to the skin? Is the hair coming out with skin attached? Possible dry rot or a type of mange? I had a mare that came down with bad dry rot. Her hair was coming out in patches.
Skin with no hair.. Poor mare, bad time to go bald.. |
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Too Skinny
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Location: LA Lower Alabama | Don't stress yourself out too much. I am pretty sure it isn't some crazy disease, just an entirely new coat due to the big changes with a new owner. |
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Location: Bandera, TX | I have some pictures, but after being on BHW for over 10 years I still don't know how to attach them.
The hair that comes out is clean. Most of her belly hair is gone. I don't see her itch like I have seen other horses do with fly allergies in the summer. |
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| GoMistyGo - 2016-12-15 9:31 AM I have some pictures, but after being on BHW for over 10 years I still don't know how to attach them. The hair that comes out is clean. Most of her belly hair is gone. I don't see her itch like I have seen other horses do with fly allergies in the summer.
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Location: Bandera, TX | Nateracer - 2016-12-15 9:51 AM GoMistyGo - 2016-12-15 9:31 AM I have some pictures, but after being on BHW for over 10 years I still don't know how to attach them. The hair that comes out is clean. Most of her belly hair is gone. I don't see her itch like I have seen other horses do with fly allergies in the summer. Wonder if she's allergic to something in the grain?
I considered that, but she mainly gets alfalfa cubes... I try to feed clean food... |
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Location: Silver Lake, MN | We had a race horse come in once that I swear was going bald but his new coat was coming in so much darker than before and he just looked totally different. His was also from diet changes. It's crazy what they do! |
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Location: Bandera, TX | CarrieH77 - 2016-12-16 10:58 AM We had a race horse come in once that I swear was going bald but his new coat was coming in so much darker than before and he just looked totally different. His was also from diet changes. It's crazy what they do!
Thank you - how long did it take for the coat to come back, and what do you think promted the hair loss? Stress, or feed or combination???
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| GoMistyGo - 2016-12-13 2:16 PM
I bought a three year old at the beginning of November. She has a very glossy thin coat. Very pretty blood bay. The weather here is very crazy, 32 one day 75 degrees the next. I have her blanketed when it is cold. I noticed yesterday that she is shedding heavily…. Like it is March – it is just coming out of her. Any ideas why she would do this? I’m not keeping her under lights (she may have been under lights at her old place though).
It seems very odd to me…? None of my others are shedding yet.
Thank you.
Since I first posted this, the mare is now going bald. She has large bald spots all over her. Acting fine otherwise, but looks like a plugged chicken. I just want to cry.
Going to the vet tomorrow morning for blood work and skin scrape. Other vet thinks she is just shedding out to grow winter coat, and is being overly dramatic about it. I think she may have been under lights at her old place. I'm horrified.
What state did she come from??
I know people that keep their horses blanketed in stalls thru the winter
to keep them shiny.... get a rude awakening in the spring time when they
take off the blanket and they start growing winter hair and then shed
the "winter hair" in June/july to normal summer hair...
I would sure change to a freshly water washed//rinsed blanket just in case
the blanket you have been using has a strong detergent or spray
on water repellent or even dry cleaned and the residue in the blanket
is creating a problem .. and hair is falling out in the sweat marks under
the blanket ...
As far south as you are in Bandera .. I wouldn't think you would need
a blanket ... no more than a Baker sheet at the most and then be
present to remove instantly when temp rises as you describe ...
that's the problem in most of Texas ... being there to remove a blanket
when the days heat up ...
GOOD LUCK ...
(In Texas we call it a ... plucked chicken... lol)
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Location: Bandera, TX | BARRELHORSE USA - 2016-12-16 8:43 PM GoMistyGo - 2016-12-13 2:16 PM I bought a three year old at the beginning of November. She has a very glossy thin coat. Very pretty blood bay. The weather here is very crazy, 32 one day 75 degrees the next. I have her blanketed when it is cold. I noticed yesterday that she is shedding heavily…. Like it is March – it is just coming out of her. Any ideas why she would do this? I’m not keeping her under lights (she may have been under lights at her old place though).
It seems very odd to me…? None of my others are shedding yet.
Thank you.
Since I first posted this, the mare is now going bald. She has large bald spots all over her. Acting fine otherwise, but looks like a plugged chicken. I just want to cry.
Going to the vet tomorrow morning for blood work and skin scrape. Other vet thinks she is just shedding out to grow winter coat, and is being overly dramatic about it. I think she may have been under lights at her old place. I'm horrified.
What state did she come from?? I know people that keep their horses blanketed in stalls thru the winter to keep them shiny.... get a rude awakening in the spring time when they take off the blanket and they start growing winter hair and then shed the "winter hair" in June/july to normal summer hair... I would sure change to a freshly water washed//rinsed blanket just in case the blanket you have been using has a strong detergent or spray on water repellent or even dry cleaned and the residue in the blanket is creating a problem .. and hair is falling out in the sweat marks under the blanket ... As far south as you are in Bandera .. I wouldn't think you would need a blanket ... no more than a Baker sheet at the most and then be present to remove instantly when temp rises as you describe ... that's the problem in most of Texas ... being there to remove a blanket when the days heat up ... GOOD LUCK ... (In Texas we call it a ... plucked chicken... lol )
Thank you. She came from Weatherford, TX. She had a very slick thin coat compared to my fuzzy bears (relative term, not sure what horses in the North look like now).
She got a brand new blanket, and since I work from home I can cater to their needs 24/7....
Most of the balding is on her belly, so far her neck is still ok. I will wash the blanket.
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| GoMistyGo - 2016-12-16 9:47 PM
BARRELHORSE USA - 2016-12-16 8:43 PM GoMistyGo - 2016-12-13 2:16 PM I bought a three year old at the beginning of November. She has a very glossy thin coat. Very pretty blood bay. The weather here is very crazy, 32 one day 75 degrees the next. I have her blanketed when it is cold. I noticed yesterday that she is shedding heavily…. Like it is March – it is just coming out of her. Any ideas why she would do this? I’m not keeping her under lights (she may have been under lights at her old place though).
It seems very odd to me…? None of my others are shedding yet.
Thank you.
Since I first posted this, the mare is now going bald. She has large bald spots all over her. Acting fine otherwise, but looks like a plugged chicken. I just want to cry.
Going to the vet tomorrow morning for blood work and skin scrape. Other vet thinks she is just shedding out to grow winter coat, and is being overly dramatic about it. I think she may have been under lights at her old place. I'm horrified.
What state did she come from?? I know people that keep their horses blanketed in stalls thru the winter to keep them shiny.... get a rude awakening in the spring time when they take off the blanket and they start growing winter hair and then shed the "winter hair" in June/july to normal summer hair... I would sure change to a freshly water washed//rinsed blanket just in case the blanket you have been using has a strong detergent or spray on water repellent or even dry cleaned and the residue in the blanket is creating a problem .. and hair is falling out in the sweat marks under the blanket ... As far south as you are in Bandera .. I wouldn't think you would need a blanket ... no more than a Baker sheet at the most and then be present to remove instantly when temp rises as you describe ... that's the problem in most of Texas ... being there to remove a blanket when the days heat up ... GOOD LUCK ... (In Texas we call it a ... plucked chicken... lol )
She got a brand new blanket, and since I work from home I can cater to their needs 24/7....
Most of the balding is on her belly, so far her neck is still ok. I will wash the blanket.
Since it is mostly on her belly ..... don't forget girth itch .. it can show up anywhere and once it gets established .. it is like trying to put out a grass fire ...
There are a lot of good stuff to cure it .. so see what your vet uses .. if it is girth itch wash and sanitize everything .... spray 25% bleach on stall walls, trailer etc ..
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I keep a spray bottle of this simple mixture at the barn to doctor on any kind
of scruffs, scritches, bite marks (bug and other horses), cuts or odd looking ithchy
places .... etc etc ..
One ounce of strong iodine in a qt spray bottle filled with plain old cooking
corn oil. A little dab will do you .. wet a spot .. rub it with finger ..
shake before using ... (iodine heals and prevents infection and kills a live
bug) (the corn oil will smother anything that breathes )
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There is a weird itch we encounter with our race horses once we start taking
them to the track ... we call it race horse itch .... tuff to get rid of and the only way we have found that works is simple ... whatever it is... it's alive and no vet has identified it .. .. it appears on neck, shoulders and/or belly ...
Worm with a full tube of ivermectin and repeat in 7 days .. meanwhile ... use ivermectin as a grease to rub on the visual itchy areas ... 2-3 times a day for 7 days or until it disappears ... horses are usually pretty itchy with this itch ...
we also keep everything sanitized while itch is active per the girth itch above ..
On bald healing areas you can see if new tiny hairs are growing back by
shining a flash light at an angle and squinting your eyes to see the minute
glow of hair coming back in ......... with the horse in a semi dark area ..
GOOD LUCK ...
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Location: Bandera, TX | BARRELHORSE USA - 2016-12-18 5:59 AM GoMistyGo - 2016-12-16 9:47 PM BARRELHORSE USA - 2016-12-16 8:43 PM GoMistyGo - 2016-12-13 2:16 PM I bought a three year old at the beginning of November. She has a very glossy thin coat. Very pretty blood bay. The weather here is very crazy, 32 one day 75 degrees the next. I have her blanketed when it is cold. I noticed yesterday that she is shedding heavily…. Like it is March – it is just coming out of her. Any ideas why she would do this? I’m not keeping her under lights (she may have been under lights at her old place though).
It seems very odd to me…? None of my others are shedding yet.
Thank you.
Since I first posted this, the mare is now going bald. She has large bald spots all over her. Acting fine otherwise, but looks like a plugged chicken. I just want to cry.
Going to the vet tomorrow morning for blood work and skin scrape. Other vet thinks she is just shedding out to grow winter coat, and is being overly dramatic about it. I think she may have been under lights at her old place. I'm horrified.
What state did she come from?? I know people that keep their horses blanketed in stalls thru the winter to keep them shiny.... get a rude awakening in the spring time when they take off the blanket and they start growing winter hair and then shed the "winter hair" in June/july to normal summer hair... I would sure change to a freshly water washed//rinsed blanket just in case the blanket you have been using has a strong detergent or spray on water repellent or even dry cleaned and the residue in the blanket is creating a problem .. and hair is falling out in the sweat marks under the blanket ... As far south as you are in Bandera .. I wouldn't think you would need a blanket ... no more than a Baker sheet at the most and then be present to remove instantly when temp rises as you describe ... that's the problem in most of Texas ... being there to remove a blanket when the days heat up ... GOOD LUCK ... (In Texas we call it a ... plucked chicken... lol )
She got a brand new blanket, and since I work from home I can cater to their needs 24/7....
Most of the balding is on her belly, so far her neck is still ok. I will wash the blanket. Since it is mostly on her belly ..... don't forget girth itch .. it can show up anywhere and once it gets established .. it is like trying to put out a grass fire ... There are a lot of good stuff to cure it .. so see what your vet uses .. if it is girth itch wash and sanitize everything .... spray 25% bleach on stall walls, trailer etc .. ******************************************************* I keep a spray bottle of this simple mixture at the barn to doctor on any kind of scruffs, scritches, bite marks (bug and other horses ), cuts or odd looking ithchy places .... etc etc .. One ounce of strong iodine in a qt spray bottle filled with plain old cooking corn oil. A little dab will do you .. wet a spot .. rub it with finger .. shake before using ... (iodine heals and prevents infection and kills a live bug ) (the corn oil will smother anything that breathes ) ******************************************************** There is a weird itch we encounter with our race horses once we start taking them to the track ... we call it race horse itch .... tuff to get rid of and the only way we have found that works is simple ... whatever it is... it's alive and no vet has identified it .. .. it appears on neck, shoulders and/or belly ... Worm with a full tube of ivermectin and repeat in 7 days .. meanwhile ... use ivermectin as a grease to rub on the visual itchy areas ... 2-3 times a day for 7 days or until it disappears ... horses are usually pretty itchy with this itch ... we also keep everything sanitized while itch is active per the girth itch above .. On bald healing areas you can see if new tiny hairs are growing back by shining a flash light at an angle and squinting your eyes to see the minute glow of hair coming back in ......... with the horse in a semi dark area .. GOOD LUCK ...
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Location: Texas | I'm going to bet it something infectious like rain rot or ringworm over something nutrition related. Let me know what the skin scrape says! |
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Location: Bandera, TX | royaldimple - 2016-12-19 11:27 AM What is the selenium level of you hay or feed? I have heard of horses getting too much selenium and it can do this. Had a horse allergic to sulfur once and found out when we gave her antibiotics she had a reaction to it. Also had to keep her out of sun after that or a sheet on for protection.
Thank you - I considered a selenium hypersensivity. I switched her to a diet heavy in alfalfa, and actually want to go to the store today and switch her back on her old food. |
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Location: LA Lower Alabama | How's it going?
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| CarrieH77 - 2016-12-16 9:58 AM
We had a race horse come in once that I swear was going bald but his new coat was coming in so much darker than before and he just looked totally different. His was also from diet changes. It's crazy what they do!
We claimed a racehorse that lost all his hair also. The trainer he was claimed from had a few bad tests for winstrol. We assumed that was probably what caused his hair loss... |
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Location: Bandera, TX | cowgalsissy - 2016-12-30 1:32 PM How's it going?
Thank you for asking! I am happy to report that she is growing hair.
She now looks well enough to go out in public. Still a ways to go, but on the right track.
I still don't know what caused this, but assuming some metabolic issue rather than a fungus or allergies. I did treat her for fungus, giving her Platinum Skin & Allergies, Healthy Coat oil, and rub her down with Shapley's MTG stinky stuff. This program seems to
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Location: Arkansas | GoMistyGo - 2016-12-30 5:32 PM
cowgalsissy - 2016-12-30 1:32 PM How's it going?
Thank you for asking! I am happy to report that she is growing hair.
She now looks well enough to go out in public. Still a ways to go, but on the right track.
I still don't know what caused this, but assuming some metabolic issue rather than a fungus or allergies. I did treat her for fungus, giving her Platinum Skin & Allergies, Healthy Coat oil, and rub her down with Shapley's MTG stinky stuff. This program seems to
work.
Glad she's presentable to go to town again
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Location: Bandera, TX | You should probably leave her in her ugly coat, I see many looking in envy at this beautiful mare-she could go missing. |
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Location: Bandera, TX | uno-dos-tres! - 2017-01-01 8:13 AM You should probably leave her in her ugly coat, I see many looking in envy at this beautiful mare-she could go missing.
LOL - it sure is a great anti-theft mechanism!!! I guess I should thank her then for doing this... |
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Location: LA Lower Alabama | GoMistyGo - 2016-12-30 5:32 PM cowgalsissy - 2016-12-30 1:32 PM How's it going?
Thank you for asking! I am happy to report that she is growing hair.
She now looks well enough to go out in public. Still a ways to go, but on the right track.
I still don't know what caused this, but assuming some metabolic issue rather than a fungus or allergies. I did treat her for fungus, giving her Platinum Skin & Allergies, Healthy Coat oil, and rub her down with Shapley's MTG stinky stuff. This program seems to
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URGENT UPDATE - BALDING NOW! Why is my new horse shedding now??