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Discussion on What causes this?
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lesliet
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Posted on Friday, Sep 9, 2011 - 5:15 pm:
What would cause these bumps on both shoulders of this horse? They are the same size and place, i have pictures of both sided but cant seem to resize the pic small enough...Doesnt effect movement nor is painful. just hard bumps.? Vet doesnt know what they are.
thank you lesliet
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mrose
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Posted on Friday, Sep 9, 2011 - 5:59 pm:
Do you ride english or western? With what kind of padding? And, how long ago did you first notice the bumps. My first thought, and I'm not vet of course, is that the bumps would coincide with where the saddle would contact the wither if the saddle gullet is too tight. This looks like tissue has been pushed forward, pinched forward, by the saddle and over time has formed a bump.
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babychop
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Posted on Friday, Sep 9, 2011 - 7:06 pm:
I would hope not as if that were so the saddle would be sitting ON the shoulder & should sit behind it to free up the shoulder for pure movement.
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juliem
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Posted on Friday, Sep 9, 2011 - 7:18 pm:
Agree with Sara, that sure looks like poor saddle fit.
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DrO
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Posted on Sunday, Sep 11, 2011 - 10:20 pm:
Welcome leslie,
Maybe my eyes are getting old but it is not clear to me from the above image exactly what we are talking about. In general the area should be well ahead of where the saddle lies but then again I don't see the bumps. We do have a article on lumps and bumps and it may help you come up with a list of possibilities, leslie. Check out HorseAdvice.com » Diseases of Horses » Skin Diseases, Wounds, and Swellings » Bumps / Nodules / Warts / Tumors » Overview of Bumps, Nodules, Warts & Tumors.
Often however bumps cannot be diagnosed by appearance alone as many different disease appear the same. In that case it may require biopsy for a definitive diagnosis. But there is more on this in the article.
DrO
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vickiann
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Posted on Monday, Sep 12, 2011 - 8:45 pm:
In my experience sometimes bumps happen without me finding an answer.
One year I seriously wondered whether my horses had been shot with a Bee Bee gun.
Must wonder how long those bumps have been there on your horse. If not causing pain nor itching am thinking that they will likely resolve on their own.
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judyhens
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Posted on Tuesday, Sep 13, 2011 - 8:48 am:
We have a mare who developed somewhat similar bilateral lumps. She was being ridden in an expensive saddle made especially for Andalusians. It ended up being poor saddle fit. I think it was pressing behind the withers in some way. Anyway, we shifted to another saddle and the lumps went away. Just FYI - Initially they were not - or did not seem - painful. As time went on, they obviously did become painful, even with a little heat. As soon as that happened, we took her to the vet. Dx: poor fitting saddle. Fortunately we had another saddle that did fit her.... Your horse may have something totally different, but wanted to share our experience. It just didn't seem feasible to us that that was the problem, but it totally resolved with a saddle change. These horses seem to love to keep us guessing!!!! :-)
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tdiana
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Posted on Tuesday, Sep 13, 2011 - 9:30 am:
Leslie,
can you on the photo circle or mark otherwise where you see bumps and then reupload? I can also not see them on the picture.
Diana
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