white scabs in ears?

[CurlyWurlyRach]

garr, cant upload the photo i was going to show you...:mad:

Curly has white scabby patches inside her ears and they dont look very nice... my YO told me its nothing to worry about but....well, they're icky :o

what can i do to get rid of them?

[xXSundanceBayXx]

i think its just dirt or something, it is nothing to worry about, ive always been told to leave their ears well alone :)

[CurlyWurlyRach]

yes so have i...but they do look gross lol.

someone told me just to get in there with some damp cotton wool...?

[emlybob]

If it's not bothering her i wouldn't worry

[xXSundanceBayXx]

you could try it but if shes not happy about you putting things in them then dont. :)

[CurlyWurlyRach]

shes a gem about things like that. just stands and looks put-upon :D

if nobody leaps on me and screams 'NO!!!' thn ill probably give them a wipe as they are very very bad....i wish i could get this pic onto this pc to show you :( its on my broken comp lol. typical.

[galadriel]

If you go to clean them out, be careful to get the scabby stuff OUT and not drop it down the ear canal...

It's usually a minor discomfort to the horse, although sometimes it is even painful, and if you get them out your horse will probably appreciate it. Wouldn't want to go shaving the ears to make them more accessible or anything, but a little cleaning shouldn't be too intrusive. You can also put a soothing ointment in to make the ears a little more comfortable.

[star]

they're aural plaques - leave them alone. if you fiddle with them you'll just make your horse headshy.

[galadriel]

if you fiddle with them you'll just make your horse headshy.

Sometimes they're really itchy and it makes the horse happy to have you fiddle with them. My earshy horse has improved drastically since she discovered that having me fiddle with her ears relieves itches. (She had swollen/tender ears from sweet itch when I first got her, so has legitimate earshyness issues!)

[DITZ]

my horse has them the vet told me they wouldnt bother him but if I really wanted to get rid of them to use Canesten, you know the thrush cream?

[Lucyad]

I was told not to touch Oscar's aural plaques, and I must say that they seem to have cleared up of their own accord (or I just cant see them for hair, grease and dirt...). When I got him and noticed them I got the vet to check them out as I thought they were ringworm! (as her's is the adjacent field to mine, I have never had a vet turn up so quickly!). Aparentnyl they are non contagious and nothing to worry about though.

[CurlyWurlyRach]

my horse has them the vet told me they wouldnt bother him but if I really wanted to get rid of them to use Canesten, you know the thrush cream?

i was planning to get my dad to buy me some until i read the end of that sentance!
phew!! better go myself ;)

[EventingDakota8]

Dont touch them. They will just end up spreading even more. They are called aural plaques(somone has prbably said this already;)) and are VERY contagious. They hurt your horse if you touch them and sorry to tell you, but they never go away:( good luck!

[Wally]

Sound like ear plaques to me too!

[DITZ]

i was planning to get my dad to buy me some until i read the end of that sentance!
phew!! better go myself ;)

:D :D :D

[jamsinthecat]

My pony has these, they are called aural plaques and look like a sort of wart/fungus but are not. My vet was out yesterday and i asked him about them- his advice was to leave well alone, under no circumstances try and pick them off as you will expose them to infection. they are caused by an allergy to tiny black flies and should go away over the winter. His advice was to put a mask with ears on her in the early spring and if she will tolerate it to put some nettex round her ears to repel the flies but too much fiddling can cause problems with headshyness.
Hope this helps
annabel:)

[Baunilha]

I've had a few horses with that problem, but nothing ever happened and the vets always said to leave them and don't worry as long as them don't bother the horse.