Okay, about a month ago my trainer got a new horse to eventually sell. He is extremely talented but was ridden in only an indoor. When he came to us we made sure to get him used to the outdoors and let him outside; rode him outside consistently. A week or two after getting him he started to get sunburned which eventually became bloody, big pink patches on his bay nose. After LOADS of cortizone, sunscreen, and no work, the blood and most pink bumps went away (we did consult a vet). So the other day we began to put him back in work but half way in, the poor guy's nose would distract him no matter what; he'd run under shade and not leave, push his nose in the footing, not move, etc. We thought the suncreen (clear zinc oxide 50spf) might have been burning his nose but that's exactly what is isnt supposed to do for zinc oxide. I will put on cortizone, anti biotics, and zinc oxide in his stall and he immediately rubs it off...I have heard fly mask, no nose mask, my pony sunscreen, diaper rash cream... I have never experienced this and it is taking a very long time to heal. What are your thoughts? Should i wait longer? Have you seen this? Which product is best? This is a very nice horse so i would hate to see him behind in training because of this...
Maybe try an organic sunscreen? He may have developed a sensitivity to the regular sunscreen ingredients. Try straight aloe and/or Vit E cream for the irritation.
I honestly cannot imagine it being anything else... there are other horses who have sensitive skin that are fine in their stalls and this started soon after putting him out..
Yeah i found it weird too but now that i think about it more, when the vet first came he said that it looked like a mild pigment change.. maybe his nose was changing color and the white made it prone to sunburn....
possible But I would really have it looked at maybe a new vet. if you let him out maybe put a fly mask that covers that area
I would not let him out in Full sun at all though
I have several sabinos and that extra white gene causes sunburn. I've never had a horse with a dark nose sunburn so I'm going to assume that's not the issue.
Unless he's a grey, I can't see him changing colours as an older horse.
Has your vet ruled out allergies?
Coconut Oil is also really good for the skin.
Well hes actually fairly young and he does itch it so something could have happened. He was indoors all day in his prior home and his dame is grey i cant imagine a gene for sensitive skin but i will have the vet come by this friday
Even a grey shouldn't sunburn like that unless there is pink skin under the hair. I have a grey and she sunburns on her pink nose. It is blistering and scaby so I tied her fly mask with the long nose on since she wont keep it on herself. I would probably start eliminating things to see if something is triggering a reaction.
IF it is sunburn, then I would say use infant sunscreen. It is uber strong, and it doesn't burn/taste bad/ melt off/ burn in eyeballs, and is safe to ingest. That is what I use. BUT this doesn't sound like sunburn, look into what everyone else is saying and maybe contact another vet.
Ok quick update ... the part of his nose that was sunburned has no pigment... it looks healed but it very obviously still hurts him... we are getting a vet in soon though...
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