Post by Solly on Mar 16, 2014 9:52:08 GMT 1
My lovely Mario, who is about 30, is moulting. That's good because it's nice adn early and not delayed despite him having Cushings in theory. Anyway, the hair is coming out in handfuls. At least it is when I grab handfuls! The skin underneath is very scaly, big flakes of dandruff. The hair seems to be coming out too early in relation to the summercoat growing in, so he's bald in big areas.
I do think that the worst in terms of scalyness areas are the ones that haven't been covered by his rug, so I'm wondering if it's to do with earlier wet skin & some sort of problem there.
Is it a good thing, shedding coat, shedding skin etc, a sign of healing? Or is it a bad thing, showing there's something wrong?
I'd welcome some advice.
He's on:
Horsehage fibre, Alfabeet, micronised linseed, minerals from the balanced feed people, ground milk thistle, and (because the bag was half price and I couldnt resist) Top spec conditioning flakes. He's always had all these except the flakes (oh and with different makes of minerals) for years without this problem. He's out 24/7 in a poor 10-acre pasture.
I do think that the worst in terms of scalyness areas are the ones that haven't been covered by his rug, so I'm wondering if it's to do with earlier wet skin & some sort of problem there.
Is it a good thing, shedding coat, shedding skin etc, a sign of healing? Or is it a bad thing, showing there's something wrong?
I'd welcome some advice.
He's on:
Horsehage fibre, Alfabeet, micronised linseed, minerals from the balanced feed people, ground milk thistle, and (because the bag was half price and I couldnt resist) Top spec conditioning flakes. He's always had all these except the flakes (oh and with different makes of minerals) for years without this problem. He's out 24/7 in a poor 10-acre pasture.
