What is a good remedy for sunburn and warts on a 2yr horses face?

Answer 1

Area's on the head and back are susceptitble to sunburn. A good number of horses that are sunburned are associated with grazing on lush clover pastures that appear to make the skin, especially pigmented areas, hypersenstive to sunlight. Hairless skin and muzzles/face (star, strip, snips) are more easily and most common burns.

Treatment is usually provide limited access to the sun during healing. Provide more shade from tree's or stall with cover to indoor arena's etc.

Some vets provide Zinc cream. It helps provide a barrier against the sun and helps smooth the skin.

Use sun screen, which can buy at petsmart or most horse catalogs for tool needs.

If the skin is severly burn, blistering, causing high fever and/or not allowing the horse to eat, contact vet asap for futher instructions for that particular situation.

Warts occur mostly at the head: muzzle, cheeks, lips and eye lids that vary in size and numbers.

Seperate the horses if with with a herd as it is a virus that can be transmitted from oen horse to another.

Sometimes the warts can be broken by rubbing, then they bleed and are susspectible to fly strike. Crude castor oil will eradicate them. The castor oil should be carefully applied ot the wart only, not on the surrounding skin!

Fences, buckets, stall and other equipment needs to be washed and santized for best solution to get rid of the virus along with not mixing horses back together once one is treated until all are cleared to do so. Sometimes the virus can be dormat and appear not long after.

Answer 2

from what i have read in multiple books what you seem to be describing is milk spots these tend to go away as your horse gets older there's nothing to worry about: Warts If your yearling suddenly appears with warts all over his nose, don't worry: these are usually the sort known as milk warts and there is no cure for them, but they will eventually disappear, either when there is a frost or during the hotter months of summer. The old stud grooms always maintained that the warts in the youngster were due to a deficiency of lime in the soil; however there is no scientific evidence to prove this and they are more likely the result of a virus passed from one youngster to another as they graze. Milk warts look very ugly and if the youngster rubs his face they will bleed. be patient, as i have seen the prettiest of pink noses magically smooth again with no reluctant scars, even having shed a number of large ugly warts. If you are concerned about warts consult your vet.

Answer 3

I don't know about warts, that should be checked with your vet. But for the sunburn I would use aloe vera or zinc oxide (noxima)and a full face and nose mask. After that use regular high SPF sunscreen that's water and sweat proof. You might have to do this to all areas of white hair even the legs.

Answer 4

I dont know about the warts, but I do have a paint horse with a white muzzle that does get sunburned. I put sunscreen on her muzzle to prevent the sunburn and it works great. It sweatproof and is cheap. Good Luck!

Answer 5

I am not too sure about what to do for a sunburn and warts. But i would sugest putting a fly mask on your horse so his sun burn does not get worse. Good luck

Answer 6

I suggest putting a fly mask and this special cream called SWAT on his head, to keep the flies out, any local equine store should have the cream. Then call a vet also. The vet is the smartest person to ask about those problems.

Answer 7

don`t be there