Hi all-
For the past few months, my horse has had swelling in the throatlatch area and in his cheeks (where his molars would be). I had the dentist come out and there was nothing out of the ordinary, so we called the vet. The vet suggested allergies but found a heart murmur and arythmia so it was put to the side for the time being. Now that all of the heart issues are sorted out, I am very interested in finding what is causeing this "come and go" swelling. It seems that the swelling is okay in the morning and very swollen when he comes in from the pasture at night. We currently put him in a new pasture, have him on Tri-Hist, changing grain (for more weight gain) and possibly changing his hay. On October 4th, he was shot with an arrow in the shoulder that went 7 inches toward the withers. He recovered from that and soon after I noticed swelling under the chin where an abcess popped, drained and healed. He had no fever, no appetite change, and the abcess was not that of Strangles. He shows no signs of having Strangles other than the swelling. It is also worse on the right side. If anyone has any idea what this could be, please let me know!
Erin