Comments | equestrian: something on his ear

corellian_ninja in equestrian

something on his ear

Oct 03, 2011 21:22

My gelding has something really sticky on the tip of his ear. I suspect its tree sap. I left it alone for a few days thinking it would just.. come off, but it hasn't. It doesn't seem to be bothering him at all, but its bothering me. It won't flake off, didn't soak off with a wet rag, and I'm afraid picking at it will hurt his ear ( Read more... )

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k7point5 October 4 2011, 01:39:15 UTC

Peanut butter will loosen up sap, believe it or not.

kriskabelle October 4 2011, 01:45:19 UTC

Agreed. Peanut butter works on almost anything sticky.

lowercasedee October 4 2011, 14:50:21 UTC

Including burdock, as I found this past weekend.

corellian_ninja October 4 2011, 02:03:26 UTC

Weird! I'll try it tomorrow, thank you. :)

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is_it_tru October 4 2011, 02:40:42 UTC

Or maybe some vinegar on a cotton ball? It's less messy than peanut butter and won't harm him.

young_modern October 4 2011, 05:04:03 UTC

rubbing alcohol removes tree sap very quickly.

significance_0 October 4 2011, 05:30:00 UTC

Oil based fly spray will get it off and your horse won't smell like peanut butter. =)

linasfyre October 4 2011, 12:30:23 UTC

lol i was going to say peanut butter too!

margarine might work too...:P We have this all natural wound spray that is oily-and it heals things up AMAZINGLY but it leaves a residue that will not come off with soap and water...but margarine takes it off. Kind of wierd!