Yesterday, I was in the yard and Rocky came close to the fence and I noticed a huge lump on his tummy. I climb in the fence and felt of it and it was hard and pretty hot. I went to get Mack. When we came back out to look at it close I put a halter on him and went to the other side then I was on the first time I looked at it. Turned out it was cause because he had a huge tick stuck there. It has gone down quit a bit today, but you can still see the lump and the spot where the tick was. It really scared me when I saw that lump.
Well, I've been killing time, waiting on the mail lady. She just got here, so I'm off to ride. Harley has been out there saddled for a while, and it's getting warm, so I need to go. See ya.
Becky
Hmmm.... still has some abcess there, but it's in a good location to drain... might not hurt to open it back up again and flush it good with something like iodine, and keep it open till it doesn't want to swell any more.
I'm killing time too. I want to strip the stalls down while it's still reasonably cool.