Comments on: What does sunburn on a horses nose look like and how do you protect it?

By: bee

bee — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:28:51 +0000

Normally sunburn on a horse’s nose looks like scabs and then looks like dry, peeling skin.

As for protection, you can actually buy sunscreen specifically for horses.

By: Alice

Alice — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:10:02 +0000

Only hte pink skin will burn, and it will develop scabs, then peel.

Sudocream will protect, or a mild human/baby sunblock.

By: Jaime M

Jaime M — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:55:24 +0000

Yep sounds like sunburn Should look like this…http://www.doubledilute.com/images/burnnose.jpg No worry, just apply either normally human sunscreen (if you can use it on small children its okay on horses) or you can use that baby oitment stuff (ughh I can’t remember what its called I think it’s just plain old diaper rash oitment), but it’s what we use, and it does really well.

Watch out though, because your horse will get the white cream EVERYWHERE XP

You could also use a fly mask with a nose cover, which may wokr out better if you don’t want white stuff one everything

By: doublerranch74851

doublerranch74851 — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:16:40 +0000

It does sound like sunburn to me.

Sunburn will scab up on a horse. Do not peel the scabs off, not matter how ugly they look. They will bleed just like your scabs do. Rinse the nose gently and you can put an equine antibiotic on it.

Then use sunscreen with a high SPF. You need to keep the horse from burning further.

If you have the ability, stall the horse in the day and turn out in the evening until it has healed.

By: sazzy

sazzy — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:09:40 +0000

They usually come up like a darker red, and then starts to look like a great big scab – so yeah it’s most likely sun burn.

Put sudo creme and calomine (sp) lotion on it to help sooth it, and put high factor sun cream on him when he’s out in the sun to prevent it happeneing again.

By: horses_4_life2942

horses_4_life2942 — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:16:55 +0000

I’m not sure if that is sunburn. Sunburn on horses looks just like ours does. On a white horse it’s pink and after a while it will start to peel. We just use normal sunscreen twice a day. It works great!

By: alexandra m

alexandra m — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:12:18 +0000

It could be a sunburn, and if this is the case, try using human sunscreen on all the pink spots on your horses face. it works just the same for horses as it does humans and it wont hurt her. A sunburn on a horse usually looks the same as it does on humans. On the pink parts it will because alot more pink or red and it could scab depending on how bad it is burnt .

By: Donut

Donut — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:24:04 +0000

Their nose will be very pink. And you can put zinc oxide on them, it won’t hurt them and it is what is usually recommended

By: Morgan?Fred

Morgan?Fred — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:11:06 +0000

Here is a website that might help:=&h=480&w=640&sz=35&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=oxTUhw4HSEAw1M:&tbnh=103&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhorse%2Bsunburn%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1
It has some ways to treat sunburn too. If you had a picture that would be great. But sunburn on horses is like a blister. They have horse sunscreen that prevents sunburn. They also have fly masks and sheets that have special material that acts like sunscreen.

By: Whispering Awesome Jet

Whispering Awesome Jet — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:30:46 +0000

i had a horse and i used human sun lotion and it worked it peels and looks weird and not normal it worked really good on his white/pink nose