Will bite marks eventually heal all up on our new horse?

They should. Sometimes if the pigment portion of the hair follicles were damaged, the hair may grow in white. You can improve the chance of good healing by massaging vaseline into the scars. This can activate deeper follicles that aren't damaged, and the vaseline softens the scar tissue to allow the hair to come through. Over time the scars will contract and become smaller.

Add....MTG should not be applied to open wounds, and many horses are hypersensitive to it. Also, it is not safe for use on skin that will be exposed to UV sun rays, as it can cause serious skin burns.

I have eight horses, and experience this all the time. In all cases so far, these wounds heal nicely on their own, and without leaving marks. The hair grows back. on its own. Unless it is a gaping weeping wound, or a wound that shows infection, just keep an eye on it. These things heal on their own. This is natural for horses to do this to each other. In the wild, horses favorite activities are eating, sleeping, kicking, and playing "bite my buddy games."

Two outstanding products to put on wounds that serve to both prevent infection and have hair grow back well are

MTG

and

Equaide

We used Equaide on a friend's filly that had a cantaloupe sized proud flesh outgrowth on her leg. After surgery, we used the Equaide after the vet surgically removed the proud flesh and the hole on her leg was the size of a grapefruit. That was 2 months ago. The flesh has grown in with hair and the hole is now an inch in diameter. This stuff is expensive, but WOW, what a product. You spread it with a small paintbrush on the wound and it not only keeps proud flesh from growing, it accelerates the healing and is an antibacterial too. Our local feed stores carry it, but you can get it directly from the website if you type in the product name.

The thoroughbred we got has been through this problem so many times, every time we change boarding places. He is the lowest in the pack because he's not used to being in a herd after getting off the track. When we bought him he got picked on so bad his butt was seriously bald from all the kicks and bites he was getting. I got irritated and reasearched the way to make it grow faster.

Well for one, if it is just loss of hair, just simply get MTG and apply it generously to the hairless spots EVERY DAY, this seriously works wonders. He was going bald like extremely bad, and a couple MONTHS had gone by and it wasn't growing, after a week and a half of applying this it had a nice layer of hair already and you could hardly notice it. Some people say that stuff doesn't work, but it has worked wonders for our TB as well as for my horse who rubbed the whole top half of his tail off.... haha. Be careful though so that you stand a 45 degree angle to the horse's shoulders when you apply it, because one of my horse's hates it and just tenses up and waits for you to be done, but there is a cooling effect in the MTG that some horses really don't like, our TB almost nailed by boyfriend in the stomach because he hates the feeling of it on his skin and kicks, almost a buck in place haha when we put it on. Thee's not really a way to desensitize him to the feeling of it, so you just need to stand up near his shoulder, so he can't strike you or bump you with his head, or kick you, and put it on a washcloth and rub it on his butt, or his neck (same standing position for both) just in case he doesn't like it.

Also if he is having wounds at all, buy some of that powder stuff you can put on wounds to help it heal up a bit, and you can also add mtg to it as well because it still has a healing agent in it. Clean the wound if it is open at all, apply the powder stuff, and then dab a little mtg on there.

It depends, really. If the skin was not broken and just hair was torn out, then yes, it will grow back no problem :)

If the skin was broken, it will most likely grow back fine, but it depends how bad the bite was. If it was deep (which I seen) sometimes the hair grows back sparse or grows back white. Since he's a palomino, it shouldn't be too noticeable :)

Also, MTG works great, but use it sparingly. A friend of mine had a gelding who kept getting his mane pulled out by her boss mare. She used MTG too often, and it made MORE hair fall out, as well as made some of his coat on his neck fall out. So, it works if you use it correctly, but don't use it too often or just too much.

Yes, just give it some time and it will heal back over. Just put some anti-biotic ointment on all of the bite marks. Put this on every other day. But, when it rains or snows, make sure that you put a turn out blanket on him/her so the ointment dosent wash off or the bite marks get any worse. Also, if there is cuts on its legs, do the same thing, but put some horse rape over it and exchange this every time you put some more ointment on it.

His hair should grow back. Mine have lost hair from the bossier horses and their hair has grown back just fine. It takes a while, but you'll eventually see new hairs coming. If you want to help the process, I've heard many remarks about how MTG is great for hair growth.

congrats! on your new horses we just got one ourselves ... yes the bites will go away as long as u keep your eye on it and make sure it doesnt get infected it will be fine . if they still dont go away after a while you can just get a supplement or get a little stuff to rub on it everyday and it should go away shortly after that!

hope i helped!

well, i rode this horse and other horses bit him and they didn't heal. im sorry to say this, but they may leave scars