u/Illustrious_Doctor45

My old man and I have been getting back to trail riding and after our last ride he had a tiny sore where the cinch sits. Nothing has changed about our tack setup and this had never happened before, so I’m a bit stumped. I will add that he does have some bald spot/callouses and white hair where the cinch sits (especially underneath). He was like that when I got him and it’s never been an issue. My guess is the National Park Service couldn’t be bothered to get him properly fitted and clean tack, so he has those callouses and also marks on either side of his withers from being with them. The saddle I have for him now fits great and there is nothing new about the cinch except that it’s older and I had been using it with my other horse as well. The sore is right where one of the little bald spots are 😕 I’m going to let it completely heal before riding him again, and I’m also going to deep clean the neoprene, but I’m not sure what else to do. I’m using the Fabtron neoprene roping cinch. The neoprene is replaceable, so I thought I could replace that first and see, but should I maybe try a different material like fleece? I’m totally stumped.

My Juvenile A hentzi went on a bit of a walk about last night 😂
It’s only funny in retrospect, but she’s fine, so it’s all good. I went to fill her water dish and her butt was over it, so I gave her a little skootch with my tongs, which apparently was a very bad idea because she turned around and grabbed them. I was so startled that I pulled them back and accidentally yeeted her onto the floor. She crawled under my shelf and when I reached under to get her, she cruised up the wall. I tried again and little guy scrambled all the way up to the top most corner of my vaulted ceiling. I had to get a damn ladder just to get her. Thank goodness she isn’t overfed and didn’t rupture her abdomen when she initially landed on the floor. I would have never forgiven myself. She kicked so many hairs at me during the process that her beautiful recently molted butt is now bald and she’s going to look like a big dummy until her next molt, which will probably take a year 😑Nothing like this has ever happened to me before. Just goes to show you that even the chillest species can have spicy moments. Looking back it was clearly a feeding response. She’ll get a nice roach today. If anyone can actually identify her species, I’d appreciate it. She was sold to me as a G pulchra over a year ago and I clearly got a mystery spider instead. My best guess is an A hentzi.

Girth sore