Flabby cheeks is a name I created for the excessive fat tissue laying on the bars in front of the 1st lower cheek teeth. This tissue becomes caught between the bit and the sharp rostral point of the 1st lower cheek teeth. Some horses don’t mind this while others become unridable with a bit.
Flabby cheeks is a name I created for the excessive fat tissue laying on the bars in front of the 1st lower cheek teeth. This tissue becomes caught between the bit and the sharp rostral point of the 1st lower cheek teeth. Some horses don’t mind this while others become unridable with a bit.
Flabby cheeks is a name I created for the excessive fat tissue laying on the bars in front of the 1st lower cheek teeth. This tissue becomes caught between the bit and the sharp rostral point of the 1st lower cheek teeth. Some horses don’t mind this while others become unridable with a bit.
Flabby cheeks is a name I created for the excessive fat tissue laying on the bars in front of the 1st lower cheek teeth. This tissue becomes caught between the bit and the sharp rostral point of the 1st lower cheek teeth. Some horses don’t mind this while others become unridable with a bit.
The thumb is pulling the excessive tissue back off of the first lower cheek tooth (306). Notice the irritated tissue that had been lying over the tooth.
The thumb is pressing down and starting its push caudally towards the tooth
Notice how the tongue and the excessive cheek tissue lay over the tooth. The bit lays in the area of the thumb. When a noseband restricts the movement of the tongue and a large diameter bit displaces the cheek tissue, what occurs is the entrapment of these two things onto the sharp edge of the lower 6's. The result in most horses is signs of objecting to the bit. Treatment is smoothing the edges of the 6's, using a small diameter bit, and riding with very light hand contact.
The thumb is acting like a fat bit pulling the excessive cheek tissue back over the first lower cheek tooth. Half the horses have this excessive cheek tissue. Of those, half are sensitive and a small portion of them are very reactive to it.
An unusual firm fat pad in front of 306 as well as flabby cheeks. This horse had little feeling here and was reasonable to float in this area.
An unusual firm fat pad in front of 406 as well as flabby cheeks. This horse had little feeling here and was reasonable to float in this area. The red area was where he was accidentally floated, but he showed no reaction to it.
This is #306 with a firm callous mass rostral to the tooth. This horse was not painful or protective of this area and the tooth was easily floated.
This is #306 with a firm callous mass rostral to the tooth. This horse was not painful or protective of this area and the tooth was easily floated.
