Bens sore on his face...

Queenbee-you actually have no idea regarding healthcare and basic healing processes as is evident from your posts. I hope you get a vet for your horse in case it needs more than ' a bit of this and a bit of that'.
 
I can't make any suggestions as to what this is but thought I'd mention it is possible to take your photos of it to your vet and ask them their opinion as to what it is and how to deal with it. I have done this multiple times and my vets have always been spot on :)
 
Just to add, I would steer well clear of putting anything on it until you know exactly what it is, as if it is a sarcoid, you could end up with real trouble if you aggravate it further.
 
I'm sorry if this offends, but it looks exactly like a periocular sarcoid my lad had two years ago. Especially the pic where you say he had knocked the top off. I'd be getting the vet out.
 
lhotse said:
Just to add, I would steer well clear of putting anything on it until you know exactly what it is, as if it is a sarcoid, you could end up with real trouble if you aggravate it further.
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Even if it does turn out to be an unusually formed bot fly ulcer I still wouldn't be putting anything on it QB. If it's a bot fly ulcer you just leave them alone and they are usually gone within a few days, a week tops :smile3:
 
Queenbee I would definitely start by emailing the photo to my vet, mine are quite happy to receive pics to give a general thought/confirm if they think they should see it or not. (Mine has had lots of Frank's willy over the last few months lucky him!)
 
Well I know people will take the pee out of this, but I would smother it in Manuka honey. It is very drawing and might pull something out. If it is anything more siniste then Manuka won't do any harm. Having had leg ulcers for nearly thee years, Manuka was the thing that finaly got them healin.
 
lhotse said:
You said on your other thread that the lesion first appeared in May, which leads me to go with my initial instinct when I saw the picture and say that it is a sarcoid. Occult sarcoids can look just like a dry bit of skin and not like a regular sarcoid, until they get disturbed when they can look identical to this. I would definitely be getting the vet to have a look at that if he was my horse.
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Yep, then it healed, then it returned, the vets have been out and saw no issue with it at the end of June (Ben needed his teeth done and they sedated him) and were able to give no definite diagnosis then.
 
SusieT said:
Queenbee-you actually have no idea regarding healthcare and basic healing processes as is evident from your posts. I hope you get a vet for your horse in case it needs more than ' a bit of this and a bit of that'.
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Nope, no idea of healthcare whatsoever. How ignorant!

Funny, all your posts seem so offensive!
 
But it has now changed, so needs further investigation. Regardless of what it may be, it's not healing so needs proper treatment.
 
ester said:
Queenbee I would definitely start by emailing the photo to my vet, mine are quite happy to receive pics to give a general thought/confirm if they think they should see it or not. (Mine has had lots of Frank's willy over the last few months lucky him!)
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Ester, mine are too, we had many an email pass between us when ebs was dying :(. I did have one vet out earlier this ŷear but he wasn't sure, if it shows little to no progress I will, but this type of sore/wound is so debatable even in the veterinary industry :(
 
My friend,s old cob, had something just like this and he kept knocking it and making it bleed, she got the vet out and in his opinion, said it was a sarcoid!
He froze it off and luckily it never returned.
 
bumper said:
I'm sorry if this offends, but it looks exactly like a periocular sarcoid my lad had two years ago. Especially the pic where you say he had knocked the top off. I'd be getting the vet out.
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Bumper, he has a rough concrete walling in his stable, he scratches every nick he gets and even some he doesn't, remember when you were a kid and you scabbed your knee, then you picked the scab off because it itched? That is the beast that is Ben :(
 
Was going to post a Pic of a brick wall, but couldn't be arsed (<so report me)

As i said earlier... I will treat, if its no better in a week... I will call the vets. If it gets worse, I will call the vets.

Oh yeah, and its looking worse, because he's a childish brute and keeps scratching the top off because it itches as it heals.


Lord save us from hypochondriacs!
 
Then it is very obviously annoying him so get him some proper treatment!! I can't see why you are so adverse to getting veterinary attention. If it's nothing serious, then you can relax and if it is a sarcoid then it can be dealt with before it becomes a real problem. Sometimes you have to hand it over to those who have been trained to diagnose and treat!
 
I have no idea but i have read through and it seems a mixed opinion on what it could be. I wouldn't be putting anything on it unless there are flies about and its bleeding or open then i would put some camrosa on it.
You asked for opinions but appear to be shooting every opinion down. I know you love this horse from previous threads but i do think maybe a quick email or chat to vet to put your mind at ease that it either needs leaving to own devices or keep cleaning and creaming wouldn't go a miss. Its obviously bothering you, and rightly so we care about our horses so much, that i think some expertise would probably be nice.
 
lhotse said:
Then it is very obviously annoying him so get him some proper treatment!! I can't see why you are so adverse to getting veterinary attention. If it's nothing serious, then you can relax and if it is a sarcoid then it can be dealt with before it becomes a real problem. Sometimes you have to hand it over to those who have been trained to diagnose and treat!
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A vet can not stop a healing wound from flipping itching!!!!!! That's why!!!
 
Dizzydancer said:
i would put some camrosa on it.
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I definitely wouldn't be putting camrosa on it....I wouldn't be putting *anything* on it....you don't know what it is....you are worried enough to have posted pictures on here, but not worried enough to get the vet to get to the bottom of it....

Even if it is a harmless scab of some description, it has been there long enough and is looking angry enough to be needing *proper* treatment, not just any lotion and potion that someone on the H&H forum has said might be worth a try....
 
' As i said earlier... I will treat, if its no better in a week... I will call the vets. If it gets worse, I will call the vets.'
You've already told us it has been getting worse and that it has been going on more than a week...
 
I'm not shooting opinions down, I do not discount that its possibly bot or reaction to plant. I query that its Ingrowing hair because their is no dip in the middle/hair follicle. Vets first opinion was not sarcoid and I've never ever seen or heard of a sarcoid that could possibly take this form,wart... Well doesn't look it to me, but a wart will burn itself out.

The middle bit was triggered by grazing, it finds difficulty healing because he is quite possibly the most sensitive itchy horse I know and scratches his head daily, even when there is no issue. He is on sulphur already, the only thing that equals and probably out ranks steroids for dealing with itchy wounds.

I haven't dismissed everything, I have taken what I know, about the environment, history and the horse and eliminated what doesn't fit. I am acting in a rational way, eliminating what doesn't fit to the situation.
 
Dizzydancer said:
I have no idea but i have read through and it seems a mixed opinion on what it could be. I wouldn't be putting anything on it unless there are flies about and its bleeding or open then i would put some camrosa on it.
You asked for opinions but appear to be shooting every opinion down. I know you love this horse from previous threads but i do think maybe a quick email or chat to vet to put your mind at ease that it either needs leaving to own devices or keep cleaning and creaming wouldn't go a miss. Its obviously bothering you, and rightly so we care about our horses so much, that i think some expertise would probably be nice.
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I agree, I think you love him very much and don't want to think it's possibly a sarcoid. It probably isn't but until you get a definite diagnosis you'll continue to worry. Even if it is, you'll handle it. Get a diagnosis and then deal with what is in front of you, don't put yourself through any more what-if's.
 
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No offense intended.....but I have noticed that you post often for opinions....and. when they are given you always discount any that you don't agree with...
You don't know what it is.
You won't call the vet.
You discount any opinion that isn't the same as yours....
Why bother?

It's clearly inflamed, possibly over granulating and definitely bothering him.....speak to a vet for gawds sake x
 
lhotse said:
No, but he can diagnose if it's a sarcoid that needs treatment before that constant itching causes it to double in size!
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Arrgh, it has not doubled in size, nowhere near that, and its caused by scar tissue... Do you think that I'd even be in anyway saying this if I didn't have some training, history or significant experience or knowledge of this.


It's frigging scar tissue because he keeps scratching it, because it keeps itching... Things that heal do itch you know
 
Actually, I think you are eliminating what you don't want it to be, which is entirely understandable but maybe not in the horse's best interests.

I didn't say that it had doubled in size, but it may well do if it continues like this.
 
I wouldn't put Camorra anywhere near a horse of mine don't worry. And the current topical treatment is one that was approved by the head vet of my practice.

I don't think the scab has been there long enough since the scab has been there less than a week...
 
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