Bought a horse with hidden sarcoid

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Spike24

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Thoughts on this sarcoid situation, as I’m not sure where I stand.

Bought an unbroken 4yo a month ago. When viewed, it had a rub midway up the underside of the neck (not deep, but fresh - looked like carpet burn).
The horse was in a stable which had a chewed door (old cribbing from a previous horse, it did not look freshly chewed), and had apparently rubbed its neck on the top of the door.

Fast forward a month after purchase, I did think that the rub was taking its time healing, but it looked mildly scabby last week and most of the fur has grown back over it.

A flat sarcoid has popped up on the horses nose, in between the nostrils in the last few days (no sign of this previously). This prompted me to clip around the head to check for more (none noted) - however the rub on the neck appears to be a sarcoid as well (I’ve clipped that out as well).
I’ve also gone over the horses body with a fine tooth comb to look at any other common areas (also did this when viewing the horse).

Medical history was asked for, and seller said nothing of note.
Horse was not vetted.

I don’t believe the seller would have realised there was a sarcoid present, as both the nose and the neck are the flat varicose type.

What would you do in this situation, with regards to contacting the seller?
 
They probably genuinely didn't see them and quite often with youngsters especially moving home can trigger them as they can be linked to stress and immunity.

All my horses sarcoids appeared after he was unwell with various things.

I wouldn't even contact the seller just put him on a good balancer and hopefully they will go on there own.

All my horses just went without treatment.
 
I wouldn't bother the vendor with this, you had the opportunity to have the horse vetted, I assume, and chose not to.
My then 4 yr old had a sarcoid removed from her face several years ago and has had no more develop since. I think k it was stress from arguing with an older mare that prompted that. She had been here for 2 yrs by then and we separated the 4 mares into 2 pairs, which stopped the stress.
 
As everyone has said - your question is where do you stand. And the answer is that the horse is entirely your responsibility now and emergence of a sarcoid, or a rub that turned out to be a sarcoid, has nothing to do with the seller. A vetting may have pointed out the rub and said that it may/may not just be a rub, and gone on the vet report as a 'mark/lump/lesion' which may or may not turn out to be something that needs treating in the future. But as you did not vet, there is nothing that can be done now about what might have been picked up at one. Hopefully it will just go away on it's own.
 
Spike24 said:
Thoughts on this sarcoid situation, as I’m not sure where I stand.

Bought an unbroken 4yo a month ago. When viewed, it had a rub midway up the underside of the neck (not deep, but fresh - looked like carpet burn).
The horse was in a stable which had a chewed door (old cribbing from a previous horse, it did not look freshly chewed), and had apparently rubbed its neck on the top of the door.

Fast forward a month after purchase, I did think that the rub was taking its time healing, but it looked mildly scabby last week and most of the fur has grown back over it.

A flat sarcoid has popped up on the horses nose, in between the nostrils in the last few days (no sign of this previously). This prompted me to clip around the head to check for more (none noted) - however the rub on the neck appears to be a sarcoid as well (I’ve clipped that out as well).
I’ve also gone over the horses body with a fine tooth comb to look at any other common areas (also did this when viewing the horse).

Medical history was asked for, and seller said nothing of note.
Horse was not vetted.

I don’t believe the seller would have realised there was a sarcoid present, as both the nose and the neck are the flat varicose type.

What would you do in this situation, with regards to contacting the seller?
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Why would you contact the seller, just get the warts taken off.
 
I'd just contact vet, and deal with the sarcoids. When I got the Ballerina Mare, she had what I was sure was a sarcoid, but the price was otherwise right. It later developed into more, and they were treated by the vet (she applied Liverpool Cream to the back end, while I shoved ripe pears in the front end of the mare). One (the original small lesion) was massive, but there have been no recurrences since (10 years).

Since you have the horse already, I don't think there's any comeback on the seller at this point. Instead, just deal with the suspected sarcoids as they are, and hope that they come all right with appropriate vet treatment.
 
My mare has a flat slightly thickened/scaley under the hair between her front legs which bled the first few months I had her (it was in the summer). I kept flies off it..it healed…I keep an eye on it and in 8 years nothing else has developed. I agree it can be a stress and immature immune system reaction so don’t panic just yet.
 
Hopefully they're juvenile-related, but I don't see why you would contact the seller in this instance. If I had a young horse with one scab on its neck, I too would assume a rub/minor injury. Doesn't sound like any foul play. Not sure a vetting would have picked it up as a sarcoid in any case, if the neck sarcoid looked like a fresh rub and was a one off.
 
in your situation i would get her/him on a decent feed which can help kickstart the immune system . As others have said, they can pop up when the immune system is compromised through stress etc. But i certainly wouldnt be contacting the seller.
 
Amymay Again said:
So you potentially want to return the horse as two, previously not noted, sarcoids have appeared?

Sarcoids can often pop up due to stress, especially in juveniles.
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This happened to my late mare - no sarcoid on vetting - 3 weeks in they appeared.
Current mare vetted - none on vetting then 5 appeared.

All treated and gone now.
 
Why would you contact the seller? Sarcoids can appear anytime…usually at the site of an injury or to a lack of immunity.
I would just feed a good immunity boosting supplement and if necessary see if your vet is happy to remove or use a paste yourself.
 
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