Horsey has sarcoids! Piccies Warning close up of sheath

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Not what I was expecting sarcoids to look like at all!

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Poor you! Have you had the vet out? What treatment did he suggest? I am interested because a friends mare has got them - on her inner thigh and teats. She is trying a herbal remedy which apparantly worked on another friends horse (is there an epidemic, I seem to know a number of horse owners with sarciods at the moment!). Anyway she is trying something called Thuja cream and also a feed supplement called (I think) Sarc-ex. Would be interested to hear what you are planning with yours so I can let her know. Sorry to hear you have this problem!
 
i have quite a bit of experience with sarcoids, unfortunately, and those really aren't a bad type at all. i'd just leave them, unless they get really big. if you have a brave vet you can ask for the horse to be sedated, then just nick the skin over them with a scalpel and they'll pop out, like a round fatty lump. in my experience that type don't have roots, they just pop out like a big spot... gross, i know. then just spray with wound spray etc. best to do this in cooler weather when there aren't tons of flies about. i really wouldn't worry too much about that type though, honestly.
 
Yes the vet had a look when he was out to sort out hooves. I have to email him the piccies, he is going to send these to Dr. somebody who has developed a special cream then they are going to put bands round them and inject the cream into them so they fall off.
 
My Freisian had them just the same they are classed as global sarcoids as they are round so the vet said anyway the vet took pictures sent them off to Liverpool and the cream came back which the vet applied over a period of a week and they have gone. I was advised by the vet to get them treated as they can spread and they were getting bigger.
 
Vet has said we need to deal with them or he may get loads more. I really do want to pop them though (insert gross smiley of choice) I think that would be great. Two are right between his hind legs so much rub as he moves.
 
Our little pony mare that we brought with us from England had a huge sarcoid of this type. It hung like a bollock between her back legs. I used Camrosa on it and it disappeared. This was about 9 or 10 years ago and it has never returned.

One of my other horses that I have recently bought, has one on her cheek. I've been using the Camrosa for about 5 days and already it is noticably fading.
 
My horse had exactly the same looking sarcoid on his sheath, it started as a tiny lump last summer and got no bigger, then suddenly four weeks ago started growing loads, vet came 10 days ago, sedated to band him and the sarcoid popped out as he was putting on the band. It was an intact little lump which is encouraging as you don't want them pierced in case they seed more.

So it may not be as bad as it looks!
 
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Vet has said we need to deal with them or he may get loads more. I really do want to pop them though (insert gross smiley of choice) I think that would be great. Two are right between his hind legs so much rub as he moves.

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In my experience when you remove them they grow back more aggressively. My mare had a full anaesthetic 2 years ago and had 10 removed, they have grown back more vigorously, in a big clump. Its a real mess. I'm trying Thuja tablets at the moment, (only on week two- nothing has happened so far but they have dried up and look less aggressive) and liverpool cream will be the next step. I would say that they are more likely to spread if you do fiddle with them, than leave them alone.

But hey- i'm no vet!
 
There are six types of sacroids and whether they return or not depends on the type (I read up a lot with my lad a few weeks ago!). Some are self contained and found in the skin - these have the best chance of never recurring and often they will drop off themselves as they stretch the skin sack they are in and burst free. Others have grown onto muscle or tissue making them very difficult to remove without piercing them, which then risks seeding healthy tissue.

Your vet should be able to have a feel and make an educated guess as to what kind of sarcoid it is and advise you from there, but sheath is usually good news as it is the nodular, self-contained, skin versions.
 
my new horse has a little one on the inside of his back leg. i started treating it with liverpool cream yesterday and it's already looking red and raw - that stuff is seriously strong. i know a lot of people would have left it but i know they can grow and spread and i didn't want to take the risk. i also have had him on sarc-ex for a month now.
 
My boy had one on his sheath when I bought him - it was quite big. The vet sedated him and removed it. That was almost 4 years ago now and (touch wood) he's been clear of them ever since.

We were in two minds about it. At the vetting I was advised to leave it but when it got hot in the summer (yes - it was a warm summer 4 years ago!!!) the flies started doing whatever on it, so off it came.
 
I agree - my old mare got these nodular sarcoids and all the vet did was sedate her and pop them out. Job done in a few seconds.
 
hi, my horse had quite a nasty looking sarcoid on his stomach that often bled due to flies. i bought some thuja tablets and cream off the internet and also fed him sarc ex. i thought it was worth a try before calling the vet and going through insurance. anyway the thuja cram ran out and didn't buy anymore as it just seemed to make the sarcoid bleed so i just carried on with three scoops of sarc-ex twice a day and 1 200c tablet twice a day also. i didn't seem tobe doing much but then one day it looked dried up kinda like a prune and the next day it was gone just leaving a very small scab. i would reccommend this to anybody. i really didn't think it would work but it did! email me if you want m,ore info or pics xxxxxxxxx
 
my new horse had a warty type one on the inside of his hind leg. i used the liverpool cream and it's gone all scabby now and i'm just waiting for it to fall off, then hopefully the skin will heal over and it'll be like it was never there.
 
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