debsey1
Well-Known Member
Toby (my horse now) had a stressful 2 1/2 years with his previous owner due to going to one livery yard to another and then breaking out in sarcoids. His previous owner wrote to me to explain:
After moving to yet another yard and less than 3 months of being there, Toby broke out in lumps all round and warty and others were soft and fleshy growths. The vet confirmed their worse fear - they were sarcoids and lots of them growing at an alarming rate. Toby became quite unwell. The prognosis was not good.
There are 6 different types of sarcoid and Toby had 3 of them! My vet contacted Professor Derek Knottenbelt of Leeds University, who is the leading researcher into sarcoids. Under professor Knottenbelt who diagnosed each of the 3 types, prescribed the treatment plan. The treatment was using chemotherapy in form of a cream. This literally burnt the tumours and flesh and he had to have it applied regularly over 3 months. He was very unwell and had huge craters of burnt flesh all over him which had to heal, it was a long, slow process. The areas had to be kept clean to keep scar tissue to a mininum.
During this time the yard we were at became very hostile and were unbelievably cruel to me. No one would speak to me they would shout at me telling me I was unfit to own a horse as I had put all theirs at risk of sarcoids and had moved us out of the main stable block to what was an old wood shed on our own. Toby was not allowed to see or mix with the other horses even though our vet said not to isolate him. I dreaded going there each day. (At this point in the letter I was in tears)
Soon enough, they gave us our marching orders. I then had to find yet another home for Toby. I had lost all my confidence I had and left feeling that wherever we went people would point fingers as the previous yrad and its occupants were well known in the circles.
(Long story short) The previous owner found a temporary field from a farmer for a few weeks before selling him to a dealer (she couldn't cope any longer). A dealer who I will not mention and this is where I stepped in and became Toby's new owner.
We have been together for 18 months now and his sarcoids have healed beautifully you wouldn't even know he had them
He is still a youngish boy at 14 years and we do everything together.
So the moral of this tale is:- people who read this and have a horse with sarcoids don't despair, it can be treated. I think in Toby's case I am starting to think that maybe stress from moving to one liver yard after another brought on his sarcoids. He is so much better and a lovely lovely boy
After moving to yet another yard and less than 3 months of being there, Toby broke out in lumps all round and warty and others were soft and fleshy growths. The vet confirmed their worse fear - they were sarcoids and lots of them growing at an alarming rate. Toby became quite unwell. The prognosis was not good.
There are 6 different types of sarcoid and Toby had 3 of them! My vet contacted Professor Derek Knottenbelt of Leeds University, who is the leading researcher into sarcoids. Under professor Knottenbelt who diagnosed each of the 3 types, prescribed the treatment plan. The treatment was using chemotherapy in form of a cream. This literally burnt the tumours and flesh and he had to have it applied regularly over 3 months. He was very unwell and had huge craters of burnt flesh all over him which had to heal, it was a long, slow process. The areas had to be kept clean to keep scar tissue to a mininum.
During this time the yard we were at became very hostile and were unbelievably cruel to me. No one would speak to me they would shout at me telling me I was unfit to own a horse as I had put all theirs at risk of sarcoids and had moved us out of the main stable block to what was an old wood shed on our own. Toby was not allowed to see or mix with the other horses even though our vet said not to isolate him. I dreaded going there each day. (At this point in the letter I was in tears)
Soon enough, they gave us our marching orders. I then had to find yet another home for Toby. I had lost all my confidence I had and left feeling that wherever we went people would point fingers as the previous yrad and its occupants were well known in the circles.
(Long story short) The previous owner found a temporary field from a farmer for a few weeks before selling him to a dealer (she couldn't cope any longer). A dealer who I will not mention and this is where I stepped in and became Toby's new owner.
We have been together for 18 months now and his sarcoids have healed beautifully you wouldn't even know he had them
He is still a youngish boy at 14 years and we do everything together.So the moral of this tale is:- people who read this and have a horse with sarcoids don't despair, it can be treated. I think in Toby's case I am starting to think that maybe stress from moving to one liver yard after another brought on his sarcoids. He is so much better and a lovely lovely boy
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