nikicb
Well-Known Member
Let me just say before I write any more that I'm taking this pony to the vets tomorrow morning to have this checked out.....
Yesterday in a routine EDT appointment, it was discovered that my 26 year old, fully active, 13.2 pony has a marble sized, quite firm lump on his tongue. It is in front of where the bit lies. I haven't tacked him up for a while as he has a sharer, but there are no problems there, and he is eating bucket food and forage absolutely fine. He is also working with no issues. When prodded and poked, it didn't produce any reaction. My EDT has never seen anything like this before, nor her more experienced colleague with whom she shared pictures. Raff is absolutely loving life at the moment - he didn't do much for the first 6 months of last year as his then sharer was doing A levels. I almost thought about retiring him, but found another young girl to share him, and he is now worked several times a week, and strutts his stuff at PC rallies etc. If it is an indicator of something more serious, he certainly isn't showing any effects, and since being back in proper work has built up more top line and muscle tone.
Not a great photo, but has anyone dealt with anything like this before? If nothing else, I hope this might end up as an educational thread as Google has produced absolutely nothing!
Yesterday in a routine EDT appointment, it was discovered that my 26 year old, fully active, 13.2 pony has a marble sized, quite firm lump on his tongue. It is in front of where the bit lies. I haven't tacked him up for a while as he has a sharer, but there are no problems there, and he is eating bucket food and forage absolutely fine. He is also working with no issues. When prodded and poked, it didn't produce any reaction. My EDT has never seen anything like this before, nor her more experienced colleague with whom she shared pictures. Raff is absolutely loving life at the moment - he didn't do much for the first 6 months of last year as his then sharer was doing A levels. I almost thought about retiring him, but found another young girl to share him, and he is now worked several times a week, and strutts his stuff at PC rallies etc. If it is an indicator of something more serious, he certainly isn't showing any effects, and since being back in proper work has built up more top line and muscle tone.
Not a great photo, but has anyone dealt with anything like this before? If nothing else, I hope this might end up as an educational thread as Google has produced absolutely nothing!
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