My horse is unsellable (sarcoids)

pookie said:
OP, d'you mean acyclovir? :) If so, that's zovirax cream, the same stuff you can buy in any chemist for cold sores on humans :)

FWIW, you clearly love this horse, are clearly doing everything you can to treat him and make sure he has the best possible future. Please do ignore the childlike rants of the minority on her.
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hmm, thats good to know. As the vet told me it would be about £120 a tube not sure how big pgit is. Perhaps it would be worth me getting it from chemist. The last time I got zovirax it was around £6 to £7.
 
R.A.H said:
hmm, thats good to know. As the vet told me it would be about £120 a tube not sure how big pgit is. Perhaps it would be worth me getting it from chemist. The last time I got zovirax it was around £6 to £7.
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It's worth checking with your vet what concentration of acyclovir he/she's prescribing. Zovirax is 5% and I can't imagine the prescription for your pone is going to be lower than that (thinking of what it's going to treat vs a simple human coldsore) :)
 
Confuzzled said:
One thing you might want to try is a feed supplement by global herbs called sarc-x. They do a cream too. I've been told many stories of it being super successful on inoperable sarcoids including one on a mares eye that literally fell out root and all 6 weeks after the owner started feeding it. Surely it's worth one last shot? But I've heard a lot of people recommending it and having used other things in the global herbs range they're really good! They have a helpline run by vets too x
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I use Sarc-Ex. My home bred gelding had a massive, vile, bleeding sarcoid on his sheath - see gallery- used Sarc-Ex it has almost gone. The one on the rim of the sheath disappeared a while ago and the one on his belly dropped of last week.
It was a last resort after the Liverpool treatment went horribly wrong.
Just want to add that we won a WH class the other week and the judge was virtually writing a blank cheque for him as a county standard show horse, sarcoid and all!!
Don't despair there are plenty of us out here with sarcoidy horses.
 
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Thought I would give you all an update on my boy. A girl at the college have taken him on, he is going to live with their old boy on their yard. They are going to treat his ear once more and then go from there. They are having loads of fun with him. I'm really pleased that he has gone to a nice home and has been given another chance.
 
Fantastic outcome op, only just seen this thread, glad you're boy has a loving home, with someone who obviously already knows him and has fallen in love with him, here's hoping the cream works for him and if he ever needs a bit more ear, he can have some of bens donkey size ears... He has plenty to spare x
 
They really do love and adore him, and he is the same. When he sees the girl from the college he does a little nicker and is pleased to see her. I didn't want him to just go to anyone, it had to be someone that knew him and they have seen his sarcoids go from bad to worse.
 
R.A.H said:
Thought I would give you all an update on my boy. A girl at the college have taken him on, he is going to live with their old boy on their yard. They are going to treat his ear once more and then go from there. They are having loads of fun with him. I'm really pleased that he has gone to a nice home and has been given another chance.
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That's fantastic, I'm delighted for you.
 
Just read this thread and it was good to see a positive update R.A.H.... Fingers crossed your boy has a settled and long term home with his new carers... It must be quite a weight off your mind... :)

Out of curiosity, if anyone has any know how... I've never had to deal with sarcoids but looking at the pics - the new growth appears to be at the edge of the previous treatment site... If a laser/surgical option was used which also included a decent margin of healthy tissue (even if that meant to the base of the ear), would that reduce the chances of recurrence?
 
Awww my eyes have filled up reading that. I truly hope his sarcoids don't get any worse and he has a lovely time with his new owner. Well done for all your efforts xx
 
I didn't read all the posts so maybe this has been suggested to you already but my horse had sarcoids; the first episode was treated with stuff from Liverpool but when she had a recurrence, my vet gave me some blood root paste which cleared her sarcoids up. She has had 1 or 2 recurrences which have responded to the blood root paste. I would suggest that you talk to your vet and see if this is an option. It is much cheaper. BTW, I bought my first horse knowing she had a sarcoid that was successfully excised; and my second horse had them when I got her but I was confident they could be treated. So I would say that there is a buyer out there but you might have to give way on the price a little, especially in the current economic situation.
 
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