natalielouise-x
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Just wondered if someone could give me some advice..
I currently have a 15 year old TB x warmblood on full loan. We've had him on loan for over a year and a half now.
He has 3 sarcoids on his chest, one in front of the girth, and 2 near his sheath.
The ones near his sheath and in front of his girth have not changed, and do not cause him any problems. The 3 sarcoids on his chest, are all slightly bigger than a pea. 2 are only slightly raised and cause no issues.
One sarcoid is very raised and prominant, and is located right in the middle of his chest. In summer when the flies are bad, my boy tends to rub the top layer of skin off the sarcoid, causing it to become sore, weepy and inflamed. A vicious cycle occurs where the sarcoid drys, scabs over, he rubs it and it becomes sore again.
It is located in a place where rug buckles meet, so a fly rug acctually does more damage than good.
He has also very recently rubs the sarcoid and it appears to have fell off..leaving a small crator type wound.
He has quite sensitive skin, so we are limited to what to put on the sarcoid to keep it clean and fly free. Aloe vera gel helps, but it soon gets absorbed.
We recently called and our vet for advice, and he said nothing can be done until winter, and just to put sudacrem on until then. Sudacrem usually just drops off when its warm weather, so a bit useless really!
His owner has had him from a 5 year old, and when he was around 7 had a course of liverpool cream. She says that this caused him a lot of discomfort, and made the sarcoids grow a little. So the treatment was unsuccessful.
I am reluctant to try this treatment again, and do not want anything to invasive due to the location of the sarcoids, as they would prevent him wearing a martingale or any rugs of any type. As previously stated, he is on loan and 15 and up until this year they have never changed or affected him.
Can anyone recommend firstly something to keep the wound clean and fly free, but not too many chemicals?
Also does anyone have any reviews on thuja tablets and thuja cream being used in conjuction? id like to try and treat the sarcoids from the outside in and in not such a nasty way.
I do not think the sarcoids would have changed if it hadnt been that my boy has been very fly irritated this summer!
All help welcome!
I currently have a 15 year old TB x warmblood on full loan. We've had him on loan for over a year and a half now.
He has 3 sarcoids on his chest, one in front of the girth, and 2 near his sheath.
The ones near his sheath and in front of his girth have not changed, and do not cause him any problems. The 3 sarcoids on his chest, are all slightly bigger than a pea. 2 are only slightly raised and cause no issues.
One sarcoid is very raised and prominant, and is located right in the middle of his chest. In summer when the flies are bad, my boy tends to rub the top layer of skin off the sarcoid, causing it to become sore, weepy and inflamed. A vicious cycle occurs where the sarcoid drys, scabs over, he rubs it and it becomes sore again.
It is located in a place where rug buckles meet, so a fly rug acctually does more damage than good.
He has also very recently rubs the sarcoid and it appears to have fell off..leaving a small crator type wound.
He has quite sensitive skin, so we are limited to what to put on the sarcoid to keep it clean and fly free. Aloe vera gel helps, but it soon gets absorbed.
We recently called and our vet for advice, and he said nothing can be done until winter, and just to put sudacrem on until then. Sudacrem usually just drops off when its warm weather, so a bit useless really!
His owner has had him from a 5 year old, and when he was around 7 had a course of liverpool cream. She says that this caused him a lot of discomfort, and made the sarcoids grow a little. So the treatment was unsuccessful.
I am reluctant to try this treatment again, and do not want anything to invasive due to the location of the sarcoids, as they would prevent him wearing a martingale or any rugs of any type. As previously stated, he is on loan and 15 and up until this year they have never changed or affected him.
Can anyone recommend firstly something to keep the wound clean and fly free, but not too many chemicals?
Also does anyone have any reviews on thuja tablets and thuja cream being used in conjuction? id like to try and treat the sarcoids from the outside in and in not such a nasty way.
I do not think the sarcoids would have changed if it hadnt been that my boy has been very fly irritated this summer!
All help welcome!
