kerilli
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you have my sympathies, very very sad.
Sarcoids... please read.
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AMW
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A friends mare has the most horrific sarcoids, as you describe they have turned inside out. The mare had a couple of small ones, was got in foal and the sarcoids, grew & erupted. They are a mass in between her hind legs and in front of her udder. They have made an elasticated cover & put a dressing on it as it is a seeping mess, her foal is feeding okay.
normal treatment couldnt be done because she was in foal and they werent sure if she would even be able to feed the foal.
I have never seen anything like it and felt physically sick the first time I did. A great deal of advice has been sought and they will try treating when advised the time is right.
Sarcoids scare me tbh, so many people try them as a triviality, I always envisaged them as the tip of an iceberg and having seen this mares I am not convinced otherwise.
My heart goes out to you x
normal treatment couldnt be done because she was in foal and they werent sure if she would even be able to feed the foal.
I have never seen anything like it and felt physically sick the first time I did. A great deal of advice has been sought and they will try treating when advised the time is right.
Sarcoids scare me tbh, so many people try them as a triviality, I always envisaged them as the tip of an iceberg and having seen this mares I am not convinced otherwise.
My heart goes out to you x
Maggie2009
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There are alternative remedies such as Sarcex from global herbs plus they sell a cream which can be applied topically.I am aware that other people have had negative and positive experiences of these products.I have used Sarcex sucessfully ,my Welshie had a perioccular sarcoid a few years ago which is vert tricky to treat.After 18 months of Sarcex it disappeared,having gradually reduced in size.Also used the powder and cream on our warmblood last year when sarcoids appeared.One of the sarcoids erupted overnight,not a pretty sight but it then healed completely.The other one on his belly i tied of with an elastic plaiting band.This atrophied and then healed.I did have advice from the Vet who could really offer nothing better.Good luck and do try to persevere.
JoWoodhead
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My dear Snoozinsusan, you have all my sympathy. I purchased an anglo arab yearling and trained her myself. I had visions of recapturing my youth with gallops down the beach.
Unfortunately she developed some small sarcoids and has had all sorts of treatment with some success: Liverpool cream, bloodroot and laser treatment. But as soon as we get rid, another one springs up. Of course she is not insured for it any more, but we struggle on.
She is, probably like Toyah, a delightful and gentle animal and I have always caught the sarcoids whilst they are small, but it takes away all the delight of owning such a sweet animal. She is now used to me patting, getting a treat and then finding me disappearing under her to check udder areas and belly. Luckily she doesnt kick. Like Toyah she is out 24/7.
I do have a stable but it is in our garden, so lately she has been roaming the garden with her pal (shetland). I dont care as long as she is close by and cen get away from the flies.
The laser treatment is good (so far) and our vets had a mobile laser machine so they came to us. They left one sarcoid, which is the one which is now troublesome. Its when they grow fast that you panic.
All the best to you and keep hold of the happy memories. You did everything a caring owner could do.
Unfortunately she developed some small sarcoids and has had all sorts of treatment with some success: Liverpool cream, bloodroot and laser treatment. But as soon as we get rid, another one springs up. Of course she is not insured for it any more, but we struggle on.
She is, probably like Toyah, a delightful and gentle animal and I have always caught the sarcoids whilst they are small, but it takes away all the delight of owning such a sweet animal. She is now used to me patting, getting a treat and then finding me disappearing under her to check udder areas and belly. Luckily she doesnt kick. Like Toyah she is out 24/7.
I do have a stable but it is in our garden, so lately she has been roaming the garden with her pal (shetland). I dont care as long as she is close by and cen get away from the flies.
The laser treatment is good (so far) and our vets had a mobile laser machine so they came to us. They left one sarcoid, which is the one which is now troublesome. Its when they grow fast that you panic.
All the best to you and keep hold of the happy memories. You did everything a caring owner could do.
kim1978
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Jowoodhead My deepest sympathies are wit you to and your arab mare. I help Snoozinsusan with her horses and Toyah's sarcoid's werent nice at all.... It was a horrible situation and Susan was away on holiday when the sarcoid erupted, i was torn as to wether to tell her or not so chose to leave it until she was near the end of her holiday as felt if it were my horse i would want to know. I still feel guilty about having to tell Susan about what had happened... whilke she was on holiday. Sarcoids are horrible and having seen Toyah its made me respect them a whole lot more and realise how nasty they really can be! I hope you have every success with treating your mare and the future is a positive one. I wouldnt want you to go through what Susan has had to with Toyah.
JoWoodhead
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Thank you Kim1978 for your kind comment. A little tip if you ever have to treat healing sarcoids or other wounds and dont want the flies on them: Take a piece of cotton a bit larger than the healing area and put a couple of dabs of lavender oil on it. Then put Copydex (a glue for craft work) round the edges of the piece of cotton and place it over the healing area. It sticks to the fur/hair and voila it acts like an elastoplast. I was given this tip by a reliable horsewoman and it works! Be prepared that it can stay there for a week or more as the rim of copydex stays in place for that length of time.
I have found this tip enormously helpful in dealing with wounds etc in awkward places. Indeed my horse is sporting such home made elastoplasts on her belly and between her udders where the sarcoids are being treated. Flies dont like lavender and the piece of cotton covering them and kept in place with copydex is doing the trick.
I have found this tip enormously helpful in dealing with wounds etc in awkward places. Indeed my horse is sporting such home made elastoplasts on her belly and between her udders where the sarcoids are being treated. Flies dont like lavender and the piece of cotton covering them and kept in place with copydex is doing the trick.