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Einstein would be proud of my Insanity...
When I bought Ludo as a two year old he had no sarcoids. A couple of weeks after bringing him home he developed two tiny ones, one under the girth and another in front of his sheath, which I removed. All was well until I started taking him to lessons. After the first one, he popped up a marble on his belly. I banded that one and started treating four tiny fly bite scars on his chest and neck, just in case. Two of them reacted, two didn't. So now I've got a serious case of multiple sarcoids, a horse who is clearly riddled with the bovine papilloma virus and pops them out when stressed, and a waiting game to see how many more.....
After the next lesson, he popped two marbles out in his armpit and a 'fly bite' on his chest very close to it. Banded the marbles, treated the pip. The marbles had a root much bigger than themselves, that died behind the banding, so treated that and eventually a horrendous looking lump fell out, more than two inches in length. He's doing a great job of healing the hole and it's just a scabby line in the crease of his elbow now after a week. The other banded one fell off with a much smaller and shallower root and is healing nicely.
At this point I'm checking him all over daily, and find another three tiny pips on the central line of his belly on different days. Treated and fell off easily, not even a hole left. Then one on his sheath, teeny tiny. More a mark in the skin than anything, but i knew it wasn't there the day before. Treated and now has a patch of missing skin bigger than a ten pence piece, so it was already spreading out under the skin. Same with another on the inside of the hind leg. So the count is now thirteen and I'm holding my breath waiting for the next....
This morning, inside hind leg, an inch above the lost skin from treating the pip, a perfect circle of a very slightly different colour in the hair. An occult one. That's now been treated and if it doesn't shed, I'll eat my hat.
This is WAR! I'm not losing this wonderful horse to skin cancer. I don't care if he ends up looking like a patchwork quilt, it's not going to take him out on my watch 😠😡😠.
I'm sharing this because I'm so devastated to be fighting this battle on a second horse in five years, and this one is very special, and the best I have ever ridden. And you know what they say, a problem shared is two people with a problem ðŸ˜. Thanks in advance for any support.
Footnotes.
In case anyone is wondering about the legality of me doing this, it is legal for the owner of a horse to carry out minor medical treatment with non prescription medication.
In case you think you should try messing with a sarcoid, be aware that sarcoids can be very dangerous things if you annoy them. I have, unfortunately for me, decades of experience in removing them, with results verified by several vets. Nobody should try removing sarcoids themselves without an experienced person to assist them, and preferably under the supervision of a vet. Please be cautious around sarcoids.
After the next lesson, he popped two marbles out in his armpit and a 'fly bite' on his chest very close to it. Banded the marbles, treated the pip. The marbles had a root much bigger than themselves, that died behind the banding, so treated that and eventually a horrendous looking lump fell out, more than two inches in length. He's doing a great job of healing the hole and it's just a scabby line in the crease of his elbow now after a week. The other banded one fell off with a much smaller and shallower root and is healing nicely.
At this point I'm checking him all over daily, and find another three tiny pips on the central line of his belly on different days. Treated and fell off easily, not even a hole left. Then one on his sheath, teeny tiny. More a mark in the skin than anything, but i knew it wasn't there the day before. Treated and now has a patch of missing skin bigger than a ten pence piece, so it was already spreading out under the skin. Same with another on the inside of the hind leg. So the count is now thirteen and I'm holding my breath waiting for the next....
This morning, inside hind leg, an inch above the lost skin from treating the pip, a perfect circle of a very slightly different colour in the hair. An occult one. That's now been treated and if it doesn't shed, I'll eat my hat.
This is WAR! I'm not losing this wonderful horse to skin cancer. I don't care if he ends up looking like a patchwork quilt, it's not going to take him out on my watch 😠😡😠.
I'm sharing this because I'm so devastated to be fighting this battle on a second horse in five years, and this one is very special, and the best I have ever ridden. And you know what they say, a problem shared is two people with a problem ðŸ˜. Thanks in advance for any support.
Footnotes.
In case anyone is wondering about the legality of me doing this, it is legal for the owner of a horse to carry out minor medical treatment with non prescription medication.
In case you think you should try messing with a sarcoid, be aware that sarcoids can be very dangerous things if you annoy them. I have, unfortunately for me, decades of experience in removing them, with results verified by several vets. Nobody should try removing sarcoids themselves without an experienced person to assist them, and preferably under the supervision of a vet. Please be cautious around sarcoids.