Sarcoids.. would you buy this pony?

[LJW2709]

So after months and months of searching we finally found the perfect pony for my daughter, ticks every box for us! was priced quite high and been on the market for several weeks i offered 1.5k less than asking price which was accepted, Pony flew through a 5 stage vetting, but picked up he had two small nodular sarcoids inside his groin area, (size approx 6mm & 8mm) I had a horse 10 years ago with bad sarcoids and I said would never buy with them again! Although these are a totally different type and not in the same area,. I now don’t know what to do, can anyone throw some advice to me? Experiences? I know I won’t be able to insure for this, need to phone tomorrow and I honestly don’t know which way to go! Thank you ?

 

[webble]

Where exactly? Will a girth affect them? If not then maybe at a reduced price

 

[AmyMay]

What was the vets opinion on them?

 

[LJW2709]

Thank you for your reply, up in the groin area, so no where near tack, the vet said they would not effect him ridden etc.

 

[AmyMay]

Thank you for your reply, up in the groin area, so no where near tack, the vet said they would not effect him ridden etc.

If the horse ticks all your boxes, and they’re easily treatable (and the seller’s open to another possible price drop (or not)), I’d probably buy.

 

[Gloi]

Ask the vet who did the vetting their opinion on removal and cost.

 

[Barton Bounty]

It wouldnt bother me at all but at a reduced price, ?

 

[Puzzled]

Wouldn’t bother me…get them taken off if you’re concerned. Try feeding sarc ex or look at sarcoid cure page on Facebook.

 

[splashgirl45]

I would talk to the vet first and find out what the prognosis is. and I would expect a reduction in price . Don’t forget it would make him more difficult to sell if he ended up not being suitable

 

[BBP]

I found a very small lump between my horses hind legs in feb this year. A month later it had grown and the surrounding tissue felt bobbly and rough over quite a big area. By April vets said he would require a general anaesthetic to remove all of the affected tissue with a laser as the area was too large to do under standing. I will not put my horse under GA for a number of reasons so have left it alone. I’m pretty sure they quoted £1.5k with no guarantee that they wouldn’t come straight back. The sarcoid has grown rapidly and is now the size of a lemon. There is a second one growing rapidly immediately next to it now and I can feel many more potential coming. As yet they aren’t ulcerating but it will happen with the rate of growth. I do think the weight of it pulling on the skin or sensation if it against the other leg is starting to bother him. At some point I do think it will be a factor in deciding to PTS. Which will kill me.

So I would say to make sure you assess all of the surrounding tissue when you consider removal possibilities. If like my horse there seems to be a lot of active tissue around them then I would walk away. If they seem isolated and as if you could clear the margins if you had them lasered off then maybe.

Sorry second one is sideways now. Taken 8 months apart.

 

[Squeak]

If they’re small and away from tack and haven’t changed at all over a few years then I would want the price to take into account the sarcoids but it wouldn’t put me off.

 

[soloequestrian]

I had one who had a few sarcoids when I bought him. Several of them spontaneously regressed after I got him (I think due to a change in stress levels - he had been in quite a restricted environment) and the others didn't change much, if at all, over his lifetime. I got him aged around 9 and lost him this year at around 27.

 

[winnie]

Wouldn't put me off. I had a pony with a small nodular sarcoid also in the groin area. It never changed for 10 years and then one day it must have itched and he managed to get his head round to it, nibbled at it and it popped out, shooting across the stable! There was no wound, couldn't even tell where it had been but the actual sarcoid was much bigger than I expected with a big "root". Never came back and never caused problems.

 

[Lamehorses]

Wouldn't touch with a barge pole
Several years ago a horse I'd just bought developed a sarcoid. Vet started treating & several others popped up. After a gruelling 12 months the horse was pts.
You won't be covered for sarcoids on insurance which is another issue

 

[ycbm]

So after months and months of searching we finally found the perfect pony for my daughter, ticks every box for us!

Because of this and where they are, I would buy the pony if I was you.

Do look very, very hard with a bright light at the whole of the inside of the back legs. If you can see even the shadows of circles in the skin or just in the colour of the coat, walk away, those are seedling sarcoids waiting to develop.
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[AmyMay]

What did you decide @LJW2709 ?

 

[LJW2709]

Thank you so much for all the replies, I read them all and took it all in! We decided after agreeing another slight price drop to go ahead and buy him, it wasn’t my vet who vetted him, (to far away) so I spoke to my vet for reassurance. Went through the options of treatment and costs and whether to leave alone, also spoke to the lady who owned the pony before the lady selling him now and the nodules haven’t changed at all in 5/6 years. Other pony’s we’ve enquired about or viewed have had other problems like sweet itch, laminitis etc, so im hoping this will be less of an issue than others (trying to manage a laminitic pony for example!) I really hope we’ve done the right thing! Picking him up tomorrow and we are so excited! Thanks for all of your help ?

 

[Red-1]

Congratulations on your new pony!!!

 

[AmyMay]

Congratulations! ??

 

[ycbm]

Excellent news ?

 

[Gloi]

Congratulations. Time for pictures ?

 

[Green Bean]

Definitley time for photos

 

[Red-1]

Dammit, logged back in and still no photos!!!

 

[webble]

Dammit, logged back in and still no photos!!!

Same! Come on op