jo1
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Can someone please give me some info on scarcoids. A horse I am looking at has a couple on his head.
Thank you
Jo
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Jo
SARCOIDS
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AmyMay
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Can someone please give me some info on scarcoids. A horse I am looking at has a couple on his head.
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I wouldn't buy a horse with one on his head.
Can someone please give me some info on scarcoids. A horse I am looking at has a couple on his head.
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I wouldn't buy a horse with one on his head.
jo1
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thanks - this is the advert
http://www.horsemart.co.uk/AdvertRef/HM651DAG6/Advanced/True/Page//Web/DisplayHorseDetail.asp
http://www.horsemart.co.uk/AdvertRef/HM651DAG6/Advanced/True/Page//Web/DisplayHorseDetail.asp
Tufty
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on its head is a little off putting. I have known horses with them on their bodies etc but the head could interfere with the bridle.
AmyMay
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He's got a lovely head.
Where on the head is the sarcoid? Can you get some more info? He may 'grow' out of them........
Where on the head is the sarcoid? Can you get some more info? He may 'grow' out of them........
jo1
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Am going to call the advert now and find out what the vet has said and what treatment they have done/been informed on
Just checked the website above and insurance companies wont cover for sarcoids.
Just checked the website above and insurance companies wont cover for sarcoids.
ArleyMoss
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I would be more worried about an ex-race horse Thoroughbred for £1000!
Magicmillbrook
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Hi we are looking for a horse at the moment. Have seen two crackers but both have sarcoids, one on belly, the other on the inside thigh. We decided against both of them. Did some research, posted on here and spoke to my vet. The concensus seemed to be that you can never be sure with sarcoids. You can treat and they never come back, alternatively they can get increasingly worse, get weepy infected and ultimately the horse PTS.
As you know the horse will not be insured against them and if you want to show its out of the question. If like us you are looking for a youngster to keep for life then I would forget it. If you are buying a youngster to school and sell you may have problem reselling. It realy depends on whaty you want the horse for. On the plus side the horse you are looking at is reasonably priced. The ones I looked at were not. Good luck whatever you decide.
As you know the horse will not be insured against them and if you want to show its out of the question. If like us you are looking for a youngster to keep for life then I would forget it. If you are buying a youngster to school and sell you may have problem reselling. It realy depends on whaty you want the horse for. On the plus side the horse you are looking at is reasonably priced. The ones I looked at were not. Good luck whatever you decide.
AmyMay
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I would be more worried about an ex-race horse Thoroughbred for £1000!
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Why? It's four, and obviously wasn't going to make the grade. Don't see a problem with the price at all. I know plenty that were free to a good home - there was nothing wrong with them.
I would be more worried about an ex-race horse Thoroughbred for £1000!
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Why? It's four, and obviously wasn't going to make the grade. Don't see a problem with the price at all. I know plenty that were free to a good home - there was nothing wrong with them.
ArleyMoss
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I would be more worried about an ex-race horse Thoroughbred for £1000!
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Why? It's four, and obviously wasn't going to make the grade. Don't see a problem with the price at all. I know plenty that were free to a good home - there was nothing wrong with them.
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If a horse is £1000 it's rarely a good one, then add an ex race Thoroughbred to the mix, just my view!!
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I would be more worried about an ex-race horse Thoroughbred for £1000!
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Why? It's four, and obviously wasn't going to make the grade. Don't see a problem with the price at all. I know plenty that were free to a good home - there was nothing wrong with them.
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If a horse is £1000 it's rarely a good one, then add an ex race Thoroughbred to the mix, just my view!!
jo1
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I understand what you are saying but to me the prices that I have been looking at are resonable.
A lot of horses are now advertised at ridiculous prices so the resonable priced ones look very cheap and people think there is something wrong with them!!!!
A lot of horses are now advertised at ridiculous prices so the resonable priced ones look very cheap and people think there is something wrong with them!!!!
Blizzard
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I knew you were going to show that horse when I read your opening post and saw you area.
The 'private advertiser' is in fact a dealer who sells ex racers.
She tried to sell me one last year, told me it hadnt raced for 2 years and was a bombproof confidence giver, checked it out it had only last raced the weekend before!!
Wouldnt touch with a bargepole!
The 'private advertiser' is in fact a dealer who sells ex racers.
She tried to sell me one last year, told me it hadnt raced for 2 years and was a bombproof confidence giver, checked it out it had only last raced the weekend before!!
Wouldnt touch with a bargepole!
PapaFrita
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I would be more worried about an ex-race horse Thoroughbred for £1000!
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Good heavens!! I've had several ones for less than that and PF was FREE
I would be more worried about an ex-race horse Thoroughbred for £1000!
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Good heavens!! I've had several ones for less than that and PF was FREE
PapaFrita
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I would be more worried about an ex-race horse Thoroughbred for £1000!
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Why? It's four, and obviously wasn't going to make the grade. Don't see a problem with the price at all. I know plenty that were free to a good home - there was nothing wrong with them.
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If a horse is £1000 it's rarely a good one, then add an ex race Thoroughbred to the mix, just my view!!
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Unfair to ex racers
Actually, considering what it costs to keep a racehorse at a racing yard (more than £1k a month) then it makes far more economic sense to sell cheap and quick than hang on to get a higher price, especially as they need reschooling.
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I would be more worried about an ex-race horse Thoroughbred for £1000!
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Why? It's four, and obviously wasn't going to make the grade. Don't see a problem with the price at all. I know plenty that were free to a good home - there was nothing wrong with them.
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If a horse is £1000 it's rarely a good one, then add an ex race Thoroughbred to the mix, just my view!!
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Unfair to ex racers
PapaFrita
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OOps sorry, got distracted by breedist
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I would avoid a horse with sarcoids, especially if insurance won't cover them, but one of mine DID get a big un on the corner of her eye which cleared up completely with Camrosa.
henryhorn
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We have spent the last four months treating a horse with three round it's eye, cost up to now is over £800 so think hard before going ahead, plus there is no guarantee it will work. Your vet sends the pics to Liverpool Uni, they then make up the cream and sendit to him, they have to be sedated every time to have the cream injected into the sarcoid.
There are horses without sarcoids, I'd look for one of them..
There are horses without sarcoids, I'd look for one of them..
Emma123
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Well theres a horse at my yard who has one on his neck, the owner is German and her mother sent over a plant for us to use, and we found it growing locally!
We split it open and put the yellow stuff inside of it on the sarcoid and it has now shrunk to a tiny little growth about 1/4 of the size it originally was!
Don't know if it's a cure or what but we thought we may as well try it and see what happens
We split it open and put the yellow stuff inside of it on the sarcoid and it has now shrunk to a tiny little growth about 1/4 of the size it originally was!
Don't know if it's a cure or what but we thought we may as well try it and see what happens
PapaFrita
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Ooh, what plant is it?
collie
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One of my horses had a couple of sarcoids although not on her head. It is probably best to avoid a horse who has sarcoids. I had this mare treated with the Liverpool cream which worked a treat but it is very expensive and can only be admisitered by the vet. Sarcoids are always likely to return even when treated no one knows why theY occur in the first place and there are many theories. There are 3 or 4 different kinds some can be left alone if they are not near tack areas and never get above a certain size. Some can grow to an enormous size especailly if they are near the eyes as treating them in this area is very difficult. My advice would be dont by a horse that you know has sarcoids it is different if they appeared a year or so after you had the horse. Having said that sarcoids make no difference to the horses ability they are just very ugly and can cost a great deal of money to control or remove.