meleeka
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I know they are pretty common on willies and eyes, but has anyone had any experience of this on a mare’s vulva? What did you do about it? Mare is old, probably around 30, but in good health otherwise.
Squamous cell tumour on ladyparts.
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Wizpop
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No experience but my instinct, at her age, would be to leave it unless it’s causing problems or bleeding.
ycbm
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At that age I wouldn't do anything with it. Treatment, I would have thought, is unlikely to be either pain free or life extending.
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meleeka
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That was my thoughts too. The trouble is she’s started rubbing it, I think through boredom (long story but she spent a week in, while I was on holiday, without my consent
) and it’s a bit of a mess. The other issue is she won’t let me clean it easily. I’m going to get my vet to sedate her and give it a good clean and prod and see what she says I think. Her advice is usually very pragmatic.
That was my thoughts too. The trouble is she’s started rubbing it, I think through boredom (long story but she spent a week in, while I was on holiday, without my consent
) and it’s a bit of a mess. The other issue is she won’t let me clean it easily. I’m going to get my vet to sedate her and give it a good clean and prod and see what she says I think. Her advice is usually very pragmatic.SallyBatty
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I have had experience of this with my old mare. She was 30 and still full of life and being ridden when it was confirmed with a biopsy in December 3 years ago. No treatment was recommended due to her age and it got worse quite quickly after that. She rubbed a lot so needed constant cleaning and ointment applying. She was monitored regularly by my vet and we decided that we would have to pts before the summer and flies arrived. She was still happy to be ridden right up until one day in early April when she clearly told me she didn't want to be any more. So she had a final month of retirement doing whatever she wanted and being spoilt rotten before she was pts in the May.
HayleyUK
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My mare had a squamous cell carcinoma removed under sedation with epidural.
It caused no ends of issues where the margin they’d needed to remove basically cut into her ‘seal’ to keep her vagina closed. When she did a poo, it was being sucked into the vagina and causing pyometra. They flushed 5l of gunk out of her on one occasion and we spent the summer back and forth to be flushed.
Eventually they realised what was causing it, and did a caslick which did the trick.
She got another carcinoma in her mammary gland and this time they decided it was inoperable due to size and location so we took her home and PTS a few weeks later. They wrote it all up in a journal as it was so rare here… typical her!
I’ve tons of picture and happy to talk in detail about my experience if it helps.
It caused no ends of issues where the margin they’d needed to remove basically cut into her ‘seal’ to keep her vagina closed. When she did a poo, it was being sucked into the vagina and causing pyometra. They flushed 5l of gunk out of her on one occasion and we spent the summer back and forth to be flushed.
Eventually they realised what was causing it, and did a caslick which did the trick.
She got another carcinoma in her mammary gland and this time they decided it was inoperable due to size and location so we took her home and PTS a few weeks later. They wrote it all up in a journal as it was so rare here… typical her!
I’ve tons of picture and happy to talk in detail about my experience if it helps.
Errin Paddywack
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One of my mares developed a round hard lump on her stomach just in front of her udder. Like a very big marble. When she had another foal I discovered she had popped up several more smaller lumps round it and as her udder developed I realised the main lump was actually on the front of her udder. My vet said it was a rare form of skin cancer and would require radical surgery. She was 17 so when her foal was weaned I had her PTS. Interestingly when I weaned the foal the mare developed mastitis in the affected side of her udder. I have always wondered just what sort of tumour it was. She was an appaloosa and it was on pink skin so not a melanoma.
HayleyUK
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My mare’s mammary gland tumour presented as a fly bite initially, it leaked a bit of fluid.
It only became apparent it was large when they scanned and it was growing upwards into the mammary gland/bag space.
It only became apparent it was large when they scanned and it was growing upwards into the mammary gland/bag space.
meleeka
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Vet was out today. The lump is still ok, just localised to the skin. She gave it a good clean and was happy it wasn’t bothering her, so just keep an eye.
Thankyou for all your comments, especially @HayleyUK. It’s clearly not that straightforward to remove, so that makes me feel a bit better.
Thankyou for all your comments, especially @HayleyUK. It’s clearly not that straightforward to remove, so that makes me feel a bit better.
HayleyUK
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Glad it was good news 