What is this?????

I also googled. Gross *vom*

I asked OH (farrier). he said he'd seen something similar with a horse that had an ergot growing out the wrong bit of the leg, or where there had been major damage to the coronet in the past resulting in weird hoof growth in funny places, but thought this looked a bit... um... different.
 
It reminds me a bit of those tumours (teratoma?) that have teeth and hair in them... something goes wrong and things start to grow in the wrong way in the wrong place... uck.
 
Hehe Google shows a horse with a cutaneous horn on its forehead. It looks like a unicorn:D I bet that's how the idea of them came about.
 
A horse a a livery yard I was at grew something similar from the back of a rear fetlock, after an injury. It was not the ergot, it was well above that. We initially thought it as a bit of proud flesh, but it grew and grew. Like hoof material, a bit softer but not much.

The vet took it off, it was about 8 inches long and faced upwards. Like a wild banana-sausage but firm on the outside.

I was there when the procedure was done, gosh, there was an unexpected amount of blood. I mean, it was spurting. On the wall, the floor, on the vet, on the horse, it was like a massacre. The solid sausage-appendage obviously had a good blood supply.

I seem to recollect it took the vet by surprise and he heated up an implement on a gas ring and cauterised it. But, I was just a kid and it was a long time ago, and that bit is hazy. I do remember the spurts of blood though! Plus the fact that when it fell to the floor a dog ran over and sole it!

I believe the pony made a recovery.
 
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A horse a a livery yard I was at grew something similar from the back of a rear fetlock, after an injury. It was not the ergot, it was well above that. We initially thought it as a bit of proud flesh, but it grew and grew. Like hoof material, a bit softer but not much.

The vet took it off, it was about 8 inches long and faced upwards. Like a wild banana-sausage but firm on the outside.

I was there when the procedure was done, gosh, there was an unexpected amount of blood. I mean, it was spurting. On the wall, the floor, on the vet, on the horse, it was like a massacre. The solid sausage-appendage obviously had a good blood supply.

I seem to recollect it took the vet by surprise and he heated up an implement on a gas ring and cauterised it. But, I was just a kid and it was a long time ago, and that bit is hazy. I do remember the spurts of blood though! Plus the fact that when it fell to the floor a dog ran over and sole it!

I believe the pony made a recovery.
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Dogs love those sort of things. I'd like to have been there. It sounds suitably gory and therefore interesting ;)
 
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Dogs love those sort of things. I'd like to have been there. It sounds suitably gory and therefore interesting ;)
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At the time I think the vet would rather have been anywhere but :eek: He defo did not expect that much blood spurting. I think he thought it was just dead matter, no blood supply. The mother of the child whose pony t was looked a bit green too, but us kids were fascinated, mainly by the blood dripping off the vet o_O
 
Because of the blunt end, I think it must be something that the horse has impaled itself on, like a piece of brushwood cut off a hedge.

I've seen cutaneous horn and the farrier just cut it off every time he shod. This horse has been well cared for, by the look of the foot, and I wouldn't expect a farrier to let it grow that long if it was cutaneous horn. And if it was more of a soft tissue thing, I wouldn't expect the blunt end.

I hope we get an answer soon!
 
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Because of the blunt end, I think it must be something that the horse has impaled itself on, like a piece of brushwood cut off a hedge.

I've seen cutaneous horn and the farrier just cut it off every time he shod. This horse has been well cared for, by the look of the foot, and I wouldn't expect a farrier to let it grow that long if it was cutaneous horn. And if it was more of a soft tissue thing, I wouldn't expect the blunt end.

I hope we get an answer soon!
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Yes i thought the blunt end suggested impaling, perhaps on one of those metal spikes that workmen use to put up tape barriers?
 
I'm going with cutaneous horn or similar. Hoof wall tissue forming from the wrong place. The blunt end because it was trimmed previously bit has regrown.
 
No idea but am commenting as want to know the answer if the farrier ever responds! It is the very blunt end that is puzzling me - if it was cutaneous horn and had previously been trimmed, it must have been a long time ago to grow that long and I'd expect more "wear" on it.

My friend's horse was born with an extra ear - some times they do get weird extras!
 
My friend's horse was born with an extra ear - some times they do get weird extras![/QUOTE]
I'd love to see a photo *Hint ;)[/QUOTE]
 
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