warts

[horse_lady43]

hi has any body had a problem with warts,i no most young horses have them and they just fall off,my horse is nearly 14yrs and has just got warts on his muzzle,any body know a cure for them,the vet said just leave them ,but they are so ugly,i have had my horse all his life ,he has never had them before

[becs]

Don't know a cure but just to say they're believed to be caused by a virus hence the body eventually gets immune to them and they'll go spontaneously (mine did on my hands!). Probably why the vet said leave them. Humans sizzle them off with various chemicals for aesthetic reasons but don't know if anyone does this for horses.

[joshes mum]

My horse had them when i first got him but after a couple of months they dissapeared.

[Skyhuntress]

Your best to just leave them. But if you really don't want to wait, pick one off and feed it to him in his feed (gross I know, eh? That's why I wait) but the body develops an immunity to them if they are injested

[becs]

pick one off and feed it to him

Storm Arion - I'm really glad my GP didn't tell _me_ to do that for mine!!!!!!!!!

[horse_lady43]

thanks guys ,sounds awful to feed them to him yuck,dont think i could do that, some have come off,when i let him roll in manege,he was covered in blood,but they seem to be growing again,makes you wonder how they started.

[smaggi]

I have used Thuja oil when Cisco got warts on his neck. They also use it to treat human warts. The warts turn pink first and then gradually get smaller.