melanomas

[Jen]

hmm, dont really know about melanomas im afraid. all i can say is that it is bigger and it might be good idea to get it checked out again.

[maximum]

vet call.
cany help with local knowledge sorry

[haffyfan]

Margaret Wharmby is supposed to be good but we use Minster too (not sure who we will use now Caroline has gone again). I don't know any others down here but theer must be some...yellow pages maybe?

Oakham is fantastic if you could box her down there?

[chiefsmyboy]

My old horse was a grey too who suffered with these for years but his were around his backside and underneath his tail (top of the tail bone). They did grow quite big but didn't obstruct his bum (if you know what I mean) and he never seemed bothered by them. In fact it was a freak accident in the field that was his demise at the grand age of 27 yrs.

As you're understandably worried then consult your vet and hopefully he'll be able to put you at ease over them.

[Becca]

I'm not sure if it was you i told before but apparently seaweed is great for provention of melanomas. not sure if if would help with existing ones though.

sorry can't help vet wise

[zoon]

Shame - I loved Chine house. They treated Zoon for his broken hock and have always seen him for his heart. Jonathan there is fabulous. Now I'm down in Kent and really struggling to find a good vet - aimee what vet do you use?

[racaille]

Maes, this is something we see a lot of here, obviously. Of course you must get a vet to give you a proper diagnosis but if it is melanoma it is something you can work around. Melanomas under the dock are not a problem, they only get to be a pain (ha ha) if they are in the tack area - but we have successfully changed tack to work around lumps. We had a sweet old mare who kept going for ages (she was Camargaise so grey and in the sun all the time) until she developed lumps in the girth area and in her mouth. She went well in a hackamore for some time and with a Y shaped girth (do they exist in the UK?). She retired at a grand old age.

[racaille]

So what's the latest, Maes?

[ceej]

Call me thick - are melanomas the ones that are not cancerous then? I know greys are prone - the grey at my yard has them under his dock and she cleaned his sheath this morning and found he had lots up there too....

As you ahve probably guessed from my first comment, I dont know anything about them....sorry

[ceej]

oh ok - I have had a looky and see you can get malignant or benign ones - I take it Gems are benign? or dont you know?.