Warts

[fallible]

Tiny, the new boy, has gone warty.
He has gradually developed about a dozen small warts on his muzzle over the period of about 2-3 weeks. Not a good look if he is to show but hey it would get me out of doing that.
a friend said one of her 2yr olds in the past did the same and they eventually disappeared on their own with no outside interferance.
Anyone have similar experience.

[fleabitten]

Small groups of lumps in skin of young horses, commonly around eyes, muzzle and under tail. Equine papilloma virus. No treatment necessary as warts are self curing over several months.

[racaille]

Not quite the same, Fall, but Paco has a biggish one (size of a pea) on the front of his head. I got the vet to look at it when he was last here and he dismissed it. Apparently they just go. Here's hoping .....

[haffyfan]

Yes, not me personally but years ago a youngster on the yard was very warty on his muzzle as a 2/3 yr old. Appareantly it is not uncommon and his dissapeared as suddenly as they came after about 9 months or so so fingers crossed...

[haffyfan]

This was first link up in google...says they go after 3/4 months so maybe Danny's didn't last as long as I thought...either way hopefully they will gone by summer

[florence]

Yes, they just go on their own. Can last a while and it's a real bummer if you want to show but you just have to put up with them.

[jane]

We used to have a pretty strawberry roan, called Strawberry (always have original names) but she was covered in warts, they were there for many months, she got sold so I don't know if they ever disappeared.
The warts were all over her face head and neck and quite a few on her body but luckily non where her girth and saddle went.

[stassy]

A number of years back I bought a yearling who was absolutely covered in warts all round his muzzle and eyes, he had them for months but they gradually disappeared throughout that winter. Last year I bought a 2 year old and she was also covered in warts though not as bad as the yearling and they have now all gone.

Its quite common for youngsters to have warts, I never put anything on them and they usually clear up after a few months.

[fallible]

Thanks. Nice to have an opinion seconded!
Although if this flaming snow stays we will never get to anything!!!

[scattymare]

When Sancy was a youngster (yearling or maybe 2) she was covered in them! Bless her she really was an ugly duckling (who of course turned into a swan ;D)
All around her muzzle and even around her eyes - not affecting her sight in any way. She had so many the vets actually used photos of them for students to show a 'chronic' case of jeuvenile warts!
I don't remember how long they took to disapear but they did and didn't cause her any problems - other than making sure they didn't get snagged on a headcollar.