My Dear Romeo, my rescued Arabian, has had a couple sarcoids on his beautiful face, since I adopted him from True Blue Animal Rescue. They seem to be the 'scars', along with the permanent bare spot on one hip, from his days of neglect and starvation before he was seized and came to be rescued.
This year, the main sarcoid grew larger than ever before, and became the size of a large marble, growing right next to his left eye. My husband commented recently that Romeo was ugly because of it. And truth be told, the sarcoid is ugly. Romeo is a particularly sensitive horse, sensitive to energy. He would probably make a great therapy horse. I got to thinking about what he must experience when people look at him and see ugly. Maybe that's why he'll put his ears back sometimes with new people?
Enough is enough. I've had multiple conversations with my vet over the last 3 years; and the strategy had been to leave the sarcoids alone, because most of the other options (freezing, surgery, etc.) are not very successful and often create more aggressive re-occurences. However, one possibility was XxTerra, a salve.
Doing research on the latest news of XXterra, I discovered an herbal salve that seems to work just as well, but without some of the not-so-pleasant side effects. I ordered a trial portion for Romeo. Today was Day 1 of treatment. I took pictures to document the progress.
I'm holding the intention that the sarcoids (Bovine Papilloma Virus) will be cleared and the virus eliminated and my Romeo will have a beautiful face, that everyone can see, not just me.
Dear Lauren,
My Juliano also had sarcoidosis when I got him. I've spent a lot of time doing research just like you and turned to the less invasive herbal therapy. As I couldn't get my hands on XXterra in Poland at that time I started giving him herb internally (Sarc-Ex from Global Herbs). After few months the sarcoids started to disappear and he looks great now, only few scars left. Keeping my fingers crossed for Romeo. Please post some photos.
Warm wishes,
Marta Sobczak
Parelli Central
Poland
Posted by: Martaandjuliano.blogspot.com | Nov 24, 2010 at 09:13 PM
I cross fingers that the herbal salve will do the trick.
Best to you and Romeo...
Petra Christensen
Parelli 2Star Junior Instructor
Parelli Central
Posted by: Parelli Central | Oct 20, 2010 at 07:18 PM