Re: melanomas and ulcers

["Susan Garlinghouse" <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>]

Michelle, what other than weight loss makes your vet think your horse has
ulcers?  My understanding is that it's pretty uncommon in horses that aren't
kept in intensive box-stall-and-truckload-of-grain situations.  I'm just
wondering if the Tagamet money would be better spent feeding more calories
first.

Susan G

----- Original Message -----
From: Michelle Fink <michrowe@redwrench.com>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 3:07 PM
Subject: RC: melanomas and ulcers


> Hi -  Just had my Spring vet work done on the horses...
>
> One 20 yr. old mare has a growth on the scelera of her eye, about 1.5 cm
in
> size.  It's well under the lid and is not causing irritation, I noticed it
> when she was upset about having her teeth floated and was rolling her
eyes.
> She's a grey, it's possibly a melanoma.  Has anyone treated a growth in
that
> area?  Will have the animal opthamologist by on his next trip through
town,
> but that's months off.
>
> Second, my ex-racehorse mare that I have been preparing for distance
riding
> this year is still a bit underweight (body score 4.5), she's wormed
> regularly, and her teeth look fine.  She's not a big eater, and gets hot
on
> too much grain so she only gets 2 cups of oats with her beetpulp, then she
> has free choice hay and grass pasture.  The vet suggested treating her
with
> Tagament for ulcers.  There's no local vet with an endoscope for
diagnosing
> them, or we'd go that route first.  Any ideas on the simplest way to feed
> Tagament it since it needs to be dosed 4x per day?  I don't mind orally
> syringing her, but maybe I can roll it up in some type of molasses/oats
> treats and get her to eat it??
>
> TIA -
>
> Michelle
> (Colorado)
>
>
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