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My main 50 horse has a couple of small spots on his tail, which the vet 
said to leave alone. He is 13.
I leave them alone.
Keith

Kristi Schaaf wrote:
> If you've ever seen those pictures (or a real horse) with the clumps-of-grapes-looking batch of melanomas sprouted near the rectum you get tempted to cut every one off as soon as you see it! But in reality, I have only removed any that are causing rubbing/irritation, or in the case of the one near his eye it was growing pretty quickly and endangering that sensitive area. Any others that stay small and don't cause any problems are left alone because like Maggie, I've been told that removing them can sometimes backfire. And like Malik's girth area, there was one on my horse's jaw that seems to have disappeared on its own so I'm thankful for that and would LOVE to see that trend continue. 
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> Kristi
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> > We had a vet tell us that sometimes removing the melanomas
> > seems to aggravate them so they appear even more.  We have
> > never had anything done with the melanomas that Malik has. 
> > He has 3 or 4 that have stayed, but a few others have
> > started and then disappeared.  One started in the girth area
> > and I thought we would HAVE to have it removed.  It
> > disappeared shortly after it started.  It seems to be
> > something that comes and/or goes with the seasons when they
> > shed out in the spring or grow winter coat in the fall. 
> > Anyone else notice that?  
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