lump?? what could it be?

cassidy · 08-07-2005, 07:10 AM

o.k well today i took will for a walk an on the way round i noticed he has a lump on the inside of his hind leg!

now the lump sticks out quite alot like a mound an looks like it has a head like scab type thing on it!

well the BM wasnt there to take a look an nor were anyone else i could ask

now my first thought was it could be a sarcoid!

but what other possibilities could it be

sorry dont have a pic!

Xiphias · 08-07-2005, 07:14 AM

mite be a bee sting, has a scab in the middle?, is it hard or soft? is it painfull to touch or press on? what part of the leg, lower between the hock and fetlock? Cathy

cassidy · 08-07-2005, 07:16 AM

it right at the top of his hind leg just on the inside it feels quite hard! he doesnt seem to bothered when i touch it!

Xiphias · 08-07-2005, 08:09 AM

hummm above his hock on the inside.....I really don't know, he is not lame? it don't hurt, it can't be too serious, have someone look at it...but it don't sound like a life threatening issue, I would have it looked at though....good luck...can you get a pic of it?....Cathy

MissBandit · 08-07-2005, 08:11 AM

A scarcoid would not develop that quickly, overnight.

cassidy · 08-07-2005, 08:27 AM

i no what you saying jen but i am thinking maybe i just havent noticed it before?

i will get someone to look at it though if i doesnt go down!

SammyDoodle · 08-07-2005, 11:58 AM

It could just be a nasty bug bite - Sam gets these sometimes - they have a little scab where he was "attacked" by the evil bug and they come up in big hard lumps - they go down after a while and dont bother him at all

Sarcoids look like little warts when they start and they take quite a while to develop into big lumps so it is likely that you would have noticed it before

cassidy · 08-07-2005, 12:21 PM

thanks lindsay

im hoping it is just a bug bite i mean sarcoids dont normally have heads he he

MistyFawn666 · 08-07-2005, 09:27 PM

My horse has a lump where he had a absessed molar and a calcium deposit formed. But I don't know if one would form that quickly and on the leg for that matter. With my horse the whole thing has harded into bone on his face. You said that the lump is hard in the middle, if the rest of the lump feels like it is filled wtih tooth paste than it is probably a calcium deposit. But if it is harding it really shouldn't bother him in anyway, but he will have it for the rest of his life.

HORSE03 · 08-08-2005, 12:53 AM

I found a lump on my mare earlier this year. I probably should not have but I squeezed it and got the puss out of it. I finally got it all out and there was a hard thing in it that looked like a small tick in it. I put some cream on it and it has not came back. Without seeing it it is hard to tell. Maybe this will help you try to diagnose it anyways.

08-07-2005, 07:10 AM	#1
cassidy Senior Member+ Join Date: May 2004 Location: england - its sunny sometimes honest! Posts: 21,575 Images: 820	lump?? what could it be? o.k well today i took will for a walk an on the way round i noticed he has a lump on the inside of his hind leg! now the lump sticks out quite alot like a mound an looks like it has a head like scab type thing on it! well the BM wasnt there to take a look an nor were anyone else i could ask now my first thought was it could be a sarcoid! but what other possibilities could it be sorry dont have a pic! __________________ ive been snowballed... May your life be like toilet paper - Long and useful A horse doesn't care how much you know until he knows how much you care. - Pat Parelli http://www.freewebs.com/linz88055/myprofile.htm

08-07-2005, 07:14 AM	#2
Xiphias Senior Member+ Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Maryland, horse country USA Posts: 16,763 Images: 627 Blog Entries: 29	mite be a bee sting, has a scab in the middle?, is it hard or soft? is it painfull to touch or press on? what part of the leg, lower between the hock and fetlock? Cathy __________________ Member COL Club- hand over the Oil of Olay and nobody gets hurt! http://www.freewebs.com/xiphias21034/ I was on HGS the day we made 2 million posts and 3 million posts I've been snowballed 6 times

08-07-2005, 07:16 AM	#3
cassidy Senior Member+ Join Date: May 2004 Location: england - its sunny sometimes honest! Posts: 21,575 Images: 820	it right at the top of his hind leg just on the inside it feels quite hard! he doesnt seem to bothered when i touch it! __________________ ive been snowballed... May your life be like toilet paper - Long and useful A horse doesn't care how much you know until he knows how much you care. - Pat Parelli http://www.freewebs.com/linz88055/myprofile.htm

08-07-2005, 08:09 AM	#4
Xiphias Senior Member+ Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Maryland, horse country USA Posts: 16,763 Images: 627 Blog Entries: 29	hummm above his hock on the inside.....I really don't know, he is not lame? it don't hurt, it can't be too serious, have someone look at it...but it don't sound like a life threatening issue, I would have it looked at though....good luck...can you get a pic of it?....Cathy __________________ Member COL Club- hand over the Oil of Olay and nobody gets hurt! http://www.freewebs.com/xiphias21034/ I was on HGS the day we made 2 million posts and 3 million posts I've been snowballed 6 times

08-07-2005, 08:11 AM	#5
MissBandit Senior Member+ Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 13,218 Images: 300 Blog Entries: 43	A scarcoid would not develop that quickly, overnight. __________________ Founder is the #2 killer of horses. Learn how to prevent, spot and treat this deadly disease. Emergency Treatment http://www.laminitisclinic.org

08-07-2005, 08:27 AM	#6
cassidy Senior Member+ Join Date: May 2004 Location: england - its sunny sometimes honest! Posts: 21,575 Images: 820	i no what you saying jen but i am thinking maybe i just havent noticed it before? i will get someone to look at it though if i doesnt go down! __________________ ive been snowballed... May your life be like toilet paper - Long and useful A horse doesn't care how much you know until he knows how much you care. - Pat Parelli http://www.freewebs.com/linz88055/myprofile.htm

08-07-2005, 11:58 AM	#7
SammyDoodle Senior Member+ Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Scotland Posts: 4,282 Images: 67 Blog Entries: 1	It could just be a nasty bug bite - Sam gets these sometimes - they have a little scab where he was "attacked" by the evil bug and they come up in big hard lumps - they go down after a while and dont bother him at all Sarcoids look like little warts when they start and they take quite a while to develop into big lumps so it is likely that you would have noticed it before

08-07-2005, 12:21 PM	#8
cassidy Senior Member+ Join Date: May 2004 Location: england - its sunny sometimes honest! Posts: 21,575 Images: 820	thanks lindsay im hoping it is just a bug bite i mean sarcoids dont normally have heads he he __________________ ive been snowballed... May your life be like toilet paper - Long and useful A horse doesn't care how much you know until he knows how much you care. - Pat Parelli http://www.freewebs.com/linz88055/myprofile.htm

08-07-2005, 09:27 PM	#9
MistyFawn666 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Wisconsin the "Cheezy" State Posts: 540 Images: 26	My horse has a lump where he had a absessed molar and a calcium deposit formed. But I don't know if one would form that quickly and on the leg for that matter. With my horse the whole thing has harded into bone on his face. You said that the lump is hard in the middle, if the rest of the lump feels like it is filled wtih tooth paste than it is probably a calcium deposit. But if it is harding it really shouldn't bother him in anyway, but he will have it for the rest of his life. __________________ I've been through the desert on a horse with no name..

08-08-2005, 12:53 AM	#10
HORSE03 Full Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: SALEM VA Posts: 62	I found a lump on my mare earlier this year. I probably should not have but I squeezed it and got the puss out of it. I finally got it all out and there was a hard thing in it that looked like a small tick in it. I put some cream on it and it has not came back. Without seeing it it is hard to tell. Maybe this will help you try to diagnose it anyways.

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