Warts on an adult horse?

[spaceagejuliet]

I know yearlings get warts and they typically resolve on their own, but has anyone heard of warts on the nose of an adult horse?
I'd like to hear. What happened, what you tried, whether they went away, and whether they were a sign of some underlying problem, etc.
add: A vet was consulted for this horse but all tests inconclusive.

[Fitte]

My horse gets them around his lips this time of year for the last three years. He is eight. They go away on their own in a few months, and the vet was not excited by them at all

[CosMonster]

What about in the ears? I just noticed what looked like warts in my 7 y/o's ear this morning. I looked close to make sure they weren't ticks or anything but it's definitely a growth on the ear that looks like a wart to me. I've been lucky to not have had issue like this in adult horses so I'm clueless.

(hope you don't mind a semi-thread hijack, spaceagejuliet...I was going to post my own thread but I thought the topics were close enough that it would be a waste)

[SarahandSam]

Mine got them over the summer when he was 5... a youngster added to his pasture broke out in them and immediately all the younger geldings out there got them as well. I think the oldest was around 8.

Last summer when he was 6, he didn't get warts on the nose, but got some aural plaques. He has a little bit still but they seem to have mostly cleared up.

When he had the warts on his nose, I finally popped a couple. I felt awful and they bled, but he didn't even flinch, so I think it hurt me more than it hurt him. His warts cleared right up in a week or two after that.

[spaceagejuliet]

When he had the warts on his nose, I finally popped a couple. I felt awful and they bled, but he didn't even flinch, so I think it hurt me more than it hurt him. His warts cleared right up in a week or two after that.

A lot of people have said this, but the vet I called out advised against it and did get mildly excited about it.
She said warts in the adult horse can be a sign of an immune deficiency and having an open wound on the muzzle of a horse (who will stick it in everything) is not a great idea.

She did some blood screens and everything tested was normal... so back to the drawing board. We're keeping an eye on it, and she recommended trying silver nitrate sticks and I hope it works. It's just ugly, and I want it to get better not worse.

His ears look ok, but hes always liked them brushed and itched, so I tend to do that. I understand these things in yearlings are about a 3 month thing, but I haven't heard of another adult horse having it, why I asked.

[MassageLady]

people...repeat after me-
THUJA, THUJA, THUJA (pro- thoo-ya)
homeopathic remedy---buy some, give it to said horse with warts--1 week later--warts go bye bye:yes::yes:

[spaceagejuliet]

people...repeat after me-
THUJA, THUJA, THUJA (pro- thoo-ya)
homeopathic remedy---buy some, give it to said horse with warts--1 week later--warts go bye bye:yes::yes:

I read that is an herbal solution and I'd be willing to try, but I am totally unsure how to dose a horse with this. Literature on this isn't exactly commonly available. Do you know where to get reliable info on this sort of stuff? I think there IS a homeopathic vet in the county, but I think hes pretty pricey...

[MassageLady]

Nope...just little pills,
good link
http://www.onlynaturalpet.com/products/Newton-Homeopathics-Thuja/161016.aspx

[luckeys71]

My 20 year old mare, that I've had since she was 5, developed them on her nose in late summer or early fall. Just kind of all of a sudden. About a month ago, I was trimming her up with the clippers (first time it had been done in a couple of years, because she is retired) and I accidentally cut a tiny one off. A week or so later, they all just disappeared. Yippee! I don't know if it was coincedence, but I have heard of crushing a wart to create an immune response to get rid of them, so maybe it was the cutting off that made them go away.

[spaceagejuliet]

Nope...just little pills,
good link
http://www.onlynaturalpet.com/products/Newton-Homeopathics-Thuja/161016.aspx
I'd pick them up today, but I dont know how much to give...

[FineAlready]

I knew an adult horse with warts on his nose (a lot of them!). The vet burned/froze them off or put something on them to make them go away, I believe. Wasn't my horse, so I'm not really sure. All I know is that they went away and never came back. I knew the horse for about three years after that and there was never any indication that he was immune system compromised.