Yearling Colt Has WARTS!!

[Garrett-N-Texas]

We have a Peptoboonsmal colt that we "Rescued" and are nursing back to health. He has recovered from the lack of proper nutrition and general care and was looking great, then, seemingly overnight he has developed what appear to be warts all over his muzzle. I think that this may be a common condition in young horses, caused by the papillomavirus. If anyone has experience with this condition I would appreciate some advice.

[Jarvis_Girl]

They will go away on there own ,you don't have to do anything,we had these go thru all our weanlings a couple of years back..

[Garrett-N-Texas]

Thanks Jarvis_Girl!

I sure hope they go away soon! They are very unsightly and just when he was beginning to shine like a new penny!

Thanks again and hope you have a great Fourth!

[joseph]

give him a little penicillin.helps go away sooner. mostly more than likely a low grade infection.

[My Ladyhawke]

Well believe this or not, one of my horses I rescued had those also. Vet said they will eventually go away and to try some Vagisil Cream. It really worked. I wasn't certain about it and gave it a try. He's an old time vet and guess they have tried everything over the years. Worked great to my surprise.

[Sillythaople]

Hi, I worked for OSU Equine Vet all through college and own my own horse ranch in Oklahoma. About 75% of my yearlings throughout the years have gotten these. They are extremely common and will clear up. You don't need to give penicillin or anything to them...just time. It isn't harmful and is just ugly. :)

Good luck!

[Garrett-N-Texas]

Here is a pic of the colts muzzle, does this look like what your young horses have had

[4jpainthorses]

How about a picture of the whole horse? We would really like to see more than just its warts. LOL

[Garrett-N-Texas]

4J, The sorrel colt in the foreground is the one in question.

Garrett named him "Sue", he was a year old in April and is by a Peptoboonsmal son.

The gelding in the background is a 3 year old grade QH, Garrett calls him "Yellow".

Instead of buying Garrett a "high bred", "high dollar" horse HE decided he would rather use that same amount of money and help as many horses as we can. So both of these horses were "paid rescues" and we are working on getting them back in shape and as you can see we have a long way to go!!

[4jpainthorses]

They don't look that bad. I have seen alot worse lately. Seeing more and more poor horses all the time.
Great thing he is doing there. Bet that boonsmal colt will make him a good cow horse.