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In reply to the discussion: shit. this could only happen to me [View all]riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)26. Really bizarre. I wonder if the folks that sold him already had that diagnosis?
I hate to cast aspersions... (cast asparagus and all that but still....) its been such a short time since you bought him. Your guy's such an odd color. Greys almost always succumb to melanoma so we're always freakish about checking them over for that at my place but we don't see a lot of horses like your Joe in my zone.
Bute won't hold the pain back for too long. Call the vet sooner than later is my advice. Damn. Really sorry about that.
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Mouth cancer?? WTF? Kali, I am so damn sorry - it always happens to the good ones... nt
riderinthestorm
May 2012
#7
Really bizarre. I wonder if the folks that sold him already had that diagnosis?
riderinthestorm
May 2012
#26
I love that photo of Joe over his ears as you're riding him. What a sweet old man Joe is ... I'm so
Flaxbee
May 2012
#12
Remember that first day I visited. I never felt like such a horse's ass before.
MiddleFingerMom
May 2012
#43