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Trinket's story · Melanoma · 2014

“Everyone at the stables has made comments.”

Trinket, a 15-year-old gray Arabian mare, had melanomas all over her body, one near her tail almost larger than a grapefruit. Her caretaker wrote down what the next month looked like.

Rachel standing with Trinket, a white Arabian mare, at the stables
Rachel and Trinket

Trinket used to have to rest her tail on the mass, or move with her tail raised up. That is not the case anymore.

— Rachel Kitts, Trinket's caretaker · Fountain Valley, CA

A gray Arabian, and the usual problem.

"I was hired as a caretaker for Trinket, a 15-year-old gray Arabian mare," Rachel wrote. "One very common problem for gray Arabians is the development of skin melanomas and Trinket was no different: she had numerous melanomas all over her body." The largest, near her rear end, bulged out almost larger than a grapefruit; others were speckled through her body, pea-sized, one on her rump the size of a quarter.

On top of the melanomas came stiffness and mobility trouble from inactivity, enough to make her stumble now and then. Rachel later noted that Trinket's worst masses had erupted under her tail not long after she gave birth to a foal; that observation became part of the melanoma feed program she went on to build.

Trinket's situation
15-year-old gray Arabian mare · Fountain Valley, California
Numerous melanomas over her body; the mass near her tail almost larger than a grapefruit
Stiffness and occasional stumbling from inactivity
Cared for by Rachel Kitts, who built her feed program around what Trinket taught her
Story shared with Nzymes in October 2014
The large dark melanoma mass under Trinket's raised tail, before
The mass under her tail, before
Rachel pointing to a small pea-sized melanoma spot on Trinket's coat
One of the pea-sized spots
What Rachel watched, week by week
A couple of weeks in
The energy comes back
"Her energy level and desire to run, run, run, has come back... her legs aren't so stiff anymore." The occasional stumbles, almost gone. The grapefruit-sized mass starting to reduce and flatten.
About 3 weeks
The small spots dry up
The spots speckled through the rest of her body, about the size of peas, and one on her rump the size of a quarter. After topical spraying with a 2% Ox-E Drops solution, "I noticed that they have begun drying up."
About 1 month
Fresh skin underneath.
"They started falling off her body. Underneath there is fresh skin each time which starts growing hair and filling in." Plus 4 inches of new mane and tail growth.

The mare behind the feed program.

"Her body obviously needed the extra 'oomph' internally to help deal with the poor immune health she had been experiencing, and that's where the Nzymes Sprouted Granules come in."

Trinket was the first horse Rachel helped this way, and what she learned caring for her became the melanoma feed program Rachel now uses with her own horses. "My experience in caring for Trinket taught me a great deal that I now incorporate with MY OWN HORSES." The full program lives in our Melanomas in Horses guide.

"Also, I wanted to let you know that Trinket just loves her Nzymes Granules. She really goes crazy as soon as she sees me open the bottle. It has become a new source of enjoyment for me."

"Her coat and overall appearance have improved dramatically! Over this last month, I noticed 4 inches of new hair growth at her mane and tail."

What Rachel used with Trinket

Inside and out, every day.

Sprouted Granules, 2 lb bag

Nzymes Sprouted Granules in her daily feed for the inside work, and a 2% topical solution of Ox-E Drops sprayed on the affected areas. The same pairing anchors Rachel's full melanoma support program, with Bac-Pak Plus alongside.

Meet them both

Rachel and Trinket, in the video interview from the original story.

★★★★★

“I must say that I am truly amazed at the results the Sprouted Granules and Ox-E Drops have delivered.”

Rachel Kitts · Fountain Valley, CA
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