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Thuja cream for dogs, horses, and the Phytopet label

Updated: October 2026

You are looking at a thuja cream because a dog, a cat, or a horse has a lump, and the amazon reviews are full of stories about children. In this set of eleven listings, only one pot is labelled for animals. That is Phytopet's white 150 g cream, at £17.36 on the amazon.co.uk file stored on 15 October 2026. This page stays with the animal label, what the maker will not claim, and the point where a vet takes over. The wider table is the [Thuja comparison](/hub/diy-supplies/thuja). Peter F. checked those listings. A qualifying purchase can earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

You are looking at a thuja cream because a dog, a cat, or a horse has a lump, and the amazon reviews are full of stories about children. In this set of eleven listings, only one pot is labelled for animals.

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The only pet-labelled pot in this set

Phytopet's amazon listing names dog, farm animal, and horse, a 150 g size, and Thuja occidentalis in the bullets. The bullet says apply on the area. The headers in the file mostly describe slow change rather than something that vanishes overnight. Phytopet's own page also includes cats, says animal use only, and says apply a small amount while avoiding broken skin. The ingredient line there names calendula, St John's wort, thuja, and witch hazel. That list is from phytopet.co.uk, not from the amazon bullets. The maker's shelf price is £17.49, a different till from £17.36. Do not average them. The buying guide separates oils, creams, and 30c tablets. This URL assumes the patient is an animal.

What the maker will not claim

Phytopet's article of 25 March 2026, Arnica, Thuja or Herbal Honey, says the company has not found peer-reviewed veterinary evidence for thuja on warts or sarcoids. That sentence has to sit beside any shop title that mentions sarcoids. The same article tells owners to see a vet for a new or changing growth, especially a suspected sarcoid. The maker says avoid broken skin or open wounds. A lump that is already open, bleeding, or sore is outside that description. Horses in particular are a case for a vet rather than a pot chosen because a dog review sounded familiar. How a human tube is applied is on how to use the label you bought, and it still will not give you a veterinary course.

Reviews that are about people

Many Phytopet reviews describe human skin, often molluscum in children. They do not change animal use only into a family medicine. A third-party shop that says the cream was developed for human use conflicts with Phytopet's own animal-only line. Prefer the maker. Do not feed the cream, and do not rub an essential oil from the rest of the set onto a dog because a human review mixed the two products. Human verruca comparisons stay on thuja oil versus cream.

Other tubes are not a pet range

Topi is a 25 g human-facing cream at £3.20. It is not labelled for dogs or horses, and the lower price is not a reason to switch species. Jesica's age field says Kid and there is no ingredient list. That is not a puppy cream. The oils say dilute before skin and name aromatherapy. The £9.99 oil in the table is the value bottle in the wider set, and the stated user is still aromatherapy, not a horse. Weleda 30c tablets, at £19.55, and the Indianearth gel have no animal label. Buy the Phytopet pot only when the animal matches the label you are reading, the skin is intact, and a vet is already in the plan if the growth is new or changing.

Common questions

Is Phytopet for dogs and horses?
Yes, on both the amazon pet-type field and the maker's page. Amazon names dog, farm animal, and horse. Phytopet's own page also includes cats and says animal use only. The pot is 150 g at £17.36 on the stored amazon file. It is the only animal-labelled thuja cream in this eleven. The oils and the Topi tube do not carry that label.
Can I use it on broken skin?
The maker says no. Phytopet says apply a small amount and avoid broken skin or open wounds. A bleeding, open, or painful lump is a reason to stop and call a vet, not to work around the line because a review described intact skin. The amazon bullet's apply on the area does not override the maker's broken-skin warning.
Does the maker claim a sarcoid trial?
No. The 25 March 2026 Phytopet article says the company has not found peer-reviewed veterinary evidence for thuja on warts or sarcoids. Shop titles that mention sarcoids are listing language. Put the maker's evidence sentence in the same breath, and arrange a vet visit for a suspected sarcoid rather than treating the pot as a trial you can finish at home.
Why do amazon reviews talk about children?
Because many buyers described human skin, including molluscum, on a listing labelled for animals. Those reviews do not relabel the pot and they do not make it a children's medicine. Human molluscum is an NHS question, usually expected to clear without treatment over many months, and it does not belong on this pet page. If that is your search, stop here and speak to a GP.
Is the £17.36 price the same as the maker's website?
No. £17.36 is the amazon raw-file price used in this comparison. Phytopet's own page showed £17.49. Another shop has listed a different figure again. Prices move between tills, so this page does not blend them into one "about" price. Check the live amazon.co.uk page before you buy, and treat £17.36 as the stored comparison figure from 15 October 2026.
When do I stop and call the vet?
When a lump is new, changing, growing, bleeding, or painful, and when you suspect a sarcoid. Phytopet's own article already sends owners to a vet in those cases, and it does so alongside the statement that peer-reviewed evidence was not found. Urgent signs in an animal are not something to watch for another week of cream. A human review that reports slow change is not a reason to delay.

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Sources

Public UK sources for this comparison. amazon.co.uk listings were read on 15 October 2026.

  1. NHS, warts and verrucas (retrieved 15 October 2026)
  2. NHS, molluscum contagiosum (retrieved 15 October 2026)
  3. NICE CKS, topical salicylic acid (retrieved 15 October 2026)
  4. GOV.UK, register a homeopathic medicine (retrieved 15 October 2026)
  5. Weleda UK, Thuja 30C tablets (retrieved 15 October 2026)
  6. Oshadhi, cedar leaf Thuja essential oil (retrieved 15 October 2026)
  7. HSE, GB CLP (retrieved 15 October 2026)
  8. ASA, CAP Code rule 12.2 (retrieved 15 October 2026)