So the day we had snow none stop all day i went and did prj and then i got home and friend said would i help with her horse (same place) so i said yes and we got there and the poor old girl had a cut on her leg, just above the hoof, didnt look too bad at first! Wasnt bleeding when we got to her but we could see it had been and she didnt seem in any pain, so we didnt panic. We rang the field owner to see if we could stable her and he said u can but u need to empty a stable as they are all full of furniture (none of use them normally) so we went and emptied a stable and went and got stable bedding, luckily a livery round the corner hekped us out with bedding as we couldnt really get anywhere else on the roads!
Did the bed and went to get horse.... Then we seen her and then we pankiced! The blood had started spurting out! And the mare looked really off and weak, luckyily all our huge fields have gates on to each other so we could cut through another field and then through mine to the stables as that took almost an hour because the mares leg was hurting her so much by this point, she was all wobbly and shakey! If we had to go all the way round god knows how long itd have took! We was going through knee deep snow! Snow still coming down thick and fast, trail of blood behind us
finally got her to the stable, vet was already on his way, the wait still felt like the longest wait ever, the mare kept almost falling over, i bandaged it untill he got there to try and stem the bleeding, which worked well, by the time he arrived (from quite a distance too) it wasnt bleeding so badly, he had to cut hair and skin out of the cut and clean it all and bandage it, couldnt stitch it as he said stitches wont hold there. Was much worse than we though, as goes round the back too!
The mare had a bute injection, sedation so the vet could clean and bandage properly and an instant working anti biotic jab and then before he left an anti biotic that stays in the system a week. Left us with bandages, anti b spray, bute and powder anti biotics.
The daft mare wont have the bute, not in feed, not hiddin an apple or carrot, shes too smart! We tried syringing it in with water but when a 16.2 mare puts her head up highs its a difficult task and we ended up wearing most of it but she isnt in pain now, shes weight bearing on it and yesterday i cleaned it and she stood like a rock.
The pics where its looking a bit rotten are from yesterday, it happened weds the get said change the badage sat. So i have done. Cleaned it with salty water, left it open to dry (as advised) then sprayed with anti b spray before re bandaged.
we are just a bit concerned about the look of it, so what do u all think? It doesnt smell bad and theres no heat in the leg and the mare is fine eating/drink.
We have to rebandage tommorow and we are going to use manuka honey on it. Something i used before for a fly bite that turned in to a hole! Had it almost healed within two days after over a week of trying other things so we are using that tommrow (if we manage to find some that is)
Did the bed and went to get horse.... Then we seen her and then we pankiced! The blood had started spurting out! And the mare looked really off and weak, luckyily all our huge fields have gates on to each other so we could cut through another field and then through mine to the stables as that took almost an hour because the mares leg was hurting her so much by this point, she was all wobbly and shakey! If we had to go all the way round god knows how long itd have took! We was going through knee deep snow! Snow still coming down thick and fast, trail of blood behind us
finally got her to the stable, vet was already on his way, the wait still felt like the longest wait ever, the mare kept almost falling over, i bandaged it untill he got there to try and stem the bleeding, which worked well, by the time he arrived (from quite a distance too) it wasnt bleeding so badly, he had to cut hair and skin out of the cut and clean it all and bandage it, couldnt stitch it as he said stitches wont hold there. Was much worse than we though, as goes round the back too!
The mare had a bute injection, sedation so the vet could clean and bandage properly and an instant working anti biotic jab and then before he left an anti biotic that stays in the system a week. Left us with bandages, anti b spray, bute and powder anti biotics.
The daft mare wont have the bute, not in feed, not hiddin an apple or carrot, shes too smart! We tried syringing it in with water but when a 16.2 mare puts her head up highs its a difficult task and we ended up wearing most of it but she isnt in pain now, shes weight bearing on it and yesterday i cleaned it and she stood like a rock.
The pics where its looking a bit rotten are from yesterday, it happened weds the get said change the badage sat. So i have done. Cleaned it with salty water, left it open to dry (as advised) then sprayed with anti b spray before re bandaged.
we are just a bit concerned about the look of it, so what do u all think? It doesnt smell bad and theres no heat in the leg and the mare is fine eating/drink.
We have to rebandage tommorow and we are going to use manuka honey on it. Something i used before for a fly bite that turned in to a hole! Had it almost healed within two days after over a week of trying other things so we are using that tommrow (if we manage to find some that is)
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