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Injury
Dec 21, 2010 22:46:04 GMT
Post by jakendi on Dec 21, 2010 22:46:04 GMT
Hey Guys,
Jake, my tb, has cut himself on his nearside hock. He went for a roll in the snow and caught himself on a stone. It is deep and very, very sore.
Special thanks to my local vet in Killarney, Shane Myers, For braving the sub-zero temperatures on Sunday evening.
Due to the position and nature of the cut, it cannot be stitched and every attempt to bandage it is proving futile. I am washing it with salt and water and medicating him. Is there anything else I can do for him? Thanks, Pat
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Injury
Dec 21, 2010 23:43:10 GMT
Post by dakota on Dec 21, 2010 23:43:10 GMT
Hi Pat I had a very similar situation with Willow (ca 3/4 TB, figured the grass was greener on the other side and went straight through the neighbours barbed wire fence) in the autumn, also near side and just below the hock.. It was also non stitch-able... just a great big whole with tendon showing....
One of the issues I faced, as it was below the Hock, was the possibility of proud flesh, but thankfully, with careful management of the hydrogen peroxide, this was avoided. My vet recommended washing the wound twice a day with a saline solution (6 teasthingys of salt per pint of water) and once a day treating it with hydrogen peroxide
The peroxide helps in oxygenating the wound, you just need to be careful that it does not go the other way which will leave you with proud flesh.. as my vet said, skin will not grow 'over a hill'
once the wound was level I changed to Manuka Honey.. and what started as a 6 "slice from one side of the leg to the other is now, finally, down to a slowly closing wound of 1"x2"..
Best of luck to you and Jake and hopefully he will be back and well before you know :-)
Sue
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Injury
Dec 22, 2010 22:08:36 GMT
Post by jakendi on Dec 22, 2010 22:08:36 GMT
Thanks Sue
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Injury
Dec 23, 2010 10:17:00 GMT
Post by zy on Dec 23, 2010 10:17:00 GMT
We had a pony trip on a road & took all the flesh off one of her knees. Had the vet give it a thorough cleaning when he came out then just applied blue spray (Alamycin) which keeps it free of infection then a layer of alu-spray on top to keep everything else out! I think we re-applied the two sprays once or twice a day for about a week - worked a treat Hope you don't mind the gruesome nature but here's a couple of pics - (cleaned out first & then with sprays applied)
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