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Cut on Coronary Band

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#1 ·
My horse got a small puncture on his coronary band. We caught it quick and put him in a dry stall, cleaned and wrapped it everyday for about over a week. Then applied iodine, and left it open for another week till if fully healed over. He wasn't lame on it anymore, and we put him back out in the pasture.

After a few weeks we noticed he started limping again, and is sore to the touch. The hoof in that area is also really soft.
We are going to but him back in the stall to let it dry up again. Although was wondering if anyone has anymore tips or things we can do to help him out.

Thank-you!
 
#2 ·
The first thing I would do would be to contact a vet! A horse could be lame for life if problems are not taken care of quickly, and it sounds to me like a possible infection.
 
#5 ·
Yep sounds like an abscess is brewing. Punctures are tricky and often close up healing from the outside in instead of the other way around. You should probably get a veterinary opinion at this point since it is a complication of a puncture wound. I like to wrap abscesses in black salve ichthammol ointment and a baby diaper to draw out the infection on a usual abscess, but there could be other issues besides simple infection and the horse may even need antibiotics at this point since it started with an injury.
 
#10 ·
Just wanted to add this: be careful with tetanus, make sure your horse is protected, a friend's filly got a puncture wound in her hoof from a nail on the ground and probably will not make it... Symptoms started to appear weeks later, nothing like you are describing, it is just an alert.

I would call a vet to make sure there is no foreign object causing infection.

Good luck!!
 
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