I have already posted about Star and his inability to sweat. Well he now has an injury so he REALLY can go out and play.
about 2? weeks ago he cut his leg on something (lord knows WHAT he managed to hurt himself on), nothing big, just a tiny cut. This is where things get stupid. My bf's dad told my BO's hubby to wrap it AFTER my Bf said to leave it be (this is BO's horse). What happens when you wrap a small cut? The leg blows up like a balloon. So the vet came out to a horse who was hobbling on 3 legs. The leg was 3 times its normal size. She said to give him bute, antibiotics and to spray the cut with an antiseptic spray, and to keep warping it. Well here is what it looked like today...
Because he is in pain he had decided food is no longer his favorite thing so he had dropped weight. And to top it all off poor guy Lost a front shoe. He tore the hoof up to much to get another shoe on (to where it wont just come right back off and do MORE damage) there and we cant pick the other one up long enough to take the other off -_-' here is vid of my Bf is his 'stylish' shorts rounding off the toe so he dose not do more damage to the hoof. (so you can see what the poor thing looks like now)
(he did not mean to drop the leg, the horse was leaning on him and his leg was digging into BFs)
Is that leg as bad as it looks?
(felt like sharing this as my family will not want to look at 'gross' pics XD)
I am not normally a "call the vet" type of person.....I usually treat minor injuries myself, but this is no longer a minor injury and is something a vet should probably take a look at. Because, like Smrobs said, if that is the tendon showing that could affect his soundness for the rest of his life.
Poor guy! I hope he heals up well!
If he needs protection for that front foot, you can always get something like an Easyboot. I use them all the time trail riding and they work pretty well if you get them on tight.
PS. I just re-read that you DID have the vet out......so disregard that whole vet thing. Did it look that bad when the vet saw him?
Does he bare weight on the bad leg at all? I noticed his good leg is also stocking up. If he doesn't bare weight on it at all, that would kind of make me concerned for his good leg.
They have had the vet out 3 days ago. And he wont stand on it but he can hobble pretty fast when he wants to. BOhas decided that if he becomes unridable he will just be a pasture prince. I'd say get another vet out but chaparell wont even comeout and SEE the horse without 200 up front. Any their normal vet is on vacation.
The cut was a nastyone to begin with but nowheres near that bad or vet worthy when it first happened. And when the vet saw him his leg was 3x that size all the way up to the hock. I have easy boots I can loan to them. Idk why I did not think ofthat yesterday.
the vet came out today. cleaned the the leg and re-warped it. She will come out to change the bandage again Thursday. The vet saw that they where too afraid to wrap it to tight. They where warping it so loose that it would fall half was down the leg. The poor guy still is on 3 legs and will only eat 1 scoop of pellets.
Vets been coming out every week and warping the leg. The owners and occasionally I, end up re-bandaging it because he some how makes it slip halfway down. There is now more blood and less yellow puss but the wound looks as if it has gotten longer. The good news is hes somewhat eating and he can walk on it. But the owners seem to think it wont get better but I'm trying to convince them not to put a horse down from a nasty looking injury, hes walking and eating and is not in as much pain as he was before.
That is not just one nasty looking injury it is one serious mess. The deep flexor tendon is exposed and I would hazard a very experienced guess that the little injury was a deeper puncture wound and infection set in.
He needs some serious antibiotics. Stalled for majority of the day with a deep bed to encourage him to lie down. Masses of hay and very little hard feed.
The wound needs to be flushed daily and wrapped with plenty of padding around it before the bandage is applied.. This should be firm but not tight and if applied correctly it will not slip.
He is on antibiotics mixed with bute (BO is not giving bute to him atm because hes not eating enough) every day. The only outside time he gets is supervised grazing (the more he moves on it the more he can stand on it. The more he stands still in the stall the more pus filled and swollen it gets). And the tendon is covered but the problem is that he is developing proud flash, but the vet wants to leave that alone until its healed more. Its still nasty but its a lot better. He still wont touch his hay half the time. He will after getting out and munching on the lawn but otherwise they are giving him Beat pulp and Alfalfa/Bermuda pellets turned into a mash 3 times a day. Here is a vid of him able to walk on the leg without grunting in pain.
Remember this horse was getting stuck in the corner of his stall a week before this vid (was unable to back up or turn without someone helping him). His leg was so bad he would put no weight on it at all and was obviously in pain.
(the vet wanted the Boots one like that because hes cutting up his legs in that area so no we are not having a sped moment XD)
Poor guy. Reminds me of my tb. Got what the trainer said was a cut, and to clean it and put a wrap on it. Next day unwrapped it, was just wrapped with a standard pillow wrap, the leg was 3x the size it normally is. Found out she punctured it to the bone and it got really infected. Someone gave information about a place that specializes in horrific injuries, would be a great site to go to, but I can't remember the name. If anyone knows the site, please post it. Hopefully he heals up.
Yes but at lease he can walk, and his tendon is not showing 0.0! that horse is such a sweety, he gets to wonder in the back yard because that's the only grass he will eat now, but he always stays close to his owner (he only gets out as long as someone is watching him lol he might cut himself on the grass -_-') . Hes such a love bug. And the vet is completely impressed that she has not had to restrain or sedate him the entire time working with him. How can BO stop the bandage from slipping? they have to re-bandage every day because it slides down to his hoof, and its not wrapped loose but they cant wrap it too tight ether.
I feel bad for him lol. He was raced at a 2 year old until he was 13, no issues besides not sweating. He goes into retirement as a pleasure horse and keeps hurting himself. (If anyone is interested his name is Wishinonastar). Ill defiantly look at the site! I hate seeing the bandage slipping so if I can stop that it will make us all feel better.
Pretty much only thing you can do to keep it up is tape it. I have a horse that kept getting hurt the first few months we had him. Mostly because our other horses were mean to him. They actually ran him through a fence! But It looks like you guys are keeping it pretty clean and that's the most important thing plus antibiotics. And you can never go wrong with hydro-therapy. Water does miracles. Use a water hose and just let it run over his leg for 10-20 minutes. He will feel better and it helps with swelling. We did this one to two times a day with my horse and it healed in no time. I really don't understand why your guys wound is getting bigger? Weird. I hope he pulls through it!
You cant turn a hose on without him walking in front of it lol. We found out the cause. Because he dose not sweat he is losing hair and is itchy. He was scratching his butt and kicked at a fly and managed to cut his leg. So they are getting meds to make him sweat again. I have been wrapping it with the cotton wrap and vet wrap (scene BO has a hard time bending over). The vet was out yesterday and removed a lot of proud flesh so Ill try to get pics of that. I have pics from a week ago though.
Here is a pic of the leg.
He is starting to gain weight again.
This is what he looked like before he cut his leg.
It looks like it is getting worse not better.
i would look up Doc Underwoods horse meds and get some Pronto google the name and you'll get buddys website . it is amazing stuff
That definitely looks like it's getting worse. Poor guy. His leg looks awful
Status
Not open for further replies.
You have insufficient privileges to reply here.
Related Threads
?
?
?
?
?
The Horse Forum
3.4M posts
92.6K members
Since 2006
A forum community dedicated to horse owners and enthusiasts. Come join the discussion about breeding, grooming, reviews, health, behavior, housing, adopting, care, classifieds, and more!