[MacabreMikolaj]

:think:

I was going for a head banging emoticon, but this will have to do.

Is there ANY difference between furizone, furazone and nitrofurazone??? Is it all the same dang product with different spelling??? Is it SAFE?

I just bought some and used it on Zierra. At the moment, I only have Corona, Fiebings Aloe Vera and Blu-Kote. None of these prevent proud flesh. I went to the store and I passed over Wonder Dust after hearing many websites claim it actually PROMOTES proud flesh. So I grabbed nitrofurazone ointment (0.2% in a water-soluble base). I slathered her leg with that and re-bandaged it.

AM I WRONG? I am SO frustrated. What on EARTH are we supposed to use? Now I read that nitrofurazone causes cancer and it also destroys good flesh and shouldn't be used unless I SEE proud flesh. Someone else said it PROMOTES proud flesh.

*sobs*

I DON'T UNDERSTAND. Does ANYTHING prevent proud flesh? Or do we just wait for it to come and keep cutting/scrapping it back as it does??? HELP. These things, literally, "do not happen" to me. I dealt with 50 stitches into the chest of Zierra's dam once, about seven years ago, and be damned if I've dealt with any serious cuts since.

Any input would be wonderful, because I am panicking. I do not think the wound looks like it should. Am I wrong? Am I right? What do I need to be doing?

DAY ONE

DAY TWO (after washing, putting Corona Ointment on and vet wrapping)

DAY THREE (repeat procedure from day two)

DAY FOUR (after taking these pics, I applied the nitrofurazone ointment and re-bandaged her)

Should I leave her bandaged?
Un-bandaged?
Nitrofurazone?
Another ointment?

Two trainers/coaches now have told me to use nitrofurazone, but one told me to stop bandaging while the other said keep bandaging.

SHE IS NOT IN A BARN. She is in an isolated round pen. I do not have a barn.

 

[MacabreMikolaj]

Ok, so essentially I'm keeping it TOO clean, am I right? I should just slap some glop on and leave it alone?

I'm overly paranoid. I've seen what proud flesh can do (Jynx has an ugly lump on her back leg from a proud flesh incident) and it terrifies me. I'm so worried of doing something wrong :-(

In better news, after three days of penecillion and wrapping, the leg itself is perfectly normal again - no heat, no swelling and no lameness.

So just take the bandages off and leave a topical spray or ointment on it?

 

[MacabreMikolaj]

:wink:

I actually have a cream I got from my vet when dealing with a wound very similar that helps prevent proud flesh. I will try to locate it tonight and see what it is called. It was part of the reason I originally suggested a vet since wounds like this are tricky to heal. But..... You knew better.

Yeah, thanks. Considering the local equine vet couldn't even diagnosis an abscess, I have difficulty parting with my hard earned money for something as silly as a cut. I am only frustrated because you will get two answers with EVERYTHING - including the answers from a vet. I am trying to figure out the best common way people deal with problems since personal experience seems to trump anything that comes out of the vets mouth anyway.

If I called the vet for every injury my horses incurred, I'd be homeless.

 

[MacabreMikolaj]

Well, after listening to other people instead of listening to my own instincts, Zierra started developing proud flesh (bulging past the skin, bleeding like a stuck pig with just a touch). I grabbed some Wonder Dust, gave her a puff and just left her.

Today, the wound looks ok - it's eaten back the bulging flesh, and it's finally looking scabbed. I did NOTHING to it today. Just left it alone. I was going to cold hose her, but naturally, Shay-las mom refuses to call a plumber and we currently don't have running water. We will as of tomorrow.

However, her entire leg is swollen again (it wasn't when bandaged). Should I worry? She seems fine - eating and drinking good, not limping.

I'm just going to stop worrying, keep a close eye and let nature take it's course. Which I should have done in the first place.

 

[MacabreMikolaj]

She already went through a course of long-lasting antibiotics, I'm not overly concerned with infection. The leg is tight and swollen, pretty much what you'd expect from an injury, it was exactly what Justus' leg looked like when she tore it open on the fence (as bad, if not worse then Zierra). Not much heat, just warmish.

We've begun cold hosing her daily as it's gorgeous out.