Horse Fencing Injury!!!?

Question

The Pony got caught in this fencing less than 2 weeks ago, and the vet down, gave him a bute injection into the vein and anti-inflams and antibiotics, we had a course of 2 antibiotics and pain relieve, it was VERY VERY VERY swollen when it happened and he was horribly lame, But now after about ten days the swelling is gone, slightly inflammed where the rope ravelled around the top of his hock but nothing to alarming, but the wound still remains horrible looking, and he keeps biting it, taking all the hair off it so its always raw looking, and a small bit of yellow puss is still visible, so i dont really know what to do now, I apply natural aloe vera to him the last couple of days to prevent scarring as i want him as a stallion, but i dont no what to do, Any of you got any idea???

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Answer 1

You need to rinse it every day with water and iodine. When you are done rinsing it, put an antibacterial cream on it and wrap it with gauze and vet wrap. This will prevent him from chewing on it and it will keep away infection which can lead to proud flesh. He has a pretty good chance of getting proud flesh since it has been open for so long. Start wrapping it ASAP.

Answer 2

Did the vet prescribe any antibiotic cream to put on the wound? My horse also had a fencing injury and the vet prescribed a cream (I can't recall the name) to prevent any infection, help heal the wounds, and prevent scar tissue. Depending on where they injuries are, you may want to consider wrapping them with vet-wrap. We were told to put on the cream and then wrap our horse's leg. We did that two or three times per day for a couple weeks.

Answer 3

I spray all wounds with Debrisol.  It clears infection really quickly and heals with very minimal scarring. It does infact say on the bottle that it can reduce the amount of scarring.  It costs about  $16.95 AU for a 750ml bottle.

Answer 4

This is what we do when our horses get caught in a fence.

1. Cold rinse, then flush the wound with peroxide(takes care of puss ect...)

2. Furison(if its medium- large wound)then put some plastic wrap or a plastice bag around the injured leg, then cotton(leave some stuicking out at the top and bottem of a the wrap) Then wrap with vet wrap.

Do step 1 in the morning and night and step 2 at noght only and take wrap off in the morning.

Also give him a shot of anabiotics by a vet or someone that can do it.

This has worked for us perfectly and never any scars or pround flesh. if you use this method and the swelling and stuuf does not go down just email me at [e-mail] and I can give you a few more things to try.

Answer 5

it sounds infected.. you need to call the vet. he can tell you want to do over the phone.

Answer 6

Granulex and SWAT after a cold rinse and betadine wash. The Granulex is AWSOME, I had a donkey get her hid spit right in the middle of the meat of her shoulder, it wasn't deep enough to require stitches but it gaped and looked awful. The yellow 'puss' is sometimes actually the white blood cells trying to seal up the wound and oozing out. As long as the tissue beneath is nice and pink or a little red when you clean it (a little bleeding is ok) then the oozing is the body protecting itself. If it gets all ugly colored and crusty (not like a scab crusty) clean it really well, scrub if you have to, and but betadine paste on the wound and dress it if you can. But the Granulex will help seal it up and keep ick out. A scar shouldn't keep him from being a stallion prospect, keep it wrapped as long as you can.

Answer 7

At least it's getting better somewhat. My cat does the same thing when it gets an injury. It bites it and pulls off the hair and usually gets in infected so definitely get some type of antibiotic.

Answer 8

im not sure what it is called but i use this pink cream and it heals up quick and i use a fur regroth on my horses wounds and they look good quick

Answer 9

A reevaluation is not a bad idea.  In the meantime, any possibility of getting a neck cradle so that he can't reach the area and continue to self mutliate?  Could be that just the itch of healing is driving him to his destructive behaviour, and if you could get him past that, it could heal without further trauma.  Might be worth a try.

Answer 10

Call your vet again, see if they give you some advice over the phone without them having to come out.