How Do I Prevent Scarring On what was an infected wound on a potential stallion yearling colt Connemara?

Question

What do i do???...Its horrible...He was caught in rope fencing which created a nasty wound above his hock, it was infected and yucky, we had the vet down numerous times, he has now cut away the infected area and polticed it, how do i prevent the scarring on this area and how do i rebuild the tissue?

Answer 1

I have had very good results with using a combination of products.  When the wound is open I like either Nitrofurazone*NFZ*(preferred) or wonder dust.  Each day I like to wash out the wound with lots of water, and Nolvasan, and then put the NFZ until the wound closes.  When the wound closes, I like to use Corona suave.  I have show paso finos one of which we paid 25,000 for and this method has healed up pretty serious wounds with almost no scaring.  can't hurt

Chris

Answer 2

You more that likely won't be able to prevent a scar from forming. Its natural...The tissue will have to heal on its own. It takes time. Just follow what your vet says and he will be okay.

After everything is healed, you can try using a bit of vitamin e oil on the scar to soften it and help the hair regrow. It might not grow back the same color as your horse. But, it will help.

Answer 3

The legs usually are where proud flesh will occur - granular tissue that over grows and causes scarring.

I have two mares - one punctured a lower leg and the other got her leg caught under her stall door - if the doors of a stall can't be made flush with the floor or actually below the floor from outside the stall, ensure they are 12-14" off the floor - trust me, I learned the hard way.

Both of them got sound and I was able to do away with 95% of the scarring by keeping the wound cleaned and replacing the proper medicine twice a day - after the woulds healed enough that only the skin was closing, I began using Schreiners - an all natural spray that speeds healing while keeping proud flesh from gorwing.

On the puncture wound, I did not know much about proud flesh and some began to form.  I was instructed by my vet to clean the wound twice a day.  One day to sprinkle on some Wound Powder (I'm trying to remember the name-it's at home - like the Wound Powder sold by Farnam, copper sulfate).  This would kill off the proud flesh being formed.  The next day, I'd have to scrape off the dead flesh with my finger nails (yes, nasty) then doctor with antiseptics (I like Furazone, but it's cancer causing to humans-must use gloves) the next day.  Third day, more wound powder - back and forth one day with wound powder the next with meds until the proud flesh was gone and the wound healing as I thought it should.

Unfortuantely, the mare with her leg under the door - I didn't know how she did it.  I had it all healed like new and was about to stop doctoring it when she did it again worse and that time I was able to figure out what was wrong.  She never did completely heal without a scar - the leg tissue is normal, but the hair hasn't all grown back and I doubt it will.

Consult a vet and ask often how to care for the wound to avoid scarring as much as possible - he'll have products known to use.

Answer 4

may not be able to prevent scarring, but if you keep it clean and then apply Preparation- H you may be able to minimize scarring.