Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Leg Wound Help

Hi Val,

I have been very successful in getting lower leg wounds to heal without a scar.  We have constant problems here in the summer with our herd on 100 acres.  Here is what I do:

1.  The first and foremost thing is get those scabs off everyday.  SCRUB SCRUB SCRUB.  Hosing is fine, but use that sponge and rub!

Depending on the wound:  1.  Puncture  : you can't beat TODAY.  It is a cattle antibiotic in a syringe..used for mastitis.

2.  Regular cut:  I have found the very best stuff is WONDER DUST.

The main thing is KEEP AFTER IT.  I have worked horses for a month or more on wounds...and that is everyday.

3.  Swelling:  Penecillin.  24 cc..some suggest more. 3 days.

Hope this helps.

Louise Burton

Firedance Farms Arabians

http://pages.prodigy.net/firedancefarms

 

 

 Val Nicoson <sweetmare55@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Yet another learning experience for my mare and I want
> to be sure to do the right thing for her. She has a
> nice horizontal cut (gash) just below her left front
> knee but the stable says it doesn't need stitching
> (marginal IMHO). She also has some scrapes around her
> fetlock and pastern areas. All these wounds are on
> the front of her leg.
> She is swollen a ways up from her knee and all the way
> down to her fetlock, perhaps some minute swelling in
> her pastern but hard to tell. The swelled area does
> have heat and there is definitely fluid about the knee
> region.
> This all happened on Wednesday but due to the weather
> the stable manager didn't call me...and didn't call me
> yesterday either. I discovered it when I went out
> last night to visit her. There was a note from the
> manager on the stall door...she had washed it off and
> put some
> ointment on the wound.
> Another boarder suggested 3 grams of Bute whi
> ch we did
> give her (she needed something). Did hose her down
> for 15 minutes which reduced the swelling nicely and
> then put some yellow ointment on it. She does get
> some MSM in her morning grain ration so did double
> that to help with the joint swelling.
> OK...here are my questions...
> 1. What else can I use besides Bute? Banamine I can
> get but it is expensive. Anything else out there that
> would help and for how long should these meds be used?
> 2. Ice or Heat? Did hose her leg down with very cold
> water. When does one use both...20 min of ice and
> then 20 min of heat? Can only get to the barn once a
> day... so it that OK...is once a day OK or should it
> be done twice a day?
> 3. Should the wound be wrapped or left open? If
> wrapped should there be ointment/gauze under that?
> 4. Should she be turned out at all for 1-2 hours or
> kept in the stall? If stall kept, would handwalking
> help or not?
> I will be calling a vet today to obtain some meds and
> perhaps he might order some penicillin o
> r other stuff.
> Thanks for your help...this is my first at dealing
> with such an injury,
> Val + Sania
>
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