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Many years ago, our daughter was riding her horse in the forest and he 
tripped over a redwood log and received a puncture wound.  Anyone who knows 
redwood knows that it causes festering, as with a splinter in the finger. 
This horse received a large splinter of redwood in the tendon area, and 
although we treated it, it kept on festering, healing, opening, festering 
for about a year.  Finally took the horse to a vet and he sliced open the 
skin in the area of the hole and drew out the splinter.  After further 
flushing, the wound healed perfectly.

Barbara

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From: <rides2far@xxxxxxxx>
To: <lysanec@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 1:32 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] Scar tissue/infection - vet advice


> > Wondering if anyone has experience with a scar on their horse that
> > seems to get infected every few months..
>
> I was coming down the mountain on Kaboot through a trail so washed out it
> looked more like a stream bed. Got off at the bottom and his right rear
> fetlock was laid open. Had no idea when he did it. I healed, but one
> corner stayed open and kept draining. Finally took him to the vet and he
> kind of opened it up and flushed it good (really good) inside sort of
> below the wound. His theory was that he had cut it on the upswing and the
> debris was below the opening and wasn't able to drain up to get out of
> it. Since you said this opening is at the top of the old wound, maybe the
> same happened to yours.
>
>
> Angie McGhee
> http://www.lightersideofendurance.com
>
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