A curious what would you do? Warning - pictures of a typical hoof strike wound.

[IrishMilo]

I think you have to take these things on a case by case basis. I'm definitely not about to get up someone's arse for caring 'too much'! That being said I don't like to bandage anything unless absolutely necessary as it does trap moisture and promote bacteria.

My late Connie kicked himself and had the most minuscule cut I couldn't even see - his leg went like a balloon so I got the vet out and after clipping the leg it turns out he'd gone to the bone. Not even kidding it was a cut the size of a pea. Anti b's, box rest, and bandage changes twice a week for about a month! (the little sod wouldn't let me near it so he had to be sedated by IV every time)

Other cuts that have looked really nasty the vets have said to keep clean but dry and exposed to the air which is my preferred choice.

 

[Squeak]

Interesting to see everyone's varying approaches. I think different horses respond to different things as well, which will change how you approach things. Yours looks to be responding well to what you did so that's all that matters.

I know one of mine needs 10 mins hosing for any cut, however tiny so I would have done that, then an antibacterial spray. For a slightly deeper cut like that I would have been tempted by manuka honey but I probably would have gone for a miniscule amount inside the wound with silver cream over the top to try and not attract wasps/ flies.

 

[khalswitz]

I thought hibiscrub wasn’t advisable on open wounds?

I’d probably send a picture to the vet and probably put germolene on it as we rarely have horse wound cream and I always have stuff for the kids in the house!

It has to be diluted - less than 1 in 50. If you have sterile saline then that’s the best, but very few owners will have that - but a dirty wound needs cleaned, and it does a good job. BUT, you should use individual swabs and discard each one after one swipe - not reusing and not using eg a sponge as it can reintroduce dirt to the wound.

When my old horse wrapped his hind leg in wire and devolved half the limb, sliced down to the hock and severed his extensor tendons, my old vet used dilute hibiscrub because he was very worried about how dirty the wound was. He did a fab job to be fair, unfortunately the bone ended up dying 5 months down the line.