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Angelbones

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Got a call from my mum this morning asking if I'd taken down any of the stud railing in the field as she could see a gap...I jumped in the car, drove up there only to find the top rail on the floor and my just retired 23 year old 17.2 ex National Hunt horse in the wrong half of the field.. He wasn't interested in being checked over, just hoolying around the field so set about making the fence secure to keep the others where they should be.

Fixed the fence with hammer, sheep hurdles and bailing twine, stood back and admired my handy work, and then got a closer look at the said horsey...

This is his shoulder...

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And this is his hock...

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Not to mention the other skinned patches and scrapes...

Cleaned up what I could, got the vet out (yes it's a bank holiday weekend of course) and the upshot is tetanus jab, antibiotic jab, pain killer/anti inflammatory jab, can't stitch/staple as too far open etc so poor chap is in his stable tonight with very shoddy hock bandaging and covered in Equaide
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And there was me thinking that after my round trip to Dorset from East Sussex yesterday to see a new horse, that I would have a nice uneventful day to myself - trust William to liven things up!
 
our tb jumped through a barbed wire fence and had almost identical wounds. hydrogel filled them in and healed them really quickly. you could kill horses sometimes but they seem quite happy to try and do it themselves!!!
 
The scratches should heal well as long as he's well inside which he sounds to be judging from his exploits but the hock doesn't look too nice. Hope they all clear up soon and he's not too sore tomorrow.
 
Thanks guys!

He is generally in good condition and I retired him as he had gone down on his knees on the road a couple of times recently when going downhill and it was just so upsetting all round that we just decided that he was a happy in the field as going on gentle hacks and it was time to call it a day.

I'm not surprised he thought he could attempt to clear the rails - he has gone round Aintree in the past and even did the Christmas hunt last year, on his tippy toes, thinking he was reborn etc, and am grateful it wasn't worse.

The vet did check the depth and said he didn't think there was any tendon damage etc, not down to the joint, and that it should be ok. fortunately as long as it heals well he and we are past the point of worrying about blemishes. I'll put my faith in the Equaide as it has been an astonishing healer in the past and the vet was happy with that but he is due to pop back later in the week to check it over again.

Horses eh? Who'd 'ave 'em?
 
I hope he makes a good recovery so he can enjoy his retirement in full. My old boy had his sinoval (sp and drunken!) fuild flushed out and I was really worried I had been a bad mummy and got the vet out too late. My vet reassured me that if I had had him out earlier ie the day of the kick it would have made no different and any operations were best done once inflamed.

I hope this makes sence and I also it doesn't come to this but just thought it was worth sharing.
Hugs and mints to the poorly boy x
 
Nasty! did the rest of the leg swell?? By new youngster ran through the fence on saturday to get to the ladies!! He cut just above his knee which wasnt too bad in itself, and he wasnt lame or anything. But by tea time his knee had blown up like a balloon. Anti inflams and biotics from the vet have helped
 
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