3Beasties
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Yesterday I hacked Charlie, my old TB, over to my friends field where he was suppose to be staying for the next month or so. She's got way to much grass so it seemed like the ideal solution to get hers eaten down a bit while allowing time for mine to grow (I can keep my fatties on a small barer bit but Charlie needed more!). All was well last night, everyone settled and getting on very well with no problems at all.
Fast forward to this morning and I was awoken by a phone call from my friend. Didn't actually panic as just thought she was having issues getting into the yard for various reasons! Sadly that was not the case - 'Charlie has cut his leg, it's bad, he needs the vet'
I still didn't panic, thinking it can't be THAT bad but dived out of bed, raided the tackroom for some first aid stuff and dashed down to her yard.
Well, bad really DID mean bad as this is what greeted me
My poor boy
Phoned the emergency vet who said they'd be out in half an hour so then we waited, and waited some more!! During which time I was fearing the worse, thinking it would be un-fixable and I was going to lose him
The vet eventually arrived and didn't seem all that phased by the wound so got to work cleaning it up
Thankfully it hadn't gone right down to the joint but with it being over the knee it was impossible to stitch. So it was a case of giving it a major clean up and then adding a tonne of bandaging.
He also managed to take a chuck out of his hind hood too
So that's been cleaned up and bandaged as well.
Vet seemed very optimistic that is should heal well but obviously at this early stage infection is the main concern so I'll be keeping everything crossed for a while yet in the hope that he makes a full recovery. Any spare healing vibes would be much appreciated!
He'll be on boxrest for a while so have spent the afternoon sorting a stable out for him at home (I've not had horses there for over a year) and as soon as my lorry arrives home (I hired it out for the weekend!) I'll be going to pick my boy up. I just hope he can make it up the ramp
And a final pic of him in my friends stable after the vet had left
Fast forward to this morning and I was awoken by a phone call from my friend. Didn't actually panic as just thought she was having issues getting into the yard for various reasons! Sadly that was not the case - 'Charlie has cut his leg, it's bad, he needs the vet'
I still didn't panic, thinking it can't be THAT bad but dived out of bed, raided the tackroom for some first aid stuff and dashed down to her yard.
Well, bad really DID mean bad as this is what greeted me
My poor boy
Phoned the emergency vet who said they'd be out in half an hour so then we waited, and waited some more!! During which time I was fearing the worse, thinking it would be un-fixable and I was going to lose him
The vet eventually arrived and didn't seem all that phased by the wound so got to work cleaning it up
Thankfully it hadn't gone right down to the joint but with it being over the knee it was impossible to stitch. So it was a case of giving it a major clean up and then adding a tonne of bandaging.
He also managed to take a chuck out of his hind hood too
So that's been cleaned up and bandaged as well.
Vet seemed very optimistic that is should heal well but obviously at this early stage infection is the main concern so I'll be keeping everything crossed for a while yet in the hope that he makes a full recovery. Any spare healing vibes would be much appreciated!
He'll be on boxrest for a while so have spent the afternoon sorting a stable out for him at home (I've not had horses there for over a year) and as soon as my lorry arrives home (I hired it out for the weekend!) I'll be going to pick my boy up. I just hope he can make it up the ramp
And a final pic of him in my friends stable after the vet had left
