FabioandFreddy
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After 6 weeks battling cellulitis and various antibiotics - we seem to be on the right track. We thought we'd sorted it over a week ago after 10 days of Baytril and bandaging with cling film wrap of flamazine/steroid/antibiotic potion. Leg was looking brill, then 2 days after coming off antibiotics his leg blew up again last Monday and by the time the vet came out at 5pm was pretty much back to where we started 
So been back on Baytril a week along with the potion wraps and the leg is looking pretty much normal again. Bandages have been done on a 2 day rotation and when taken off i've been cold hosing the leg and then taking out in hand or ridden for a half hour walk/trot and the exercise is definitely helping. Then when back from exercise re-bandaging after the leg has dried.
I just want to gauge opinions on the bandaging. He's still got a couple of small area's from where the skin split again with the swelling but the potion has been working its magic. But the area's that were scabby before, although now not are coming off in big flaky bits/sloughing. So not happy to leave his leg open until the skin is stronger after all the issues we've had with this over the last 6 weeks. But don't think we'll need to continue the potion much longer. I'm thinking of putting something like Aloe Vera over the area that's been surgically clipped with a melolin dressing on rather than the potion and cling film, then the soffban and vet wrap as we have been doing but changing this daily along with cold hose and exercise before repeating.
Open to views on what others would do. Thinking on doing this for a week or so and then change to standing wraps overnight and taking off for the day. He's still in the hard standing area 24/7 as i'm not happy for him to go out properly until we sure we've nipped this in the bud. He's continuing on the Baytril as it seems to be doing the trick and i think it was just stopped too soon the last time. Have got administering that to a T though with a tube on a syringe after he point blank refused his dinner with it in after a few days!
So been back on Baytril a week along with the potion wraps and the leg is looking pretty much normal again. Bandages have been done on a 2 day rotation and when taken off i've been cold hosing the leg and then taking out in hand or ridden for a half hour walk/trot and the exercise is definitely helping. Then when back from exercise re-bandaging after the leg has dried.I just want to gauge opinions on the bandaging. He's still got a couple of small area's from where the skin split again with the swelling but the potion has been working its magic. But the area's that were scabby before, although now not are coming off in big flaky bits/sloughing. So not happy to leave his leg open until the skin is stronger after all the issues we've had with this over the last 6 weeks. But don't think we'll need to continue the potion much longer. I'm thinking of putting something like Aloe Vera over the area that's been surgically clipped with a melolin dressing on rather than the potion and cling film, then the soffban and vet wrap as we have been doing but changing this daily along with cold hose and exercise before repeating.
Open to views on what others would do. Thinking on doing this for a week or so and then change to standing wraps overnight and taking off for the day. He's still in the hard standing area 24/7 as i'm not happy for him to go out properly until we sure we've nipped this in the bud. He's continuing on the Baytril as it seems to be doing the trick and i think it was just stopped too soon the last time. Have got administering that to a T though with a tube on a syringe after he point blank refused his dinner with it in after a few days!