Does this look normal to you?

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My mare was kicked in the hock a couple weeks ago. She was slightly lame for a day or two but fine. Contacted vet as it happened and sent along a pic. Was told to cold hose twice a day and overnight in stable to bandage and danilon for a couple days. We did that and when he was on yard a few days later he checked it over. Was fine scabbed over and looked good. She had to stay in a couple days this week as field had flooded and leg was enormous on day I decided to turn her out. Still scabbed and put a protective cream on top. Went up to feed her and it now looks a bit proud.

Does this look normal or would you send vet a pic?

Day it happened

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And yesterday

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Proud flesh is groing above skin level and needs something chemical to take it back before it will close. It's one of the peculiar things horses do! Your vet will give you a cream which will take the proud flesh back.
 
My old YO did Homeopethy (sp) and used bog standard icing sugar to reduce proud flesh, having seen the results on a huge wound inside the upper back leg, I was most impressed, the horse had gotten stuck on top of a gate and ripped inside his leg, vet was involved in treatment, the wound was cleaned daily with saline solution then dressed with icing sugar
 
flirtygerty said:
My old YO did Homeopethy (sp) and used bog standard icing sugar to reduce proud flesh, having seen the results on a huge wound inside the upper back leg, I was most impressed, the horse had gotten stuck on top of a gate and ripped inside his leg, vet was involved in treatment, the wound was cleaned daily with saline solution then dressed with icing sugar
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Thats really interesting. Have heard of a lot of kitchen cupboard remedies but not that one.
 
It's growing some proud flesh - either you can contact your vet who will come and cut off the proud flesh

or

You can deal with it yourself

You need
Vaseline
Copper Sulphate crystals and a continer with a lid
A paintbrush

Dilute the crystals in some warm water until no more will disolve.

Smear vaseline around the wound - carefully up to the edges and also below the wound, right down to the hoof

Then paint the wound with the Copper Sulphate liquid.

It will not hurt as proud flesh has no nerves in it just masses of blood vessels.

Leave a couple of days then remove scab, replace the vaseline and reapply the Copper Sulphate.

Repeat until the skin within the wound is again level with the surrounding tissue. then wash off everything and leave to heal.

If proud flesh rebuilds - which I don't think it will the wound is small - then repeat the treatment.

Recently my youngster put his leg through the fence - this was the initial wound - the second photo three weeks later after a week of Copper Sulphate. Now several weeks later the gap is only a few mm across and will close with just a line scar.
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Tnavas our vet sells the solution ready made but I also have used your technique. But I used a pepper grinder to grind copper sulphate crystals up then applied on a pad with vaseline.
OP your vet may want to debride the wound first but the above remedy will work.
Love the icing sugar idea no idea how that can work but good luck if it does.
 
Betnovate cream (steroid and antibiotic) works really well too. No caustic burning or cutting involved, just put it on as often as possible. It has worked really well for me. You can get it from vet. It also used for humans, so someone with eczema may have some. Obviously if it gets worse then you will need a different approach, but I would always try it now first.

Also be aware with a kick to the lower hock joints/bones you may end up with arthritis in the joint. It happened to mine, but unfortunately there's nothing you can do about that.
 
My horse had a wound in his hock from a kick which required stitches. When they came out it was still oozing so got some flamazine cream which did the trick but derma gel works just as well.
 
Got some cream to put on it. The area around cut will always been big. So least its only 1 leg that will be lumpy and bumpy (she always cuts or gets kicked on this leg lol) And keep eye on it.

Took her out for a wander today and she started dragging her toe on that leg. Went round "spooky farm" and it was the noise her feet were making that was adding some lovely sound effects this time. lol
 
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