Feel a bit sick with worry..Injured Foal..

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He has come in tonight with a wound above his back fetlock joint
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Its only small but has bled..Its slightly swollen around it...cant tell if theres heat as he wont let me anywhere near him...have managed to spray a bit of iodine on it and thats about it....now my worry is *apart from the cut* he has'nt started his injection programme yet booked in for the end of the month...so what do I do?? I just feel worried that I will go up tomorrow to a ballooned leg or a tetanus infected foal
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..also would he be better out in the snow keeping it clean or in his stable...just wont let me near it
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sorry I'm rambling now..
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when i first got V at 6months of age he hadnt started his vaccinations and then proceded to jump out the field and had a rather massive cut fairly near his hock the next day it was a bit puffy but nothing to serious and he never got tetanus or anything. try not to worry to much and see how it is in morning x
 
Thank you thats what I needed to hear...obviously not that your's hurt himself
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...just typical he's due to start his..he did have a tet jab when he was born but don't know how long that lasts..
 
You get him jabbed for tetanus without delay! Never mind waiting til the end of the month
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If you haven't examined the wound up close, how can you tell it's not a puncture wound and with those, no amount of bleeding will get the 'bugs' out.
 
I second what Brighteyes has said. YO didn't pay much attention to a tiny cut on his mare's hock and it got so badly infected he nearly lost her. She was literally on 3 legs for over a month and is still not out of the woods. Definitely get the vet in. Better safe than sorry.
 
Get tetanus anti-toxin into him right now! The vaccine gives some immunity but if he has got it in that puncture wound he needs DIFFERENT STUFF to stop it in its tracks.
 
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You get him jabbed for tetanus without delay! Never mind waiting til the end of the month
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If you haven't examined the wound up close, how can you tell it's not a puncture wound and with those, no amount of bleeding will get the 'bugs' out.

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Sorry for my OP I was going on with myself....It was never my intention to keep his appointment for the end of the month
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it was more to the fact that I hoped he would be alright overnight!!! having not had his tet's...and to wether he should be in or out *stable with all sorts of bacteria or out in the snow keeping relatively clean
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Sorry for any confusion
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Anyhoo he's had a tet jab...started his tet programme..had antibiotic's and has a 5 day course and bute...vet wasnt overly concerned but better to be safe than sorry..
 
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