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Enfys

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:mad: I found Thor on the wrong side of the fence this morning, looking like this.

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Fortunately it is only minor abrasions and a bit of a puncture, caused NOT by wire but by stupid post and rail :mad: I took great satisfaction in knocking the whole lot down with the tractor as I have been wanting to do for ages, the stuff may look pretty but give me anything else any day. Just another injury to add to my long list I have seen caused by p & r over the years, they aren't as horse friendly as people like to think.

It doesn't matter what you do, they'll find a way to damage themselves it seems.
 
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Sorry to hear about the accident but very glad he is going to be OK. We don't have post and rail for the exact reason - it's ruddy dangerous. We now have electric rope (the big, thick stuff that costs a fortune :( ) If they really want to go through it they will but without puncture wounds, splinters or worse.
 
I personally know of two horses that have gone through p&r and got themselves in the jugular and bled to death on the spot. One I saw happen so definitely know it is the case!
 
Poor boy, glad that it's only minor. I agree, post and rail isnt as safe as it's made out to be. Hopefully now it's all down though and he cant injure himself again on it, it'll heal up ok :)
 
it took a cattle farmer to say to me 'but post and rail isn't strong enough for horses!' before the penny dropped. he was spot on.
glad to hear it's only abrasions, poor lad.
classicalfan, the elec rope can be horribly dangerous but as long as it's always strongly electrified and has break points, it's okay.
 
I have a mixture of post and rail and stock fencing. The stock fencing has never caused an issue at all. But I have lost count of the number of times the horses have broken through the p+r into the garden. Very lucky they didn't walk the other way into the road due to very nice neighbours stopping them! Have been very lucky the broken rails have never caused injury. Would love to replace this fence with stock fencing, but this boundary is not mine to alter :(
 
I dont think theres a fencing out there that a horse cant maim itself on somehow, if we surrounded paddocks with giant inflatable fencing there'd be bouncing-off injuries ;)

Hopefully hes not feeling too sorry for himself and heals fast :)
 
That looks sore hope it mends soon looking at it I would use the sun cream that also heals that I use on scrapes and small cuts.
I fenced with X-fence which seems to be safe if pulled up propably you should be able to bonce a car off it. We hope it will see us out as it was not cheap!
 
Hope he has speedy recovery. My daft QH mare just put her foot through the ONLY bit of barbed wire in the whole field and is covered in little scratches. Had one go though post and rail and one get stuck in stock fencing. Seems they will do whatever they can to get hurt sometimes!
 
Jiggle said:
I dont think theres a fencing out there that a horse cant maim itself on somehow, if we surrounded paddocks with giant inflatable fencing there'd be bouncing-off injuries ;)

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You are so right there, I quite agree.

I had one stab himself and then cause a gash with a branch of a tree!:( and another tripped over her own feet in the field and bit her tongue so badly that the end was hanging off :(

We can't win.
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hobo said:
That looks sore hope it mends soon
He's a bit sorry for himself right now, although he cheered up after some bute, and was a poppet when he had his tri-tab syringe this evening, he may wise up to me tomorrow morning though;)

looking at it I would use the sun cream that also heals that I use on scrapes and small cuts.
I'll bear that in mind for another time, thankyou ( that's what I like about HHO, always these little gems of info thrown in - btw, what is it called please?) I have half a pot of Furacell left at the moment just to keep the skin supple whilst it's healing

I fenced with X-fence which seems to be safe if pulled up propably you should be able to bounce a car off it. We hope it will see us out as it was not cheap!
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:D It sounds as if you are going to try bouncing a car off of it! I know the stuff and quaked at the cost when I was looking at fencing.
 
Well, I'm sorry for your troubles but can identify with that! Still wondering what to do about fencing here. At the moment, I have permanent electric fencing with five 2.5mm high tensile galvanised wires which is virtually invisible, so I have cable tied white tape to the top wire. Only the top wire is energised so hopefully foals won't get shocked. So far, so good. That seems to work but I've had one get a loose wire (not associated with the fence) twisted around a leg and permanently damaged. Of course, it was the only loose wire on the farm as I am fanatical about such things.

I think it helps if all wires are kept tensioned and it makes me wince to see pictures of horses in paddocks with loose wires, especially square mesh -- and of course barbed wire. Someone has just re-fenced their horse paddock local to me -- with a barbed wire top strand.:eek:
 
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