Gash on leg

[Laur]

Hi there.
My horse came in from the field on monday with a really nasty gash on the inside of his front leg we think caused by wire but we cant find any obvious places where the wire has become loose in the field. It started as an inch wide graze at the very top of his leg and then as it went down to the knee it went quite deep but luckily missed the muscle. Its a long cut (about 8-10 inches long) and we called the vet out as it was fresh and she has stapled it back together with 9 staples. However it has swollen a lot (hes a typical TB!) and the skin looks really tight around the staples. Someone suggested to me to bandage his legs as he is on box rest for a week to reduce the swelling but i didnt know if this would make it worse? His legs havent filled up that much from being standing in the stable so I didnt know if bandaging his legs would help at all? His wound has been stapled and left to heal on its own and hes on antibiotics and antinflammatorys.

Any ideas?

 

[AmyMay]

Quite often happens.

Have you asked the vet what they advise?

 

[Laur]

We had our usual vet check him over yesterday as when it happened we had a different vet out because it was out of hours. Our usual vet sed just that its swollen and to keep him in for a week but someone up yard mentioned that it may help bandaging the bottom of his legs but i obviously dont want to make the swelling worse. I was just wondering if anyone else had a similar experience and did they bandage horses legs whilst being stabled.

 

[vicijp]

Bandaging wont do any harm, but proba not a lot of good if the swelling is higher up the leg.
Im assuming horse is on antibiotics and bute. That and lead outs are the best course of action.

 

[Laur]

Ok thanks thats what i thought. He is on antibiotics and danolin at the moment so hopefully that will do the trick.