has anyone come across this before????

[lilym]

A horse's entire body swelling up after an injury??? And I mean swelling right up this horse has doubled in size overnight, even the head......it also feels "crackly" when you touch the skin......also would you call the vet??

 

[Slinkyunicorn]

Errrr - YES!!!

 

[Bowen4Horses]

um... yes, i'd call the vet

 

[3Beasties]

Never heard of that before, definitely think I would call the vet

What type of injury was/is it?

 

[digitalangel]

er YES - it can be fatal.

 

[Hippona]

The crackly feeling you describe is crepitus...fluid under the skin....yes I would be calling the vet......

 

[Spudlet]

YES!!!! Right now!!!!!!!

 

[BallyshanHorses]

I would get the vet straight away.It could be air getting under the skin and also infection so get it sorted asap.

 

[QUICKFIRE]

Wind up right?

 

[Mike007]

VET . NOW, !!!

 

[Cazza525]

CALL THE VET NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Louby]

My initial thoughts were, got to be a wind up but if not, YES GET THE VET

 

[Donkeymad]

vet - NOW!!

 

[3Beasties]

I don't think this is a wind up

 

[yeeharider]

do you seriously need to ask or is this a wind up my guess the latter

 

[samstar]

In a way I do hope its a wind up, otherwise I also hope she has now rung the vets

 

[spike123]

The crackling of the skin you describe sounds very much like a possible bacterial infection of some kind and needs a vet urgently given how severe it is.

 

[Chico Mio]

Would someone with over 6000 posts ask this on here with their regular username if it was a wind up?

Vet.

 

[Mike007]

Yes, gas gangreene. If this is a wind up it is in poor taste,but in a way I rather hope it is!

 

[Fii]

I would consider this an emergancy!!! phone the vet!!!

 

[hldvs86]

never heard of this before but it doesnt sound good at all....I would be calling the vet straight away.....please let us know what happens....hope everything is ok...

 

[f_s_]

Is this serious??!!!

If it is, then it is an emergency vet call out...yes, emergency!!!

 

[janet68]

oh my god why the need for this question? surely any idiot would know to get the bloody vet asap

 

[HensPens]

Agree, call the vet.


(Although I have to admit as reading that as WIND (as in breeze/gust/north) up and I was about to post asking about the WIND up condition and had images of inflaited horses...)

 

[Puppy]

Good lord!! Please tell me that the vet has been called?!

 

[VictoriaEDT]

Dear god i hope this is a joke..........please I hope you are on the phone to the vet right now!

 

[trundle]

if this is for real 9and not just a question about a purely hypothetical situation) then i am sure the OP has called the vet by now.....poor horse though. what a horrible thing to happen to it. COuld a horse survive such a situation?

 

[JanetGeorge]

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if this is for real 9and not just a question about a purely hypothetical situation) then i am sure the OP has called the vet by now.....poor horse though. what a horrible thing to happen to it. COuld a horse survive such a situation?

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Had a pony with this at the BHS Rescue Centre years ago - despite immediate and expert vet care, it died! Know of another that had a very similar condition although it didn't extend RIGHT around the body - just chest and neck. It burst open at the site of the original infection and took several YEARS - and many thousands of pounds of veterinary treatment - before it healed, although it didn't recover completely - the site kept breaking down and re-opening!

I'm afraid we'll be saying RIP to this pony in the next 48 hours - or less!

 

[ester]

JG see my responses on lilyms other thread, do you know what caused this in those cases.

I suspect gas gangrene clostridia in this case.

 

[WishfulThinker]

OMG. I hope its a joke or the vet has been called.

Also - DONT google Gas Gangrene if of a sensitive nature- urgh!