Foxhunter49
Well-Known Member
August 8th, found a yearling had managed to hook himself on a staple gate latch.
Stitching took over three hours and lasted three or four days before they all broke down.
The difficulty was knowing what to put on such a large wound.
Manuka Honey (30+) seemed the route to go but, it was A) very messy. B) attracted flies and wasps, C) melted off the injury D) had bedding attached to it if the yearling lay down.
I the went the Neem Oil route. This worked very well, it kept the flies away, stopped any proud flesh and stopped the oozing from sticking as much to his belly.
I then was told of Resolve Wound Salve from a couple of people in the USA. I sent for some and applied it after the first couple of weeks.
Prognosis was good that the wound would heal and vet said that after Christmas we would look at skin grafting of necessary. He thought there would be several sessions of removing proud flesh.
Here are a series of pictures. Thanks to the Resolve there is going to only be a minimal scar, there is no lump from the flap and as the wound heals so the hair is growing too.
8/8/12
8/8/12 The white is two broken ribs.
16/8/12 Using Neem Oil My whole hand plus large sponge would go up under the flap.
29/8/12 Start of using Resolve Wound
12/9/12
7/10/12
17/10/12
15/11/12
What has been astounding is the speed that this has healed. It is not an astringent and so the animal does not get fed up with it being applied. It is not messy and can be bandaged or not.
I have been around horses a long time and seen many nasty injuries and know they will heal but will usually take a long long time.
The vet was so surprised when he saw how it had healed and kept going back to look again.
I made a mistake in not measuring where I took the pictures from as the last look a fair size but is less than 2" now.
Stitching took over three hours and lasted three or four days before they all broke down.
The difficulty was knowing what to put on such a large wound.
Manuka Honey (30+) seemed the route to go but, it was A) very messy. B) attracted flies and wasps, C) melted off the injury D) had bedding attached to it if the yearling lay down.
I the went the Neem Oil route. This worked very well, it kept the flies away, stopped any proud flesh and stopped the oozing from sticking as much to his belly.
I then was told of Resolve Wound Salve from a couple of people in the USA. I sent for some and applied it after the first couple of weeks.
Prognosis was good that the wound would heal and vet said that after Christmas we would look at skin grafting of necessary. He thought there would be several sessions of removing proud flesh.
Here are a series of pictures. Thanks to the Resolve there is going to only be a minimal scar, there is no lump from the flap and as the wound heals so the hair is growing too.
8/8/12
8/8/12 The white is two broken ribs.
16/8/12 Using Neem Oil My whole hand plus large sponge would go up under the flap.
29/8/12 Start of using Resolve Wound
12/9/12
7/10/12
17/10/12
15/11/12
What has been astounding is the speed that this has healed. It is not an astringent and so the animal does not get fed up with it being applied. It is not messy and can be bandaged or not.
I have been around horses a long time and seen many nasty injuries and know they will heal but will usually take a long long time.
The vet was so surprised when he saw how it had healed and kept going back to look again.
I made a mistake in not measuring where I took the pictures from as the last look a fair size but is less than 2" now.
