Hole In The Head Horse - 19 days later

[Tia]

A few people have asked to see an update on the mare who smashed into a gate post and fractured her skull. Well the photo below was taken a few moments ago and is 19 days after the event. The hole is what you can see; the yellow Furicin is being applied to around the hole now and not in it, so what you see is the skin growing back to the inside of the yellow Furicin.

The horse has been living outside 24/7 for the whole of her recovery period. She is still on antibiotics and will be for another week. She came off bute 5 days ago.

And this is when it happened 2 and a half weeks ago for those who may not have seen this back then.

 

[thedunthing]

oh that looks to be healing vry well, still looks awful though bless her

 

[GinaB]

I cringe everytime I see these photos. That poor thing, but looks to be healing up very nicely

She is very lucky to have you tending to her

 

[sarahrees]

thats brilliant

 

[Colleen_Miss_Tom]

Ohh its closed over quite alot hasn't it

How long does the vet reckon it will take for it to close over completely ??

 

[DipseyDeb]

wow, what a difference!!

 

[Eaglestone]

Oh that has improved so much .... has her personality improved as she was, shall we say, a handful, wasn't she???

 

[lilym]

looking really good!

 

[Tia]

QR -

Yes it really is quite amazing. I wish I had taken the photo before putting on the Furicin as it looks like the bit under the Furicin is hole too but it isn't - if you look closely you can see the skin and a bit of bone on the inner rim of the Furicin

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The vet came to see her on Saturday and was absolutely blown away by the amount it had grown over. He thinks, judging by how quickly it is healing, that it will be completely sealed over in 2 or 3 weeks ... and I think he may well be right. It is only about a third of the size it was initially.

 

[Tia]

She is fine with me but I still don't trust her. She really let herself down last week though - she tried to attack my husband last week, and a couple of days later she went for my daughter. They were both walking along the fenceline with me and both wondered if it was because they were with me? I don't know but she hasn't tried to attack me for ages; even though I am the one doing all the horrid stuff to her right now. I think she has become a little possessive over me.

 

[YorksG]

She is healing well isn't she. It is amazing what they can recover from, hope the temper with other people improves.

 

[Tharg]

Great progress

Is this one of the two you had problems with ages ago?

 

[Tia]

Yes; this is the daughter; she's a real hellraiser Lol!

 

[PapaFrita]

Wow, it IS healing well!

 

[Ellies_mum2]

I was wondering how the mare was getting on

It really is healing well isn't it

Fingers crossed the temperament improves along with it

 

[piaffe]

Wow! The difference is amazing but, oh my god, the photos make me cringe.

 

[Thistle]

gosh it's really improving, you should call her Lucky.

 

[Honeypots]

Isn't skin amazing stuff?!!

 

[annunziata]

she is looking really good still makes my stomach turn that injury!!!

 

[lexiedhb]

Holy cow!! Missed the original post on this, but blimey dont know what I do if a horse of mine came in and I could practically see its brain!!!

Healing really well though by the looks of it!

 

[cob1]

OMG that must have been horrific for you, i am so pleased its getting better.

Cant imagine how you felt when you seen it - i would have probs passed out.

X

 

[kellyeaton]

what was on the gate post to pucture her? when you first ran the vet when it happened what was there treatment for it and what have you been doing to make it look so well? stupid question did it bleed has she or will she need an operation or not?

 

[yipster]

That's amazing how much it's healed! She's a very lucky girl.

 

[kerilli]

crikey, that's amazing. must admit, i'd be terrified a fly might go into the hole, i think i'd cover it with gauze, but i'm a bit of a worst-case-scenario-with-everything when it comes to horses. amazing healing.
the only horse i've ever know that fractured its skull was put onto 1 year's box rest in a total black-out stable, poor thing.

 

[BeckyD]

Wow it looks to be healing well. Just goes to show the benefit of horses' small brains...they have lots of empty head.

 

[Theresa_F]

Amazing how they recover - Breeze was the same - a massive hole and you could pluck the tendons had you wanted and within a few months, even the black hair and grown back.

Perhaps the fact that she is up to attacking people again means she is feeling better

Agree with you - I wouldn't trust the bugger either.

 

[bonney]

OMG i did not see the original post it looks as if its healing very quickly.

 

[Cop-Pop]

Wow it looks so much better

I think if my horse came in with that injury I'd probably fall apart

She's lucky to have you nursing her

 

[VLHIEASTON]

OMG not seen this b4, poor thing, but its healing fantastically.

 

[ihatework]

Yuk, glad she is on the mend and not quite yet a candidate for the Darwin awards!