Horse nibbling its wound.

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Does anyone have any advice that could help me.
I have a yearling that tried to jump a fence about 4 weeks ago and caught herself. She now has a gaping wound on her back leg. We've had the vet out and he's told us to treat it with purple spray, antibiotics and bute. But time will only tell if it will heal right. The problem is that she's now started to nibble at it which makes it raw and start to bleed again. Does anyone have any idea's on how to stop her doing this as she's not letting it heal????
 
A craddle collar will prevent her bending her neck to get at the wound, but she will need to be stabled with this.

You could try a grazing muzzle.

You could put a dry dressing and bandage on it?
 
Could anyone tell me about Manuka Honey. I've seen it mentioned in other posts. How do you use it? Do you feed it or put it on the wound?
 
Also my horse has started to fight us every step of the way, she wont let us anywhere near her leg, we're having to spray the purple spray with a syringe from a distance and most of it ends up on the floor. Her meds are having to be mixed in with her food otherwise she wont take them even then its debatable. Before this happened she was a sweet temepered thing but now she's showing us how strong willed she can be.
Apart from sedating her everyday which we really dont want to do anyone have any idea's on how to keep her friendly and stress to a minimum for her and us.
 
You can buy it from large supermarkets or chemists, and you put it on the wound as Dad was given it for his leg ulcer. It is a special honey, think its from New Zealand.
 
I fought against sedating my boy when he started box rest and turned into a vicious and unpleasant horse. I then was persuaded to try him on ACP and he's a gentle lamb now, with a happy far-away expression and permanently pricked ears. So I don't think he's disliking it at all. I would consider him to be "stoned". Having said, he's now on 3x the dose he was on and he doesn't seem as affected by it - not sure if they build up a resistance?

Don't be afraid to give sedation a try, if that's what your vet recommends.
 
She was a lot better today, not to bad can only hope that she realises that we're trying to help her not hurt her more.
Finger's crossed.
 
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