hopscotch bandit
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My horse had a nasty fall last Sunday when she slipped on concrete on our yard and went down catching her hock with what I assume was her opposite hind shoe, there were sparks flying around as she scrabbled to her feet. She caught me on the back of my leg, I was very lucky as if it had been my shin I would have had a very nasty fracture and I have extensive brusing to my leg.
Fortunately she got away with a bit of a cut to her hock, no penetrating wound just a little graze. Initially I treated the slight cut with cold hosing and ice cups but then when it dried applied silver spray and gave a sachet of bute in case of inflammation. However every time she rolls either in the field or lies down in her bed the cut opens up again. There is a very slight warmth to the hock but this can be hardly felt, there is no swelling over the area. Finally some five days following the accident the scab had healed over and I thought we were winning: the skin was a lovely pink colour but now she's opened it up again yesterday and it was a little bloody so I cold hosed it and then treated with a very dilute application of hibiscrub, gave it a good cleanse and rinsed off allowed to dry and sprayed a skin barrier on.
Not sure how its reacting today as I won't go up until after work but its a nightmare to keep mud/shavings/hay out of the area. Am I right to keep applying a skin barrier such as a spray or silver spray or would you leave alone to dry up and heal on its own accord? Still no heat, so definitely not infected. The physio was due to see her two days after her fall but we decided to wait and see if she is sore anywhere and treat accordingly, as these things can take a while to manifest. I hacked her lightly over the weekend and she is sound. Any ideas how to keep the area clean and allow to heal? Worst place on the body for this type of cut as it keeps opening up.
Fortunately she got away with a bit of a cut to her hock, no penetrating wound just a little graze. Initially I treated the slight cut with cold hosing and ice cups but then when it dried applied silver spray and gave a sachet of bute in case of inflammation. However every time she rolls either in the field or lies down in her bed the cut opens up again. There is a very slight warmth to the hock but this can be hardly felt, there is no swelling over the area. Finally some five days following the accident the scab had healed over and I thought we were winning: the skin was a lovely pink colour but now she's opened it up again yesterday and it was a little bloody so I cold hosed it and then treated with a very dilute application of hibiscrub, gave it a good cleanse and rinsed off allowed to dry and sprayed a skin barrier on.
Not sure how its reacting today as I won't go up until after work but its a nightmare to keep mud/shavings/hay out of the area. Am I right to keep applying a skin barrier such as a spray or silver spray or would you leave alone to dry up and heal on its own accord? Still no heat, so definitely not infected. The physio was due to see her two days after her fall but we decided to wait and see if she is sore anywhere and treat accordingly, as these things can take a while to manifest. I hacked her lightly over the weekend and she is sound. Any ideas how to keep the area clean and allow to heal? Worst place on the body for this type of cut as it keeps opening up.