smallgirl
Well-Known Member
I posted about a month ago about my horse who had come in very lame and it turned out he had an abcess in his foot, the vet came out and dug it out on day 5 (I didn't realise it was an abcess), then a few days after that he went sound and no pus was coming out so I started to turn him out again.
On the 2nd day of turnout he came in hopping lame again, I got the farrier to come out and have another dig, he didn't find any other abcesses but dug the orinal one back a bit further and made a drainage hole, he came sound in a couple of days, and has been sound ever since (about 3 weeks) I am poulticing it (dry) twice a day and iodining the hole but the pus is still coming out, I'm going to phone the vet tomorrow.
I'm curious to know if this is normal for an abcess to be going on so long, wold it be to do with me not catching it early enough so it festered away for 2/3 days before I started poulticing it. Such a bad mum
Could someone put my mind at rest as at the moment I'm just about sick of it not getting better, I have no idea how long this is going to take but it seems quite a long time already.
Thanks very much for any advice, just to add my horse thinks this is briliant, he has an unlimited supply of hay, a servant to do whatever he wants for him and unlimited tlc. Spoilt brat....
On the 2nd day of turnout he came in hopping lame again, I got the farrier to come out and have another dig, he didn't find any other abcesses but dug the orinal one back a bit further and made a drainage hole, he came sound in a couple of days, and has been sound ever since (about 3 weeks) I am poulticing it (dry) twice a day and iodining the hole but the pus is still coming out, I'm going to phone the vet tomorrow.
I'm curious to know if this is normal for an abcess to be going on so long, wold it be to do with me not catching it early enough so it festered away for 2/3 days before I started poulticing it. Such a bad mum
Could someone put my mind at rest as at the moment I'm just about sick of it not getting better, I have no idea how long this is going to take but it seems quite a long time already.
Thanks very much for any advice, just to add my horse thinks this is briliant, he has an unlimited supply of hay, a servant to do whatever he wants for him and unlimited tlc. Spoilt brat....