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Hi all,

Looking for advise on my horses leg wound, he's had 1 weeks box rest so far and 1 course of antibiotics. The vets advise was to leave unwrapped but I'm slightly concerned now as the wound is starting to weep and appears more yellow. As he has now finished antibiotics I'm worried about infection. I've heard marvellous things on MANUKA HONEY, has anybody got any advise on how best to apply? Would I need to cover with Gauze and bandage?

Any other advise or if you've had similar incidents I'd appreciate hearing from you!

Vets are coming back out Thursday to examine, may need xray to check for any possible fractures.

Thanks
Steph


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I’ve not used Manuka honey personally but I have a horse who, in December ‘16, while with the previous owner, degloved her hind leg down to the bone. It was that bad that the vet advised putting the horse down. The pictures are horrific.

They decided to try and save her and treated the wound mostly with Manuka honey. 6 months later and it was unrecognisable- it healed astonishingly well.

A year and a half after the injury and the horse has a faint pink scar down her white sock. There is now very little lumpy scar tissue and unless you look for it, you wouldn’t notice it.
 
Ex rehab yard owner here. If you want to send or attach a picture, I'll have a look and let you know what I would do. :)
 
Stephaniepitt17 said:
Hi all,

Looking for advise on my horses leg wound, he's had 1 weeks box rest so far and 1 course of antibiotics. The vets advise was to leave unwrapped but I'm slightly concerned now as the wound is starting to weep and appears more yellow. As he has now finished antibiotics I'm worried about infection. I've heard marvellous things on MANUKA HONEY, has anybody got any advise on how best to apply? Would I need to cover with Gauze and bandage?

Any other advise or if you've had similar incidents I'd appreciate hearing from you!

Vets are coming back out Thursday to examine, may need xray to check for any possible fractures.

Thanks
Steph


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Photo fixed :)
 
Starzaan said:
Ex rehab yard owner here. If you want to send or attach a picture, I'll have a look and let you know what I would do. :)
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Please see picture above, apologies for some reason this didn't work on my original post. Any advise would be great.

He is able to walk on it pretty much perfectly.
 
Manuka honey is magic - but make sure you get the medical grade stuff of at least 20+ MGO (the higher the better).

Have treated some horrendous wounds with it and had fantastic results
 
With that wound I would clean gently with salt water everyday and either use Manuka honey or Flamazine cream. Try and keep the flies away as best as possible.
 
Holes like that take forever to fill in. It looks fine to me. I wouldn't worry about it unless it goes angry red or swells. I'd be squirting any gunge out with 3% hydrogen peroxide used like water, every day, but that's a very old fashioned treatment these days.
 
Not a horse but my sister had manuka honey dressings on a horrible leg wound for several months, changed twice a week at the hospital's wound clinic and they worked wonderfully.
 
ycbm said:
Holes like that take forever to fill in. It looks fine to me. I wouldn't worry about it unless it goes angry red or swells. I'd be squirting any gunge out with 3% hydrogen peroxide used like water, every day, but that's a very old fashioned treatment these days.
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We had a similar wound but at the side of the knee, many years ago (August Bank Holiday Sunday, of course!), we were advised to keep her out and moving, to wash out with salt water twice a day to allow the wound to heal from the inside out. As it happened, the field she was in was the furthest from the yard, so we took the salt water to the field, in an old garlic tub. The residual garlic (which was just the smell) and the salt acted as an excellent antiseptic and the wound healed with hardly any visible mark, just a few more black hairs on a bay roan with black stockings.
If you are concerned about he way this wound is healing, OP, I would ring the vet and ask for further advice before Thursday.
 
ycmb : I am trying to find some hydrogen peroxide - does anyone know where you can buy it there days?!

Also I would follow vets advice, we pay them enough money. I had a knee injury earlier this year and when he said take the bandage off I was so worried. I would highly recommend spray on plaster - I used boots stuff which was antibac, kept the flies off and was super duper as it's lightly flexible. I did lots of thin coats and it lasted a few days at time. It looks a bit scruffy where it starts to peel but worked wonders> Then I moved onto Filta Bac cream once mostly healed. :) Good luck.
 
marmalade88 said:
ycmb : I am trying to find some hydrogen peroxide - does anyone know where you can buy it there days?!

Also I would follow vets advice, we pay them enough money. I had a knee injury earlier this year and when he said take the bandage off I was so worried. I would highly recommend spray on plaster - I used boots stuff which was antibac, kept the flies off and was super duper as it's lightly flexible. I did lots of thin coats and it lasted a few days at time. It looks a bit scruffy where it starts to peel but worked wonders> Then I moved onto Filta Bac cream once mostly healed. :) Good luck.
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You can get Hydrogen Peroxide from the chemist - it's behind the counter but if you need to say you want it for your horses foot abcess or the likes they will sell it to you. Don't mention anything about using it as hair dye or you will be sent packing lol!
 
EKW said:
You can get Hydrogen Peroxide from the chemist - it's behind the counter but if you need to say you want it for your horses foot abcess or the likes they will sell it to you. Don't mention anything about using it as hair dye or you will be sent packing lol!
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IME, if you tell a pharmacy that you want something to treat an animal, they won't sell it to you.
 
Pearlsasinger said:
IME, if you tell a pharmacy that you want something to treat an animal, they won't sell it to you.
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They are not supposed to if you say it's for an animal though mine are a bit clueless and have done.

Mine did something similar in January, it also started to weep and then the leg swelled a bit so he needed a second course of antibiotics. He then had an allergic reaction to the antibiotics so had to swap to another type. Lots of expensive x rays which were clear of course. Add in the original cut was a sunday so double call out fee and the tb really milked a small cut for all it was worth.

The good news is that you can't even see where it was now.
 
marmalade88 said:
ycmb : I am trying to find some hydrogen peroxide - does anyone know where you can buy it there days?!
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Boots sell it at 6% and you add its own volume of water. Don't tell them it's for a horse :) I buy at 12% from eBay and water it down by four.
 
Get a syringe and some cotton wool. and clean twice a day with 3% hydrogen peroxide. First with cotton wool, then with the syringe to make sure no bits are left inside.

Then cover it with medical grade Manuka honey from the vet - MUST be medical grade, and the ones from the vet are the best as they come in single use tubes so no risk of spreading infection.

Looks absolutely fine to me, wouldn't be worried. :)
 
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