spookypony
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Please bear with me for the length; I'm just an overly-worried mum who doesn't want to overreact!
On Sunday morning, the spooky pony came in from the field with two kick wounds: one on his inner thigh (left hind) and one on his left fore above the elbow. The foreleg wound was quite deep, and both were still bleeding. He trotted up sound.
I cold-hosed both wounds, and bathed with warm saline solution, and rode him at a walk. Sunday evening, I cold-hosed again, and treated both with wound powder.
Monday, he was sound. The hind leg wound was closed, but the foreleg wound was oozing some pus, and the leg still a bit swollen. I cold-hosed it again, and applied a green antiseptic anti-insect wound gel around the wound. (He objected vehemently, sat down in his efforts to leave, broke the clip on his lead rope, fell over, and scraped his right hind hock, so that got cold water and wound powder too; idiot pony!) Then, I walked him in-hand for about 1/2 hour.
Today, he was quite lame on the wounded foreleg. The wound was still oozing, and white in places. The leg is still a bit swollen. I cold-hosed again, and applied a thick blob of Manuka honey over the whole area. The lameness did appear to improve a bit with walking. The area is not bandaged, because it is quite high up on his leg, and I'm told the thick coating of goo will keep the flies off.
Here's the question: I don't want to call the vet after-hours for what is probably not an emergency, but neither do I want a serious infection in his leg. My worried-mum side says to check in the morning, and if he's still as bad, to get the vet out tomorrow. My let's-not-overreact side says that I'd be stiff too if I got a big wallop on the shoulder like that, and to keep treating it with cold-hosing and the Manuka honey for another few days, and then call the vet if it doesn't improve. Thoughts, anyone?
On Sunday morning, the spooky pony came in from the field with two kick wounds: one on his inner thigh (left hind) and one on his left fore above the elbow. The foreleg wound was quite deep, and both were still bleeding. He trotted up sound.
I cold-hosed both wounds, and bathed with warm saline solution, and rode him at a walk. Sunday evening, I cold-hosed again, and treated both with wound powder.
Monday, he was sound. The hind leg wound was closed, but the foreleg wound was oozing some pus, and the leg still a bit swollen. I cold-hosed it again, and applied a green antiseptic anti-insect wound gel around the wound. (He objected vehemently, sat down in his efforts to leave, broke the clip on his lead rope, fell over, and scraped his right hind hock, so that got cold water and wound powder too; idiot pony!) Then, I walked him in-hand for about 1/2 hour.
Today, he was quite lame on the wounded foreleg. The wound was still oozing, and white in places. The leg is still a bit swollen. I cold-hosed again, and applied a thick blob of Manuka honey over the whole area. The lameness did appear to improve a bit with walking. The area is not bandaged, because it is quite high up on his leg, and I'm told the thick coating of goo will keep the flies off.
Here's the question: I don't want to call the vet after-hours for what is probably not an emergency, but neither do I want a serious infection in his leg. My worried-mum side says to check in the morning, and if he's still as bad, to get the vet out tomorrow. My let's-not-overreact side says that I'd be stiff too if I got a big wallop on the shoulder like that, and to keep treating it with cold-hosing and the Manuka honey for another few days, and then call the vet if it doesn't improve. Thoughts, anyone?
