Cyberchick
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Thats why she said thankyou
swelling oozing - any suggestions?
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Lizzie66
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Hi, I'm sorry if my post is one of those you are referring to, I wasn't intending to slight your care of your horse.
I was more taking issue with some of the nasty comments that had been made to cp.
I know how difficult it is sometimes when you are just uncertain in your own mind as to whether the vet is needed or not and you know if you do call them it means other bills have to wait, and then when you do call the vet it turns out to be nothing !
My best wishes for your mare and I hope you both have a good christmas.
I was more taking issue with some of the nasty comments that had been made to cp.
I know how difficult it is sometimes when you are just uncertain in your own mind as to whether the vet is needed or not and you know if you do call them it means other bills have to wait, and then when you do call the vet it turns out to be nothing !
My best wishes for your mare and I hope you both have a good christmas.
Haha
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I have told my horse he can only be ill on a tuesday as that is free call out day
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Your vets have a FREE call out day?
If I give you my vets name will you get your vets to explain this to them and why it would be a good idea?
Will they do inoculations on this free call out day?
I have told my horse he can only be ill on a tuesday as that is free call out day
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Your vets have a FREE call out day?
millyspaniel
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Thank you to everyone who has supported me here
I think most people were actually supporting you and sticking up for you, I certainly was
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I was thanking you and the others who supported me. The rest of the post was for the others who judged me without knowing me.
Thank you also for those who gave advice
Anyways, the vet called me back and said to bathe it with warm salt water and said it was normal for it to be leaking fluid as its so swollen. Whe i bathed it it was actually not as bad as i thought, one dirty cotton wool piece and the rest clean. He said if it dosent improve by thursday then to go to the surgery to pick up more anti-biotics
Thank you to everyone who has supported me here
I think most people were actually supporting you and sticking up for you, I certainly was
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Thank you also for those who gave advice
Anyways, the vet called me back and said to bathe it with warm salt water and said it was normal for it to be leaking fluid as its so swollen. Whe i bathed it it was actually not as bad as i thought, one dirty cotton wool piece and the rest clean. He said if it dosent improve by thursday then to go to the surgery to pick up more anti-biotics
cptrayes
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I wouldn't be able to afford a vet bill either. I am a student with no job and a horse. Do I have to get rid of my boy?
Every day I look out of my window and he is in the field warm, healthy and happy with no problems, he is shod, fed and has a more expensive wardrobe than me but because I wouldn't be able to afford a vet bill I shouldn't own him?!
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How incredibly irresponsible! What are you going to pay the vet with when he DOES need one? If you genuinely mean you cannot afford a vet bill, then NO, you should not be keeping a horse!
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and yet again you jump to conclusions, I left out a few critical factors that 1) my parents help me out wherever they can but this isn't often and 2) I get the money from the livery to pay for him oh and 3) I have a hell of a lot of savings if necessary.
Just because I don't work doesn't mean I don't have money.
I think a irresponsible owner is one that doesn't do anything if the horse needs a vet they really shouldn't have horses, just because I can't pay for it straight away doesn't mean I would let my horse suffer.
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You have "a hell of a lot of" savings? So how come you wrote "I wouldn't be able to afford a vet bill either", and then accuse me of making assumptions? You clearly do not fit into the type of horse owner I am worried about, do you?
What I don't understand is why so many people have assumed that because you find it hard to find the money to pay your vet bills, that I am saying you personally should not have horses.
That was never what I said. The fact that you all found the money clearly puts you outside the group of people who I believe should not own horses - those that can NOT find the money to pay their vets bills.
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I wouldn't be able to afford a vet bill either. I am a student with no job and a horse. Do I have to get rid of my boy?
Every day I look out of my window and he is in the field warm, healthy and happy with no problems, he is shod, fed and has a more expensive wardrobe than me but because I wouldn't be able to afford a vet bill I shouldn't own him?!
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How incredibly irresponsible! What are you going to pay the vet with when he DOES need one? If you genuinely mean you cannot afford a vet bill, then NO, you should not be keeping a horse!
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and yet again you jump to conclusions, I left out a few critical factors that 1) my parents help me out wherever they can but this isn't often and 2) I get the money from the livery to pay for him oh and 3) I have a hell of a lot of savings if necessary.
Just because I don't work doesn't mean I don't have money.
I think a irresponsible owner is one that doesn't do anything if the horse needs a vet they really shouldn't have horses, just because I can't pay for it straight away doesn't mean I would let my horse suffer.
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You have "a hell of a lot of" savings? So how come you wrote "I wouldn't be able to afford a vet bill either", and then accuse me of making assumptions? You clearly do not fit into the type of horse owner I am worried about, do you?
What I don't understand is why so many people have assumed that because you find it hard to find the money to pay your vet bills, that I am saying you personally should not have horses.
That was never what I said. The fact that you all found the money clearly puts you outside the group of people who I believe should not own horses - those that can NOT find the money to pay their vets bills.
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I have told my horse he can only be ill on a tuesday as that is free call out day
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Your vets have a FREE call out day?
If I give you my vets name will you get your vets to explain this to them and why it would be a good idea?
Will they do inoculations on this free call out day?
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yup several of the vets round here do, technically not for first visit of a problem but great for non urgent follow ups and anything routine, exactly like vaccinations
they cover a different area each day of the week for free.
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Your vets have a FREE call out day?
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yup several of the vets round here do, technically not for first visit of a problem but great for non urgent follow ups and anything routine, exactly like vaccinations
cptrayes
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Wright and Morten do "no callout charge" days in Cheshire too. Teeth, flu jab, that sort of routine thing all done for just the cost of the treatment, pay on the day.
Onyxia
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I see your point and agree with you,to a point
You have no idea why the OP could not afford another vet call out ATM-maybe she has just been jit by a large utility bill that would make her unable to pay it this month but able to pay from the next pay packet.
I know I have to juggle things now and then,and many companies DO offer to let you spread paymets for services so that you can pay when you can(BT for example,are happy to give you extra time to pay you phone bill if you ask ).
If the OP had posted to ask what to do instead of getting the vet out I too would have been worried about her horse,however,she posted asking for(I think anyway) some advice while waiting for her vet to call back.
Horse has seen vet.
Wound is doing what vet said it would.
OP had called vet for phone consult before posting.
OP,like most of us,could do without a call out fee a few days before christmas.
Nothing odd there!
You have no idea why the OP could not afford another vet call out ATM-maybe she has just been jit by a large utility bill that would make her unable to pay it this month but able to pay from the next pay packet.
I know I have to juggle things now and then,and many companies DO offer to let you spread paymets for services so that you can pay when you can(BT for example,are happy to give you extra time to pay you phone bill if you ask ).
If the OP had posted to ask what to do instead of getting the vet out I too would have been worried about her horse,however,she posted asking for(I think anyway) some advice while waiting for her vet to call back.
Horse has seen vet.
Wound is doing what vet said it would.
OP had called vet for phone consult before posting.
OP,like most of us,could do without a call out fee a few days before christmas.
Nothing odd there!
Haha
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Well I wasn't going to comment on this but like a few others maybe if millyspaniel had come back on sooner to say that of course she would have a vet if horse was bad it would have saved all this back biting. I have to agree with cptrayes that when I read it thats what it sounded like (that the OP could not afford another £50 call out). Although I am sometimes misread or misunderstood and try to quickly remedy the situation. But millyspaniel let this go on too long before saying anything??
millyspaniel
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Well I wasn't going to comment on this but like a few others maybe if millyspaniel had come back on sooner to say that of course she would have a vet if horse was bad it would have saved all this back biting. I have to agree with cptrayes that when I read it thats what it sounded like (that the OP could not afford another £50 call out). Although I am sometimes misread or misunderstood and try to quickly remedy the situation. But millyspaniel let this go on too long before saying anything??
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Because i have 3 horses to tend to and shortly after posting the message the vet called me, i then went down to tend to my mare. I didnt think by saying something in passing that people where going to jump on the case and start ranting how i shouldnt have horses when frankly they dont my situation.
I meant - another vet bill is the last thing i need a few days before christmas..........and yes i am insured for vet fees and the excess is £250. So, if i could save the vet from coming out and telling me exactly what he could tell me over the phone (having seeing the mare previously on 2 occasions - one being sunday the other thursdau evening) then id rather save the £50 call out and the vets journey through ungritted roads in this icy weather. If the vet had said he wanted to come and see her then of course i would have excepted that, anything to help my mare make a full recovery and feel comfortable.
So, is that a good enough explanation for you people who said i shouldnt have horses??? i think the comments where uncalled for
Well I wasn't going to comment on this but like a few others maybe if millyspaniel had come back on sooner to say that of course she would have a vet if horse was bad it would have saved all this back biting. I have to agree with cptrayes that when I read it thats what it sounded like (that the OP could not afford another £50 call out). Although I am sometimes misread or misunderstood and try to quickly remedy the situation. But millyspaniel let this go on too long before saying anything??
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Because i have 3 horses to tend to and shortly after posting the message the vet called me, i then went down to tend to my mare. I didnt think by saying something in passing that people where going to jump on the case and start ranting how i shouldnt have horses when frankly they dont my situation.
I meant - another vet bill is the last thing i need a few days before christmas..........and yes i am insured for vet fees and the excess is £250. So, if i could save the vet from coming out and telling me exactly what he could tell me over the phone (having seeing the mare previously on 2 occasions - one being sunday the other thursdau evening) then id rather save the £50 call out and the vets journey through ungritted roads in this icy weather. If the vet had said he wanted to come and see her then of course i would have excepted that, anything to help my mare make a full recovery and feel comfortable.
So, is that a good enough explanation for you people who said i shouldnt have horses??? i think the comments where uncalled for
FestiveBoomBoom
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haha! Listen millyspaniel you must spend ALL of your time sat by the computer ready to reply and defend yourself no matter what. Oh and also, it's YOUR fault there has been all this back biting.
But seriously..............don't let this drag you down. I think what you said was completely taken out of context and some of the comments on here are beyond ridiculous
But seriously..............don't let this drag you down. I think what you said was completely taken out of context and some of the comments on here are beyond ridiculous
cptrayes
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Millyspaniel I am sorry that you were upset by what I posted but what I actually said was "if" you could not afford the bill. You can, so what followed did not apply to you.
At no time did I suggest that you personally, or anyone else personally, should not keep a horse. As soon as you got to the "if" in what I wrote, then the statement which followed no longer applied to you personally, only to others who cannot pay their bills.
I hope your horse is better soon.
At no time did I suggest that you personally, or anyone else personally, should not keep a horse. As soon as you got to the "if" in what I wrote, then the statement which followed no longer applied to you personally, only to others who cannot pay their bills.
I hope your horse is better soon.
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haha! Listen millyspaniel you must spend ALL of your time sat by the computer ready to reply and defend yourself no matter what. Oh and also, it's YOUR fault there has been all this back biting.
But seriously..............don't let this drag you down. I think what you said was completely taken out of context and some of the comments on here are beyond ridiculous
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Then why post a question if your not going to wait for the answers. As stated earlier things get taken out of context so get off your high horse wagtail.
haha! Listen millyspaniel you must spend ALL of your time sat by the computer ready to reply and defend yourself no matter what. Oh and also, it's YOUR fault there has been all this back biting.
But seriously..............don't let this drag you down. I think what you said was completely taken out of context and some of the comments on here are beyond ridiculous
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Then why post a question if your not going to wait for the answers. As stated earlier things get taken out of context so get off your high horse wagtail.
FestiveBoomBoom
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Whatever. I think i'll stay up there actually.
Oh and maybe because some people don't have time to stay by their computer all day waiting with baited breath to write on a forum.
Oh and maybe because some people don't have time to stay by their computer all day waiting with baited breath to write on a forum.
millyspaniel
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Then why post a question if your not going to wait for the answers. As stated earlier things get taken out of context so get off your high horse wagtail.
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Sorry but as i mentioned before i had to dash as i had to tend to my horses and had every intention of coming back to the post (as i have done so) i didnt expect the vet to call so soon!!
Normally when i call him he takes a while to get back to me as hes so busy.
All very genuine really
Chestnuttymare
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Glad your horse is ok and hope the antb's do their job.
So.....what if, the owner has a really good job, as does husband. Owner takes really ill and hubby has to come home from lucrative job abroad to take care of her. Treatment has been expensive and due to nature of husbands job, it's not easy to get a job here. Savings have been used up. so basically gone from living the high life wioth money no object to the other end of teh scale. They are managing to keep their heads above water, horses want for nothing, well fed, well looked after. But a vets bill would cause a problem right now. What should she do with her horses. She lives for her horses and the only time she is pain free is when she is riding. something to do with adrenaline and pheremones or something. One horse had cancer last year, which has been treated but will come back eventiually. He is quite elderly. the other one is a tempremental ex racehorse who had a terrible past and would struggle with another owner. This horse is 20 with arthritis (kept at bay with supplement).
so neither are really saleable. what should happen to them? Going by what CP says, she shouldn't have them so what should she do with them?
So.....what if, the owner has a really good job, as does husband. Owner takes really ill and hubby has to come home from lucrative job abroad to take care of her. Treatment has been expensive and due to nature of husbands job, it's not easy to get a job here. Savings have been used up. so basically gone from living the high life wioth money no object to the other end of teh scale. They are managing to keep their heads above water, horses want for nothing, well fed, well looked after. But a vets bill would cause a problem right now. What should she do with her horses. She lives for her horses and the only time she is pain free is when she is riding. something to do with adrenaline and pheremones or something. One horse had cancer last year, which has been treated but will come back eventiually. He is quite elderly. the other one is a tempremental ex racehorse who had a terrible past and would struggle with another owner. This horse is 20 with arthritis (kept at bay with supplement).
so neither are really saleable. what should happen to them? Going by what CP says, she shouldn't have them so what should she do with them?
millyspaniel
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Then why post a question if your not going to wait for the answers. As stated earlier things get taken out of context so get off your high horse wagtail.
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Then why post a question if your not going to wait for the answers. As stated earlier things get taken out of context so get off your high horse wagtail.
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the above was a qoute (i missed off the quoteation marks)
Haha
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Who's scenario are you describing here
MS's or yours
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Yes I realised that
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Yes I realised that
Haha
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Whatever. I think i'll stay up there actually.
Oh and maybe because some people don't have time to stay by their computer all day waiting with baited breath to write on a forum.
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Night then
Whatever. I think i'll stay up there actually.
Oh and maybe because some people don't have time to stay by their computer all day waiting with baited breath to write on a forum.
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Night then
FestiveBoomBoom
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hypothetical?
FestiveBoomBoom
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touche, haha! touche
Haha
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hypothetical?
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Sorry? Are you answering for Chestnuttymare? only you seemed to be answering for millyspaniel earlier?
Are you one in the same or do you have a split personality
hypothetical?
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Sorry? Are you answering for Chestnuttymare? only you seemed to be answering for millyspaniel earlier?
Are you one in the same or do you have a split personality
FestiveBoomBoom
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ah, the hypothetical was answering chestnuttymare and I certainly hope I don't suffer from any mental health/split personality disorders, but you never know! No I was only bantering earlier, perhaps in a slightly sarcastic way so apologies, no offence intended. But I liked your 'night then' response hence the touche! Hope that made sense, probably not
Haha
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ah, the hypothetical was answering chestnuttymare and I certainly hope I don't suffer from any mental health/split personality disorders, but you never know! No I was only bantering earlier, perhaps in a slightly sarcastic way so apologies, no offence intended. But I liked your 'night then' response hence the touche! Hope that made sense, probably not
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It did
make sense that is.
ah, the hypothetical was answering chestnuttymare and I certainly hope I don't suffer from any mental health/split personality disorders, but you never know! No I was only bantering earlier, perhaps in a slightly sarcastic way so apologies, no offence intended. But I liked your 'night then' response hence the touche! Hope that made sense, probably not
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It did
wysiwyg
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For £50.00 the OP could get the Knackerman out.
Serenity087
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I can afford the vet, only because I haven't been feeding mine for months!
Oooh... I can't wait to get lynched...
In seriousness, when we are predicted to have a lot of starving horses this winter, who is fussed about a vets bill?
Yes, it may be 'cheap' working out if you can treat an abcess without the vet coming back, but if the horse is fed, is it such a worry? The vet has already been and administered medicine so the animal is not suffering under any UK law!
Meanwhile thousands of our furry friends are going to starve/freeze to death this winter.
Have any of you well off horsey types donated some of your amassed wealth to the charities trying to cope with this burden?
Of course, not.
I can't. You see, now it's cold, I have to pay for feed and hayage. Can't just magic money from no where!
Oooh... I can't wait to get lynched...
In seriousness, when we are predicted to have a lot of starving horses this winter, who is fussed about a vets bill?
Yes, it may be 'cheap' working out if you can treat an abcess without the vet coming back, but if the horse is fed, is it such a worry? The vet has already been and administered medicine so the animal is not suffering under any UK law!
Meanwhile thousands of our furry friends are going to starve/freeze to death this winter.
Have any of you well off horsey types donated some of your amassed wealth to the charities trying to cope with this burden?
Of course, not.
I can't. You see, now it's cold, I have to pay for feed and hayage. Can't just magic money from no where!
Darkhorse
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thats a bit uncalled for.
I have had a stonker of a vets bill this year, I was insured, so had always considered that would cover a major incident..... Not the case. I ended up with a colic bill in excess of £10k only half covered by the insurance. I didn't have instant access to over £5000 to settle the rest so had to agree terms with my vet and the hospital. Does that make me a bad irresponsible owner or should I have had her PTS when the bill got to 5000
sadly that ended up being the case.
For £50.00 the OP could get the Knackerman out.
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I have had a stonker of a vets bill this year, I was insured, so had always considered that would cover a major incident..... Not the case. I ended up with a colic bill in excess of £10k only half covered by the insurance. I didn't have instant access to over £5000 to settle the rest so had to agree terms with my vet and the hospital. Does that make me a bad irresponsible owner or should I have had her PTS when the bill got to 5000
FestiveBoomBoom
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oh lordy!
For £50.00 the OP could get the Knackerman out.
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oh lordy!
Ravenwood
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QR: Gosh there must be a lot of bored people on the forum tonight
Poor old Millyspaniel, worried about her mare's weeping wound and another bill ontop then berated for not sitting by her computer and letting the wound weep away - it was a no win situation for her
So nice to see such sympathy and support for her!
I think the raging argument of "if you can't afford the vet, you can't afford the horse" should have been taken onto a new thread.
I would hate to think of anyone being put off by this thread for asking a quick advice question when there is such a wealth of knowledge amongst this forum for fear of wording it ambiguously.
MS: I hope that as soon as the wound has dried up that it heals very quickly
Poor old Millyspaniel, worried about her mare's weeping wound and another bill ontop then berated for not sitting by her computer and letting the wound weep away - it was a no win situation for her
So nice to see such sympathy and support for her!
I think the raging argument of "if you can't afford the vet, you can't afford the horse" should have been taken onto a new thread.
I would hate to think of anyone being put off by this thread for asking a quick advice question when there is such a wealth of knowledge amongst this forum for fear of wording it ambiguously.
MS: I hope that as soon as the wound has dried up that it heals very quickly