Ranyhyn
Well-Known Member
Hey guys - a few opinions please!
Been to see Ed today and noticed the little ex-racer that Ed shares a field with - has got a nice deep gash on his upper foreleg. I got him in, with the view to hibiscrub it out and pop some cream on it to keep the flies out, until hiw owners come up ( I am a bit of a first aid idiot so hibiscrub and cream is the answer to most minor ailments for me
) and then turn him back out.
Anyway get him to the yard and a few people mention it may need a stitch in it, so not to apply anything as the vet wont stitch.
No-one has the owners no to hand, our YO is on holiday and the owners only come up once a day (that we know of) so may have already been up.
I decided to leave him in, in the hope that they were coming up this evening, so they could call the vet to have a look. I gave him hay and water and left a little note telling them what I had done.
Sadly I have just had a call from a friend saying the horse was going ape in his stable and what should we do? I suggested turning him out, but he is too much so now we're stuck completely.
I honestly understand now why so many people turn a blind eye when another persons' horse damages itself, because you end up stuck between a rock and a hard place!
He is in for the time being with his grill closed to keep him from trying to climb out.
What would you have done? Should I have just left him to it in the field??
Kitty
Been to see Ed today and noticed the little ex-racer that Ed shares a field with - has got a nice deep gash on his upper foreleg. I got him in, with the view to hibiscrub it out and pop some cream on it to keep the flies out, until hiw owners come up ( I am a bit of a first aid idiot so hibiscrub and cream is the answer to most minor ailments for me
Anyway get him to the yard and a few people mention it may need a stitch in it, so not to apply anything as the vet wont stitch.
No-one has the owners no to hand, our YO is on holiday and the owners only come up once a day (that we know of) so may have already been up.
I decided to leave him in, in the hope that they were coming up this evening, so they could call the vet to have a look. I gave him hay and water and left a little note telling them what I had done.
Sadly I have just had a call from a friend saying the horse was going ape in his stable and what should we do? I suggested turning him out, but he is too much so now we're stuck completely.
I honestly understand now why so many people turn a blind eye when another persons' horse damages itself, because you end up stuck between a rock and a hard place!
He is in for the time being with his grill closed to keep him from trying to climb out.
What would you have done? Should I have just left him to it in the field??
Kitty
