[RC] Leg Wound Help - Val Nicoson
Yet another learning experience for my mare and I want
to be sure to do the right thing for her. She has a
nice horizontal cut (gash) just below her left front
knee but the stable says it doesn't need stitching
(marginal IMHO). She also has some scrapes around her
fetlock and pastern areas. All these wounds are on
the front of her leg.
She is swollen a ways up from her knee and all the way
down to her fetlock, perhaps some minute swelling in
her pastern but hard to tell. The swelled area does
have heat and there is definitely fluid about the knee
region.
This all happened on Wednesday but due to the weather
the stable manager didn't call me...and didn't call me
yesterday either. I discovered it when I went out
last night to visit her. There was a note from the
manager on the stall door...she had washed it off and
put some
ointment on the wound.
Another boarder suggested 3 grams of Bute which we did
give her (she needed something). Did hose her down
for 15 minutes which reduced the swelling nicely and
then put some yellow ointment on it. She does get
some MSM in her morning grain ration so did double
that to help with the joint swelling.
OK...here are my questions...
1. What else can I use besides Bute? Banamine I can
get but it is expensive. Anything else out there that
would help and for how long should these meds be used?
2. Ice or Heat? Did hose her leg down with very cold
water. When does one use both...20 min of ice and
then 20 min of heat? Can only get to the barn once a
day... so it that OK...is once a day OK or should it
be done twice a day?
3. Should the wound be wrapped or left open? If
wrapped should there be ointment/gauze under that?
4. Should she be turned out at all for 1-2 hours or
kept in the stall? If stall kept, would handwalking
help or not?
I will be calling a vet today to obtain some meds and
perhaps he might order some penicillin or other stuff.
Thanks for your help...this is my first at dealing
with such an injury,
Val + Sania
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