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Sounds like flushing the small hole she has might be a good idea. I really want it to go away for good!

Lysane

Barbara McCrary <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Many years ago, our daughter was riding her horse in the forest and he
tripped over a redwood log and received a puncture wound. Anyone who knows
redwood knows that it causes festering, as with a splinter in the finger.
This horse received a large splinter of redwood in the tendon area, and
although we treated it, it kept on festering, healing, opening, festering
for about a year. Finally took the horse to a vet and he sliced open the
skin in the area of the hole and drew out the splinter. After further
flushing, the wound healed perfectly.

Barbara

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Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 1:32 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] Scar tissue/infection - vet advice


>> Wondering if anyone has experience with a scar on their horse that
>> seems to get infected every few months..
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> I was coming down the mountain on Kaboot through a trail so washed out it
> looked more like a stream bed. Got off at the bottom and his right rear
> fetlock was laid open. Had no idea when he did it. I healed, but one
> corner stayed open and kept draining. Finally took him to the vet and he
> kind of opened it up and flushed it good (really good) inside sort of
> below the wound. His theory was that he had cut it on the upswing and the
> debris was below the opening and wasn't able to drain up to get out of
> it. Since you said this opening is at the top of the old wound, maybe the
> same happened to yours.
>
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> Angie McGhee
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