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[bubchub]

Brought my mare home from the breeding farm on Saturday. Turned her out into the back pasture and let her older yearling colt out in the pen beside the house. Looked out the window to go to church and the colt is bleeding. Look closer and he ahs a 2 foot long, 3 inch wide gash. Goofy me leaned a fence post on the pipe fence . So $270 later I'm thankful my colt is alive and on the road to recovery. Just had to share.

 

[Anonymous]

I hope your colt is doing alright now and make sure you got that cut covered good because you dont want flies in and around it...good luck to you and your colt

 

[msscamp]

I'm glad he's on the road to recovery and I hope there won't be any pitfalls along the way. I agree with Heritage_Farmboy, make sure the flies can't get to the wound or things could get very nasty, pretty quickly!

 

[bubchub]

I'm glad he's on the road to recovery and I hope there won't be any pitfalls along the way. I agree with Heritage_Farmboy, make sure the flies can't get to the wound or things could get very nasty, pretty quickly!

Thanks for y'alls concern. The vet said NOT to cover it? He said just to keep fly spray on it. Does this sound right?

 

[Anonymous]

I'm glad he's on the road to recovery and I hope there won't be any pitfalls along the way. I agree with Heritage_Farmboy, make sure the flies can't get to the wound or things could get very nasty, pretty quickly!

Thanks for y'alls concern. The vet said NOT to cover it? He said just to keep fly spray on it. Does this sound right?

well the only reason I could think to not cover it is so oxygen can get to it...but i'd have a hard time trusting fly spray to keep every dern fly off...when I was young we had a hog that tried to go under the fence near the fencepost...got his eye caught on a nail and tore it open...got mud all over his face where we couldn't tell it was there...then some flies got in there...next thing we knew there was maggots crawling out of his eye and we lost a pig...so I always make sure to keep them cuts covered away from the flies...because it aint pretty when they get in there...but i'd say keep a very close watch on that cut for flies...but if the vet said dont cover it up...then i'd listen to them...I hope your colt gets better soon...good luck

Have a good day

 

[milkmaid]

Where's the cut at? that makes a big difference in whether or not to cover it.

Cuts do heal better with exposure to air...think of the difference between a cut that has a bandaid on it and one that doesn't. Which heals faster?

 

[Anonymous]

Where's the cut at? that makes a big difference in whether or not to cover it.

Cuts do heal better with exposure to air...think of the difference between a cut that has a bandaid on it and one that doesn't. Which heals faster?

well it depends on if the cut without a bandaid stays clean or not...bubchub...did the vet give you something to clean the cut with?...because it should be cleaned daily

Have a good day

 

[Alan]

I'm with milkmaid, it depends on the location of the cut and whether it is open or stitched. I have also learned the hard way that if you have something the horse can injure itself on it will find a way to do it. They also have fly creams to rub on the area that stay on longer than sprays.

By the way, I think that cross between you Two Eyed Jack mare and Powerproof would give you one heck of a great horse. Is that the stud you went with?

Good luck,
Alan

 

[Anonymous]

bubchub...I forgot to ask...how deep is the cut?

 

[bubchub]

To everyone: the cut is on his left shoulder and was just deep enough to graze the muscle. Vet said this was good as the muscle was not really damaged but the skin had enough muscle attached to keep up the blood supply. I was told to was the cut with a water hose.

To Alan: Yes I went with Power Proof. The stallion manager was impressed with my mare's breeding. The mare is 18 and still going strong. I think I have even found the stud for next year at the farm. San Jo Lena. HAs anyone heard of him?

 

[milkmaid]

I seriously doubt there's a way to cover a cut on the shoulder itself, short of a full front leg/shoulder cast. Did your vet stitch it back together? I'd just stick with what you've been told to do; it sounds like your vet knows what he's talking about.

 

[Anonymous]

I seriously doubt there's a way to cover a cut on the shoulder itself, short of a full front leg/shoulder cast. Did your vet stitch it back together? I'd just stick with what you've been told to do; it sounds like your vet knows what he's talking about.

he said it was a 3 inch wide gash...can they stitch a cut thats 3 inches wide?...I dont believe i've ever seen a cut quite that wide

 

[Alan]

I would stick to what the Vet said to do. If the gash is 3 inches wide and about 2 feet long, but just gazed the muscle you are lucky. Sounds like the colt just peeled of the skin and should heal fine. The skin will grow back and may not even be much, if any scar. Just keep it clean and try to keep the flies off.

I'll check out the stud your planning on using next year... I just enjoy researching pedigree. Sound like you breed top notch horses.

Alan

 

[bubchub]

. Sound like you breed top notch horses.

Alan

I am not that into horses. I am just fifteen and have had this mare since i was five years old. I just now really got into getting her bred. The colt that is injured and her new two week old colt I really messed up on. My grandfather talked me into breeding to a halter horse (son of Coolest) because he looked good. But I have talked to more experienced people who told me half cutting bred/halter bred horses are worthless. But I guess you just have to learn as a newbie (not to the farm but to horses).

I guess the cut is not 2 foot but closer to 1 foot. IT is a normal cut but began to widen to 3-4 inches by the time we made it to the vet. Maybe I can Post some pics of the stitches. The little tear in the muscle is sewn up and the skin has tough stitches in straining ares and then has a "pretty stich to fully close him up.

 

[Alan]

bubchub,

I wouldn't think that the Halter/cutting horse would be worthless, in fact maybe along way from it. You never know what you'll get on the ground. You may end up with a big, well muscle athlete. I would say that it's along way from worthless. I bred my mare back to the current world champion junior western pleasure horse this year. One of his lines is halter. I don't breed halter horse, but just because halter horse are big and muscled, doesn't mean alot of them aren't good athletes. See what you get when he grows a little.

Sound like your colt is going to be fine, just keep doing what the vet tells you to.


And you do breed quality horse.... fancy horses ;-)
Alan

 

[msscamp]

bubchub,

I wouldn't think that the Halter/cutting horse would be worthless, in fact maybe along way from it. You never know what you'll get on the ground. You may end up with a big, well muscle athlete. I would say that it's along way from worthless. I bred my mare back to the current world champion junior western pleasure horse this year. One of his lines is halter. I don't breed halter horse, but just because halter horse are big and muscled, doesn't mean alot of them aren't good athletes. See what you get when he grows a little.

Sound like your colt is going to be fine, just keep doing what the vet tells you to.


And you do breed quality horse.... fancy horses ;-)
Alan

I don't know a whole lot about performance horses, but with what I do know - I would have to agree with Alan.