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Location: Oklahoma | cow pie - 2014-06-20 3:34 PM It needs repaired. That is the guts falling through the hole and can lead to colic/ death. Find another vet in another town. I paid $150. on a two year old.
Exactly! Mine actually did get part of the gut down in there (was only a 2 finger hole) and she was VERY colicy ... freaked me out! Pushed it back up in there and she was fine ... but scared me to death. We scheduled the surgery the next day! Lol. |
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  Playing the Waiting Game
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| Dr. Strickland (sp) in Wewoka Oklahoma did my colt's repair for $75.00 looks to be about the same size as your foal's. Did not use a mesh and it healed nicely. I would see about getting done sooner than later. |
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Location: Finally horseback again.... | Ive seen alot of hernias and assisted in lots of the surgeries.
There are several ways to fix them but it all depends on how large it is and if the umbilical stump is still protruding through.
If it is small I have seen them use clamps, pull the skin together and they take a piece of wooden dowel rod split it half, sandwich the hernia between and use clamps much like hose clamps to tighten it down. The tissue will basically rot and fall off after it closes. This wont work if there is any of the umbilical cord left through the hole. ( it sounded insane the first time I saw it but really worked well)
For the bigger ones, its a pretty simple surgery. Sedate, roll them over, intestines fall back into the body cavity, stitch the muscle back together, then the skin. Healing time is pretty short on foals.
Can be done under the same type of sedation as a castration.
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Canchasr1 - 2014-06-24 1:44 PM Ive seen alot of hernias and assisted in lots of the surgeries.
There are several ways to fix them but it all depends on how large it is and if the umbilical stump is still protruding through.
If it is small I have seen them use clamps, pull the skin together and they take a piece of wooden dowel rod split it half, sandwich the hernia between and use clamps much like hose clamps to tighten it down. The tissue will basically rot and fall off after it closes. This wont work if there is any of the umbilical cord left through the hole. ( it sounded insane the first time I saw it but really worked well)
For the bigger ones, its a pretty simple surgery. Sedate, roll them over, intestines fall back into the body cavity, stitch the muscle back together, then the skin. Healing time is pretty short on foals.
Can be done under the same type of sedation as a castration.
ok so their explanation for the clamps was much better... I knew there was wood involved though lol.
We had one that everyone, vets included, said leave alone and it might heal on his own. As a yearling, he crawled into the feed bunk, bumped that hernia and dropped some gut down into it. He was very colicky within minutes so we rushed him to the vet and they did a surgery. Vet was 30 minutes away and by the time they had him down and opened up, the bowel was beginning to die already. Very purplish. I watched the surgery, very interesting. Here in WY I think it cost about $250-$300.
Then the one they clamped was done at weaning just to be done with it. I didn't see that one, but my husband said it was very simple. Very cheap too. |
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 Georgia Peach
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UPDATE!
Took her to the vet a few weeks ago and she suggested we try wrapping up the hernia before considering surgery. We changed the wrap yesterday (2nd time) and what a difference! I'm pretty excited that it seems to be working. I'm really hoping it continues to improve and the surgery wont be needed. A picture to compare...
Edited by Runninbay 2014-07-09 1:13 PM
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 Swiffer PIcker Upper
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Location: Four Corners Colorado | We can't see your pic! how did you wrap it? |
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Georgia Peach
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Location: Georgia | equussynergy - 2014-07-09 1:47 PM We can't see your pic! how did you wrap it?
I think I fixed the picture!
We just did a full belly wrap. It goes over her back and under her belly to compress the hernia, As you can see from the picture, the only problem is that it rubs her flanks. But it'll be worth that if it works. |
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Swiffer PIcker Upper
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Location: Four Corners Colorado | Wow! That looks great! |
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Location: Kansas | Looks great!!!!  |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Looks really good, is the hole closing? |
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