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Location: The best kept secret in TX | I cringed when I read the update... LOL but I am glad they did their job!
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | IRunOnFaith - 2017-04-14 3:38 PM I cringed when I read the update... LOL but I am glad they did their job!
Just curious, what does the vet do with the maggots once their job is finished?....
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Location: Aubrey, Texas | I once read about a famous calf roper (I believe it was Dean Oliver, when he broke his leg at the Madison Square Gardens rodeo) who got a bad infection. The doctors threatened to amputate his leg- he said "Nope," went home and used maggots to clean out the wound and save his leg. Those old guys were hard-core! |
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I never in my life thought I'd be so interested in maggots lol. I think I've become desensitized to the grossness of it, but I try not to think about it too hard. I have no idea what the do with them, I'm sure they dispose of them somehow but I'm not at all interested in finding out how! |
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Location: Arkansas | So glad for the good update. Even if it about maggots. . . .  |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | MissouriJen - 2017-04-14 6:46 PM I never in my life thought I'd be so interested in maggots lol. I think I've become desensitized to the grossness of it, but I try not to think about it too hard. I have no idea what the do with them, I'm sure they dispose of them somehow but I'm not at all interested in finding out how!
LOL Roxie!
I don't think I want to know either but I thought I'd ask.
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| It's been about a month since the maggots worked their magic, so I thought I'd give a little update.
Finn is doing REALLY well and the original wound is almost completely healed. The vet had created 2 drainage holes on the side of his withers and one of them is completely closed now, so we're just waiting on the other to close. He doesn't seem to have any pain associated with the area anymore either. I'm supposed to take him back for another check up in another week or two, so I'm really hoping that things may be almost completely healed by then! I am so thankful that the vet chose to go this route rather than surgery. I thought for sure he would be out of commission all year, and at this rate I may be able to start riding him mid-summer!
I've also had him on a pretty intensive feed program since his injury because he had lost some weight in the last year. He's always been a very narrow/thin horse, but after he came back from the trainer last spring he was thinner than he had been. When I've put him on any grain in the past he has become a fire breathing dragon that was almost impossible to handle, so I had just kicked him out to pasture for a while and hoped he would gain the weight back. He never did. So when he got the injury, I began giving him 6 lbs of Utium Growth, 1 cup of Purina Super Sport, and 10 lbs of alfalfa cubes per day. While he was verrrry slowly gaining some weight, I started him on Forco about 3 weeks ago and the difference has been astounding. He's looking fantastic now! |
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Location: Fort Worth / Springtown | So glad you came back to update, and even happier it is a good one! 
You learn so much when you are faced with challenges, huh?!
Hope you have a wonderful Summer with Finn! |
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Location: Not Where I Want to Be | MissouriJen - 2017-05-10 1:33 PM It's been about a month since the maggots worked their magic, so I thought I'd give a little update.
Finn is doing REALLY well and the original wound is almost completely healed. The vet had created 2 drainage holes on the side of his withers and one of them is completely closed now, so we're just waiting on the other to close. He doesn't seem to have any pain associated with the area anymore either. I'm supposed to take him back for another check up in another week or two, so I'm really hoping that things may be almost completely healed by then! I am so thankful that the vet chose to go this route rather than surgery. I thought for sure he would be out of commission all year, and at this rate I may be able to start riding him mid-summer!
I've also had him on a pretty intensive feed program since his injury because he had lost some weight in the last year. He's always been a very narrow/thin horse, but after he came back from the trainer last spring he was thinner than he had been. When I've put him on any grain in the past he has become a fire breathing dragon that was almost impossible to handle, so I had just kicked him out to pasture for a while and hoped he would gain the weight back. He never did. So when he got the injury, I began giving him 6 lbs of Utium Growth, 1 cup of Purina Super Sport, and 10 lbs of alfalfa cubes per day. While he was verrrry slowly gaining some weight, I started him on Forco about 3 weeks ago and the difference has been astounding. He's looking fantastic now!
great news,
I must admit I had never seen this condition before you posted about it, and I read a bunch about it. Glad he's getting better |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | MissouriJen - 2017-05-10 12:33 PM It's been about a month since the maggots worked their magic, so I thought I'd give a little update.
Finn is doing REALLY well and the original wound is almost completely healed. The vet had created 2 drainage holes on the side of his withers and one of them is completely closed now, so we're just waiting on the other to close. He doesn't seem to have any pain associated with the area anymore either. I'm supposed to take him back for another check up in another week or two, so I'm really hoping that things may be almost completely healed by then! I am so thankful that the vet chose to go this route rather than surgery. I thought for sure he would be out of commission all year, and at this rate I may be able to start riding him mid-summer!
I've also had him on a pretty intensive feed program since his injury because he had lost some weight in the last year. He's always been a very narrow/thin horse, but after he came back from the trainer last spring he was thinner than he had been. When I've put him on any grain in the past he has become a fire breathing dragon that was almost impossible to handle, so I had just kicked him out to pasture for a while and hoped he would gain the weight back. He never did. So when he got the injury, I began giving him 6 lbs of Utium Growth, 1 cup of Purina Super Sport, and 10 lbs of alfalfa cubes per day. While he was verrrry slowly gaining some weight, I started him on Forco about 3 weeks ago and the difference has been astounding. He's looking fantastic now!
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Location: Silver Lake, MN | This is so awesome I read all the updates and amazed at how that works. Please continue to update. I love vets that think outside of the box a little bit and give us owners some other options. |
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Location: Arkansas | So glad for a good update, and hope it keeps getting better! |
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| They are used often in human wound care and then are flushed down the toilet when they are to fat and have nothing else to digest.
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| Thanks, everyone! I just can't tell you how happy I am with his progress.
I made this earlier today to show the progress he's made. The first pic is from a day or two after it originally happened, the second is from when I brought him home from the vet, and the third is from last night.
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Location: SE KS | MissouriJen - 2017-05-11 2:43 PM Thanks, everyone! I just can't tell you how happy I am with his progress.
I made this earlier today to show the progress he's made. The first pic is from a day or two after it originally happened, the second is from when I brought him home from the vet, and the third is from last night.
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | How exciting!!!! |
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| Dinero10 - 2017-05-11 3:57 PM MissouriJen - 2017-05-11 2:43 PM Thanks, everyone! I just can't tell you how happy I am with his progress.
I made this earlier today to show the progress he's made. The first pic is from a day or two after it originally happened, the second is from when I brought him home from the vet, and the third is from last night.
How did this start? Very impressive healing - so happy for you.
Based on the bacteria that came back in the culture, we think it started because he was bit by one of my other horses. He's a bit ornery, so I'm sure he deserved it ;) |
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