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| Over the Fourth of July my colt tried to jump some panels and got hung up, causing a large injury to his right lower leg. Through the last few months and one surgery we have been able to recover him to the point where vets say he will be able to function just like he would before the accident. However, there will be a lot of scarring. I was just wondering if you guys had any ideas on how to minimize scarring after we finish having to wrap the wound? I've heard of babes gold and other products like that but don't know what's best for my situation. I will try to include pictures below |
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| NO WRAPPING WHICH CREATES BACTERIAL INFECTIONS ... horses are unique in having granulated flesh which grows from the inside out as planned protection ... if left to grow wild it will turn into proud flesh which protrudes above the hair line ....
Simple cheap fix and you must continue the 4 day routines even when you think he has healed in order to turn scar tissue into hair producing tissue by closing up the hurt areas ....
What you need ..
Caustic powder (wonder dust) to eat on and control the granulated flesh (the pink/yellow in the wound)
A quart spray bottle full of cooking corn oil mixed with one ounce of 6% iodine
A strong thumb to spray wound areas 10-15 minutes per day to promote blood movement and blow out some of the black scabs the caustic powder will create ... BE AGGRESSIVE AND PRETEND YOU DO NOT WANT IT TO CLOSE UP OR HEAL ... seeing pinkish blood is normal ..
DAY 1; STRONG WASH OUT WITH STRONG WATER SPRAY AND THEN SATURATE WITH THE OIL//IODINE MIXTURE ... also spray area below wounds to keep any drainage from scalding his skin
DAYS 2,3,4 ... SPRAY IT DOWN .. THEN PUFF LOTS OF CAUSTIC POWDER ON WOUNDS ... SHOULD BE THICK ENOUGH TO SHOW AREAS OF GREEN ...
THEN KEEP ON REPEATING
Once you see all pink that looks like brain cells (granulated flesh) .... and a wound continues to drain a yellowish pus like fluid ... it means there is a pocket of bacterial infection still active ....
I use GPEN ... 5 days 20cc per day .... 5 days off .. if pus drainage continues or increases ... do 5 more days to finish killing the infection ... This 5 on 5 off days 5 on is a good thing to know .... antibiotics hit their peak effectiveness and then goes moot .. 5 days allows body to work on infection ... then 5 more days gives you another peak to aid the healing without causing any good gut bacteria problems ...
The last thing you want is for the wound to get closed too soon by skin growth and trapping the granulated flesh which will form a gristle and a knot ....
AGAIN ... NEVER WRAP A HORSES WOUND ONCE IT HAS SET IN PLACE ..... OR STITCH IT UP IF IT HAS STOPPED BLEEDING OR HOURS HAVE PASSED SINCE THE INJURY OCCURED ... INFECTION IS YOUR ENEMY ..
Bad bleeding wound ...
Use lots of plain old table sugar to help stop a bad bleeding wound and a feminine napkin taped in place with duct tape to keep pressure applied to stop the bleeding ...
GOOD LUCK .. |
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With God all things are possible
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| Well I use on wound vetericyn gel spray and pickling lime. Yes it's lime for doing pickles I ordered online or HEB may carry it., Walmart might. I use baby diaper as pad. It will help keep moisture out then vet wrap. I don't wrap mine unless I am riding. I put the vertrycin gel and pickling lime and it is good. For scarring I apply PURE Caster oil. Get at health store. $.8.99. It is very thick , I use glove rub on. It will break down scar tissue and will not scurf skin. Can wrap or not |
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| The vet advised us to keep it wrapped and change every five days for the next few months until the wound closes up more since the bone was exposed. Thanks for all your input though! |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | THE Nutrawound. Does wonders. Here is some info. I have some on hand that I am selling-15% off to clear out for winter.
NutraWOUND is formulated to support your horse’s ability to heal itself. It is most useful for connective tissue repair & support, abscesses, post surgery support and bone repair. NutraWOUND provides the proper nutritional precursors for rapid healing of wounds, which increases blood flow to injured areas as well as production of collagen, a protein crucial to the repairing and rebuilding of connective tissue.
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Location: Windoming | My friend swears by saline on the wound. She has healed some bad cuts with minimal scarring using saline. And she wrapped with it soaked in saline. |
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| Silly Filly - 2016-08-23 1:57 PM My friend swears by saline on the wound. She has healed some bad cuts with minimal scarring using saline. And she wrapped with it soaked in saline.
I do clorox, salt and water in a spray bottle. It works. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | I have reduced the appearance of a scar already on a horse with the use of vitamin E oil. They sell it at walmart for like $3 a bottle in the pharmacy. It was a big nasty one above the hock. Made it almost invisible.
I held a warm rag to the skin for about 3-5 min. Put the Vitamin E oil on and massaged the oil into the scar twice a day. It's ok to rub it really hard just don't do it very quickly. My gelding enjoyed it. And the scar looked wonderful after a few months.
SO, if you do end up with a scar, it's not the end of the world! Hugs to you!  |
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