Hawkie has a boo boo

bit · Hawkie has a boo boo

I went out yesterday, a pocket full of bubbles I brought home from a wedding reception (yes, the same reception where I ate those dang cow testicles) and was going to see what Hawk thought about them. The bubbles, not the balls. Hawk loves to play. I never got the bubbles out of my pocket, instead I was frantically reaching for my cell. Hawk had a 6 inch gash across the top of his r front, by his chest. It was gaping about 1/4 inch and looked pretty bad.
By the time I had run back to the house for a halter and lead, and then walked him from the back pasture to the house, my vet, Anne was just pulling into the driveway. I knew he'd be more comfortable about things if he could see the girls so I called for them. They must have heard the "calm urgency" in my voice because they both ran down to the gate like their tails were on fire. I asked them to stay there so Hawk could see them, and they did. Just stood there waiting, and nickering encouragement.
Ann gave Hawk a pretty good dose of happy juice, and he turned into the perfect horse before my eyes. Sweet, grateful, right in my pocket. Literally, lol. We cleaned, scrubbed, cleaned some more, and threw a load of boo boo juice on the wound. No stiches because she was afraid with where it was, the stiches would just pull out. Tetinis shot, antibiotics, and left me with more pills for later. I have a jar of furicen to keep filling it in and keep th edges clean and moist. Found another wound on the other side snd gooped more stuff on.
While Hawk was trying to wake up, I broke out the bubbles. He must have been seeing double because he watched in amazement as the bubbles floated before his eyes, and then he followed them all the way to the ground with his nose. He almost fell over so I put the bubbles away for another time. He's a happy drunk.
Any suggestions for us? Too cold to hose him, and it's starting to snow. Should I blanket him? I think it's best he keep moving so he doesn't get stiff. Just have furicen, is there something else I should be using? If anyone out there has an lbe, you gotta try bubbles!

becky b

Oh poor Hawk. I hope he will be just fine. I think it is better that it is winter with an injury like this than summer, you at least don't have to worry about keeping the flies off of it. My old QH got an injury like this a few years ago. I was sure the vet was going to stitch it up, but he said the same thing about the stitches would pull out. She healed up beautifully and I am sure Hawk will too.

Hers was a little deep right in the middle and he gave me a huge syringe and had me flush it out daily. Hers was in the summer so we had to fight the flies too. I am trying to remember what it was I put in the syringe I am thinking it was distilled water with bleach in it. First I had to clean the outside of it, I put 4 x 4 gauze pads in a rubbermaid bowl and poured betadine solution in the bowl until the gauze was saturated. Then I would just grab a gauze out of the bowl and wipe down the wound and area around it very carefully. Then I would flush it out, and spray it down very gently until it was all clean. Then I put this medicine on the outside edges of the wound (It was dermagel or something like that) that would encourage healing and prevent white hairs from growing in the scar area. Then because it was summer with flies I had to spray the entire would with spray (I think it was something like Alumi-wound, don't know the exact name, got it from the vet) It was like a liquid bandage, it would seal the wound from flies, dirt etc. It looked funny because it looked like silver spray paint, but it worked wonders.

It was a good bit of work, it took about 30 minutes a day to clean it properly and put the medication on it, but you can't even find the scar on her today. I still keep a rubbermaid bowl with the betadine gauze pads in it, and anytime one of mine gets a cut I can clean it easily. I still keep a couple of cans of the aluminum stuff too, I just can't remember the name of it at the moment and it is too cold to walk out to the barn to look!!

Hugs to you and Hawk, I am sure he will heal just fine and you won't even be able to find the scar after it heals.

HopeMissouri

Ouch! Good thing you play with your horses every day to have been able to have found him. Hope he enjoys a quick recovery!

bit

I don't seem to be able to upload pictures anymore on the forum, or I'd post his boo boo. He's doing ok, pretty playful yesterday. He is very attached to me right now, and I make sure he isn't harrassed by the girls at the hay pile. Today he wanted me to walk him to the water trough, which meant leaving the herd. He looked at me, (I was reading) he gently pushed the bill of my hat up so I could see him, and then I could hear it in my mind, "please walk with me. I'm thirsty." If you were to ever hear a horse, animal communicator style, Hawk's your guy.
Kelsey shipped some good boo boo medicine via valley vet, and he's also on antibiotics for 10 days. Got a tetinus shot, too.
I'm getting better at staying calm when the horses get into trouble. This is almost another training thing, you know? Horse ownership means boo boos, colic, abscesses, diet, trimming...it's so big and I was clueless. I still feel clueless. At least I have a place to come and ask.

Pyrgirl

creekwood

Pedestal*Pony

I dont know what you guys think about this but I would clip the injury area to keep the hair and dirt out and from building up in the hair and medicine. It would keep the cut cleaner. But thats just me.

bit

Had to use furicen for a couple of days until Tea Pro spray arrived, hense the goop. Furicen sure cooked up some major proud flesh, and after using Tea Pro the proud flesh just vanished. The vet did not think it was necessary to clip him, and dirt was not a problem. The location of the wound, and the fact that we had a foot of snow on the ground, made keeping him clean pretty easy. Tea Pro is a clear spray, which flushed things nicely, too. Great stuff, and now using it on Gunner with his heel bulb injury. It looked like a big chunk of his heel was going to come off, but now everything is reattached, and healing great. Can't say enough about this stuff. Kelsey ordered it from Valley Vet, and I love the stuff. If ya'll, heaven forbid, have an injury to your horse, Tea Pro spray and derma creme is pretty amazing stuff.