Sasha's run-in with the cattle guard

ErinR76 · Sasha's run-in with the cattle guard

I got a call yesterday at 6:45 pm that my horse, while being brought in for the night, got chased by one of the other horses and she thought that the cattle guard would make a good escape route. Not so much apparently.

They got boards and laid them down so she could jump out but she skinned up her front right cannon bone and tore her heel bulbs a little bit.

I went down there as soon as I could...we re-cleaned the owies and bandaged up the hoof then bandaged up her leg below the knee and gave her some banamine.

This morning she was not limping and in fact galloped out to the pasture (probably steering well clear of the cattle guard in the process!) so thank goodness everything appears to be okay.

Made me pretty nervous though!!! I'm sure glad I wasn't there while it was happening and that the barn owners were!!

bit

Watch those below the knee boo boo's for proud flesh. More vascular, and proud flesh loves vascular. Kelsey turned me on to Tea Tree equine wound spray. http://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=0d3a67de-c330-43ac-860e-98e0681b63d6&gas=tea tree spray
You can get it from valley vet. Really good at preventing, and "eating" proud flesh. Lots better than Vetricine.
Glad she is ok. Deb

ErinR76

Thanks for the tip! I wish they didn't have the cattle guards, but I bet Sasha doesn't have anymore problems with them after this ordeal.

PasoBaby_CarolU

OMG - talk about a close call. I wouldn't pasture a horse in a pen with cattle guards. Once we were riding and came to a cattle guard, the legs of two horses were sawed off above the knees/hocks and their corpses were drug off to the side. Those things are horrible.

So glad Sasha escaped major injury. Someone was looking out for her.

ErinR76

The pastures don't have them, but the pathway from the pasture to the barn does. Here's a pic of her path of travel last night...THe green path is the usual path from pasture to barn. But one of the horses must have chased her to the corner and she thought she'd try to get out via the cattle guard (dark rectangle).

She's been there for a year and the horses know the drill. Connie said she's been there 20 years with never an incident. There's always a first time, never say never. I'm glad it wasn't worse.

Chablis

Oh dear, hope she is okay.