Hi everyone!!
Had a really bad day.
First, I found the legbar eggs had all 'passed' several days ago.
Then, while working on chicken runs I decided to put one mare, who tries to kill herself when tied up, in with my stud, since she had started in estrus and hadn't been with him yet. They were getting along surprisingly well, when he kicked out and caught his foot in a heavy steel bull panel, then freaked and wedged it even further, forcing a piece of reebar up between the back of his pastern pad and along the length of the entire foot, gouging his foot open. As DH and I were frantically trying to hold him still, as by now he had raised his leg, pulling the supporting T-post from the ground and unhooking the tremendously heavy steel bull panels, blood was gushing from the cut.
I yelled for DH to get a hacksaw to cut him loose but neither of us was thinking clearly, and couldn't think where it was... I saw the neighbor was home and told DH to go get him to torch through the steel. They both came running over with a hacksaw and went to work. While cutting the steel away, DH sliced through his finger, to the bone.
Now two bloody injuries!!! The neighbor went running to get his wife as he knew we both were going to need moral support, if not physical help, if the horse went down and brought the heavy steel down on any of us. Meanwhile DH had to run to the house to wrap the cut, as he couldn't see through the blood to cut more steel, leaving me holding the horse.
They all returned in what seemed to be a thousand years....while they were gone all I could do is calm Chico and watch the blood flow heavily from the foot. They finished cutting the steel and Chico withdrew his foot. He tried to put weight on it but held it back up quickly. Then, and only then did we all think to call a vet. Of course, like everything else around here... they are few and far away... I put a pressure compound pack on Chico's foot, we loaded him up and off we went to the vet. When we arrived, the bleeding had stopped, luckily.
GOOD NEWS. He will now need the dressings changed every other day for the next few months, until healed. The vet claimed that since it's in a horrible place, that it will break open while healing for weeks on end, and that he should be kept quiet and calm.... no pacing, no running, no more mare breeding this year. BAD NEWS: breeding just started!!
DH wouldn't go to the clinic (or hospital), of course!!. I just wrapped the cut with a pressure wrap to keep the flesh together until it starts healing. He has strict instructions from Dr Me.... not to get it wet!!! He won't listen.
Ugh!! So hoping the power outages have stopped... just wish the high winds would quit too... so worried about the eggs in the inc!!!.
Thanks!! I will be calling you!!
Do you object to AI for the horses? You could breed him that way and save the stitches.Hi everyone!!
Had a really bad day.
First, I found the legbar eggs had all 'passed' several days ago.
Then, while working on chicken runs I decided to put one mare, who tries to kill herself when tied up, in with my stud, since she had started in estrus and hadn't been with him yet. They were getting along surprisingly well, when he kicked out and caught his foot in a heavy steel bull panel, then freaked and wedged it even further, forcing a piece of reebar up between the back of his pastern pad and along the length of the entire foot, gouging his foot open. As DH and I were frantically trying to hold him still, as by now he had raised his leg, pulling the supporting T-post from the ground and unhooking the tremendously heavy steel bull panels, blood was gushing from the cut.
I yelled for DH to get a hacksaw to cut him loose but neither of us was thinking clearly, and couldn't think where it was... I saw the neighbor was home and told DH to go get him to torch through the steel. They both came running over with a hacksaw and went to work. While cutting the steel away, DH sliced through his finger, to the bone.
Now two bloody injuries!!! The neighbor went running to get his wife as he knew we both were going to need moral support, if not physical help, if the horse went down and brought the heavy steel down on any of us. Meanwhile DH had to run to the house to wrap the cut, as he couldn't see through the blood to cut more steel, leaving me holding the horse.
They all returned in what seemed to be a thousand years....while they were gone all I could do is calm Chico and watch the blood flow heavily from the foot. They finished cutting the steel and Chico withdrew his foot. He tried to put weight on it but held it back up quickly. Then, and only then did we all think to call a vet. Of course, like everything else around here... they are few and far away... I put a pressure compound pack on Chico's foot, we loaded him up and off we went to the vet. When we arrived, the bleeding had stopped, luckily.
GOOD NEWS. He will now need the dressings changed every other day for the next few months, until healed. The vet claimed that since it's in a horrible place, that it will break open while healing for weeks on end, and that he should be kept quiet and calm.... no pacing, no running, no more mare breeding this year. BAD NEWS: breeding just started!!
DH wouldn't go to the clinic (or hospital), of course!!. I just wrapped the cut with a pressure wrap to keep the flesh together until it starts healing. He has strict instructions from Dr Me.... not to get it wet!!! He won't listen.
Ugh!! So hoping the power outages have stopped... just wish the high winds would quit too... so worried about the eggs in the inc!!!.
I don't object however Chico is a 'new' stud, and hasn't quite figured out the basics. He still spends WAY too much time swirling the mare's tail around his nose, and 'talking' to them. I know he wouldn't mount a dummy, and the vet is convinced he would be ruined for natural breeding in the future, if electroejaculation is used. Even if he would, the vet mentioned that mounting a dummy was even too dangerous for the health of his foot, plus he's unable to put weight on it.
Hi Daloor...
