WARNING ..GRAPHIC PICS !!! I might have to put him down...any ideas ?!

[rancher hicks]

Has anyone considered Hydrogen Peroxide? I have a chicken here and she looked really bad. Tore the skin off her neck, really gross. Gave her amoxicillin and sprayed neosporin on it but then it looked wet. So I had my daugher pour hydrogen peroxide on it while held her. Sunday. Looks really good now. Wednesday. Just checked her and I might have to do it again but there is skin there. She won't have feathers there but I'm real happy with how it looks. Pinkish and looks healthy. I was reluctant at first but it looks good now.
Used this method on my cats when they get in scrapes. Just pour it on and leave it.
Though I must confess that is a pretty bad looking wound. You've got to get that infection out.
I got a blister yesterday, put some peroxide on it and neosporin, a bandage and today it looks good and no pain.
Not everything old is bad and not everything new is good.
Hey! I'm old and I'm good, or at least I try to be.

 

[CountryMom]

Hydrogen Peroxide promotes proud flesh and should NOT be used.

coming in a little late here and didn't read all the posts - only first couple of pages.

I had a mare that injured herself in the exact same place. We had it wrapped for the first three days and it was apparant that wrapping was not helping one bit. Get your vet to issue you some strong injectable antibiotics. I can't remember the name but I believe is starts with N.... And then hydrate the leg 2 to three times a day. There are various would sprays and ointments you can find and I believe I used blue kote or even Furon at the time. The point was that the more I water washed that leg the better the flesh got. Ours was deep too as she cut that tendon right in half and it was down inside the leg. I did wash every other day with betadine and then just continued to hydrate as much as I could. As it began to close we did develop proud flesh and I had to spray for that. However, once the infection was treated on the inside, the proud flesh was more of a blessing by closing up the wound. Then the first cold spell the proud flesh just disappeared. It took us about 4 maybe 5 months to get her completely healed. She is sound - and is now an older persons trail horse. Was a fantastic first kid horse. The leg never bothered her after it healed.

Good luck!

 

[CountryMom]

Just wanted to say also that I would not have any intentions of putting this horse down. Period. Seen injuries worse than this come out just fine.

I would however, fire your vet and find yourself a new one. Why would you keep a Doctor who gave you poor advice or didn't give you the proper care for yourself or your children? Isn't a horse more like a child? Then find a good horse vet and then you will see a difference in the direction of healing as the care will be better.

 

[KellyHM]

I don't know if anyone's said this yet or not, but he needs to go to a surgical center...doesn't matter how far you have to drive if you want to save your horse. If that wound is into the joint and you don't take care of it then it WILL be over.

 

[lorieMN]

havent read all the post either,,I would try gentocin,(sp) and I would run a hose with cold water over it 3-4 times a day for about 10-20 minutes each time..I would wrap with nitrofurazone,,if it got infection into the bone allready its to late,,he may also have cracked or broken the hock,which may or may not heal,or he may have gotten the wire so deep it actually cut into the area where the bones come together..again,,may as well have him put down if yo think thats the case.I am sorry,,it is a bad thing,,once it starts to heal you will need to leave the wrap off for some time because it will need to dry out,but not until its all pink and looks healthy..

 

[morelcabin]

Look up HONEY. Yes, plain old honey...you do a search on the healing properties of it and decised whether you want to try it. If you do, cover it with pure honey from your area.

 

[CountryMom]

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Must be pure unprocessed honey - not the type in your local grocery store. I agree it does heal.

I bet that it did not even come close to the bone but did cut the tendon. It just is open so much that it seems to have done so much damage. A good horse vet would have done better with this to begin with. That is what you need.

 

[halo]

You need to stop reading all of these posts and call a good vet. Are you anywhere near a University with a Large Animal Clinic that you could take him to?

 

[trilyn]

Hi, I'm so sorry about your horse. I'm sending a link to a product that worked a miracle on my dh's horse.

http://www.equaide.com/

http://www.equaide.com/Proud_Flesh_Elvis.htm this looks exactly like your horse!!
My dh's horse rolled and punctured his knee. It became infected overnight and was huge the next day swollen to about 5-6x's his normal size from shoulder to hoof. The vet came out and sliced his knee open across the knee cap to let it drain. That was the last time that vet ever stepped foot on my property! A whole nother story!

So the idiot vet told me to keep his knee clean and wrapped and gave him some antibiotics and told me to keep him stalled. Big mistake with this horse, he hates to be inside, he'll tear down the stall trying to get out.

So I had to keep him penned up outdoors, now this is the middle of winter mind you, and it is snowy and muddy in the paddock. How can you keep a knee wrapped? You can't, so every day we had to pack his knee with creams and whatnot to try and keep it clean. Wasn't working, he'd go out and roll and it would rip open worse and you could see bone. My dh was out of his mind with anger and sorrow for this horse, he went online and researched and this is what he found. This stuff is a miracle in a bottle. I am not kidding, I love this stuff and am it's best unpaid endorser!

Please, please give this a try, it's worth every penny! Good luck with your horse!

 

[gaited horse]

once proud flesh forms leave the wraps of and let the flies eat the proud flesh