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Discussion on Injured Pastern
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Horse4u
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Posted on Friday, Aug 25, 2006 - 10:30 am:
My horse got her pastern caught in some tape wire fencing 3 weeks ago. It appeared to be a rope burn type injury. There wasn't any open wound. I iced it, put her on bute for 4 days and had the vet take a look at her 3 days after the injury. He said not to ride her for 10 days. I started roundpenning her a week later starting with walking, working up to gaiting increasing the time. She did fine. No swelling or gait problems. I rode her in the arena for a couple of days and again, no problems. She was not ridden 2 days and then I took her on a 90 minute trail ride. She did fine, but the next day, her pastern was swollen. This happened on 8/21, since then I put her back on bute, have been icing her and walking her 20 minutes working up to 40 minutes. That seems to reduce the swelling. My vet said to keep him posted.
He said I could try riding her for 30 minutes which I haven't done yet. She doesn't seem to be in pain. Any help or suggestions form others who have had this kind of injury would be appreciated. Thanks
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DrO
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Posted on Saturday, Aug 26, 2006 - 7:54 am:
I agree with the vet you need to take it a bit easier for another 30 to 45 days Vicki but your therapy seems appropriate.
DrO
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Horse4u
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Posted on Saturday, Aug 26, 2006 - 10:16 am:
Thanks! I did ride her yesterday and she seemed fine in spite of the swelling. My vet said to add 2 TB of tea in addition to the bute. Now my concern in addition to the swelling is that she has little sores around her pastern that are oozing. I noticed these after I talked the vet. No smell, just sticky. I was putting swat in that area to keep the flies away, but last night I just put on some antibiotics after soaking, icing, drying. I was wondering if Blucote would be better. It seems that anything I have been using encourages the dirt to stick to it and then get all crusty. Also, any idea what the sores could be? I wondered if I should put ointment on it and wrap it with guaze and vet wrap? They are only in that one area. The other pastern in fine. The horses did manage did get out the other day (our wonderful wire fencing  )and were in an area that is full of weeds etc. I wondered if she got her foot caught in a vine or some thorns etc. Oh, for a place of my own, hopefully someday soon....
BTW, my vet is wonderful, I just hate to call him with every little problem. He never seems to mind, but it is the weekend. I will be calling him next week to give him an update. He is from the old school and I have seen 2 horses that anyone else would have put down be brought back to health. Amazing! He is so kind... He was there when I had to put a horse down that I talked about in another forum.
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DrO
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Posted on Saturday, Aug 26, 2006 - 12:46 pm:
No Blucoat on any wound and no antibiotics without a clear indication or risk of internalized infection. This judgement should be made by your veterinarian.
The sores may be from the injury and have taken 3 weeks to open or the damage from the wounding has predisposed to infection. For our suggestions on treating the sores/wounds see Diseases of Horses » Skin Diseases » Wounds / Burns » Wounds: First Aid Care.
DrO
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Horse4u
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Posted on Saturday, Aug 26, 2006 - 2:00 pm:
Thanks, I read the article and found it very helpful. I will be going out shortly to see how she is doing. Yesterday I put neosporin on the little sores. If she is not better by Monday I will call the vet to take a look at her.
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Horse4u
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Posted on Saturday, Aug 26, 2006 - 9:49 pm:
I just wanted to thank you for your advice. Her pastern area and fetlock were swollen when I arrived. I rode her for 40 minutes at a walk and slow foxtrot. The swelling did go down quite a bit. I hosed her down real good, cleaned up the area and then iced it using a Professional Choice splint boot. That made life so much easier! The little sores appear to be just showing up from the damage from the wire. The oozing was much better. I feel encouraged. Thank you for directing me to the right article.
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